Diagrammatic sketch of building
Charles Meryon
n.d.
Medium
Red Conté crayon with graphite on cream wove tracing paper (discolored to tan), tipped on cream wove card
Dimensions
18.1 × 22.4 cm (7 3/16 × 8 7/8 in.)
Classification
graphite
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
63974
About the Artist
Charles Meryon · 1821–1868
Charles Meryon, born on November 23, 1821, in Paris, was the illegitimate son of English physician Dr. Charles Lewis Meryon and dancer Pierre-Narcisse Chaspoux (stage name Narcisse Gentil) at the Paris Opéra. His half-sister Fanny, from his mother's prior relationship with Viscount Lowther, remained in contact after their mother's death in 1838. Raised partly outside Paris before attending Pension...