Entrance to the Suburb of Saint-Marceau, Paris
Charles Meryon
1850
Medium
Etching, drypoint, engraving and roulette on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 12 × 23.7 cm (4 3/4 × 9 3/8 in.); Sheet: 14.3 × 24.7 cm (5 11/16 × 9 3/4 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
63746
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...