Evariste Boulay-Paty; A Poet (From a Bronze by David d'Angers)
1861
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
image: 7.1 × 7.3 cm (2 13/16 × 2 7/8 in.) plate: 10.5 × 10.5 cm (4 1/8 × 4 1/8 in.) sheet (irreg.): 14.5 × 18.5 cm (5 11/16 × 7 5/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.6153
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...