Frontispiece for the Catalogue of the Engravings of Thomas De Leu
1866
Medium
Etching and engraving with burnishing on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image, including stray marks: 12.9 × 9.8 cm (5 1/8 × 3 7/8 in.); Plate: 15.3 × 10.8 cm (6 1/16 × 4 5/16 in.); Sheet: 34.3 × 24.2 cm (13 9/16 × 9 9/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
106697
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...