Frontispiece for the Catalogue of the work of Thomas De Leu
Medium
Etching with engraving on laid paper; sixth state of six
Dimensions
plate: 6 x 4 /14 in. (15.2 x 10.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.78.59
Tags
FountainsMenWomen
About the Artist
Charles Meryon|Thomas de Leu · 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...