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Frontispiece for the Catalogue of the work of Thomas De Leu

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Frontispiece for the Catalogue of the work of Thomas De Leu

Charles Meryon | Thomas de Leu

1866

Medium

Etching with engraving on laid paper; sixth state of six

Tags

Fountains Men Women

Dimensions

plate: 6 x 4 /14 in. (15.2 x 10.8 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1917

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Charles Meryon

1821–1868 • France

He was a successful printmaker. He was the illegitimate son of an Englishman, Dr. Charles Lewis Meryon, and Narcisse Chaspoux, a dancer at the Paris Opéra. He was colorblind (unable to distinguish between red and green), as is apparent in his pastels. He suffered mental illness, and died in the famous insane asylum at Charenton (in a suburb of Paris). French artist. Comment on works: etcher

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