Head of a New Holland Dog
1860
Medium
Etching with engraving on grayish ivory chine, laid down on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 5.3 × 7.8 cm (2 1/8 × 3 1/8 in.); Plate: 5.3 × 7.8 cm (2 1/8 × 3 1/8 in.); Primary support: 5.9 × 8 cm (2 3/8 × 3 3/16 in.); Secondary support: 17.9 × 24.7 cm (7 1/16 × 9 3/4 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
63657
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...