House with a Turret, No 22, rue de l'Ecole de Médecine, Paris (called the Turret of Marat)
Charles Meryon
1861
Medium
Etching on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 21.1 × 13.1 cm (8 5/16 × 5 3/16 in.); Plate: 21.1 × 13.1 cm (8 5/16 × 5 3/16 in.); Sheet: 32.7 × 22.3 cm (12 7/8 × 8 13/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
28832
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...