House with a Turret, rue de la Tixéranderie, Paris
Charles Meryon
1852
Medium
Etching on laid paper; third state of five
Dimensions
plate: 9 11/16 x 5 3/16 in. (24.6 x 13.1 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Walter Bogert, 1950
Accession Number
50.515.1
Tags
ParisHousesStreets
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...