House with a Turret, rue de la Tixéranderie, Paris
Charles Meryon|Edmond Gosselin
ca. 1881–82
Medium
Etching on laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 9 1/2 x 5 3/16 in. (24.1 x 13.1 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1963
Accession Number
63.625.3
Tags
ParisHousesTowers
About the Artist
Charles Meryon|Edmond Gosselin · 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...