La Pompe Notre Dame, Paris
Charles Meryon
1852
Medium
Etching on cream laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 17.2 × 25.2 cm (6 13/16 × 9 15/16 in.); Sheet: 32.3 × 49 cm (12 3/4 × 19 5/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
117250
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...