La Pompe Notre-Dame, Paris
1852
Medium
Etching with drypoint on tan laid chine, hinged to ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 17.2 × 25.3 cm (6 13/16 × 10 in.); Plate: 17.2 × 25.3 cm (6 13/16 × 10 in.); Primary support: 18.2 × 26 cm (7 3/16 × 10 1/4 in.); Secondary support: 23.1 × 32 cm (9 1/8 × 12 5/8 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
7711
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...