La Rue des Toiles, à Bourges
Charles Meryon
1853
Medium
etching and drypoint on green laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 21.3 × 11.8 cm (8 3/8 × 4 5/8 in.) sheet: 35.6 × 24 cm (14 × 9 7/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.6213
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...