La Tour de l'Horloge, Paris (The Clock Tower, Paris)
Charles Meryon
1852
Medium
etching on wove Japanese paper
Dimensions
plate: 26.5 × 18.8 cm (10 7/16 × 7 3/8 in.) sheet: 27 × 19.2 cm (10 5/8 × 7 9/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.6164
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...