La Tour de l'Horloge, Paris (The Clock Tower, Paris)
Charles Meryon
1852
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 26 × 18.4 cm (10 1/4 × 7 1/4 in.) sheet: 37 × 28.1 cm (14 9/16 × 11 1/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.6165
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...