Le Grand Chatelet, Paris, vers 1780 (The Grand Chatelet, Paris, about 1780)
1861
Medium
etching and drypoint on D&C Blauw laid paper
Dimensions
image: 17.5 × 24.9 cm (6 7/8 × 9 13/16 in.) plate: 23.3 × 29.7 cm (9 3/16 × 11 11/16 in.) sheet (irreg.): 36.4 × 50.6 cm (14 5/16 × 19 15/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.6673
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...