Le Ministère de la Marine, Paris (The Admiralty, Paris)
1865
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
image: 14.1 × 12.9 cm (5 9/16 × 5 1/16 in.) plate: 16.7 × 14.5 cm (6 9/16 × 5 11/16 in.) sheet (irreg.): 23.9 × 20 cm (9 7/16 × 7 7/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Harold Ober
Accession Number
1968.9.2
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...