Le Petit Pont, Paris
1850
Medium
Etching and engraving in dark brown on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 24.6 × 18.6 cm (9 11/16 × 7 3/8 in.); Plate: 26.1 × 19 cm (10 5/16 × 7 1/2 in.); Sheet: 39.1 × 27.5 cm (15 7/16 × 10 7/8 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
117236
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...