Le Petit Pont, Paris
1850
Medium
Etching and engraving in dark brown on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 26.3 × 19.1 cm (10 3/8 × 7 9/16 in.); Plate: 26.3 × 19.1 cm (10 3/8 × 7 9/16 in.); Sheet: 34.6 × 26.3 cm (13 5/8 × 10 3/8 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
47194
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...