Le Petit Pont, Paris
1850
Medium
Etching and engraving on tan wove chine, laid down on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image, including inscriptions: 25.6 × 18.6 cm (10 1/8 × 7 3/8 in.); Plate: 26.2 × 19.3 cm (10 3/8 × 7 5/8 in.); Primary support: 25.5 × 18.9 cm (10 1/16 × 7 1/2 in.); Secondary support: 32 × 24.5 cm (12 5/8 × 9 11/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
53923
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...