Little Prince Dito
1864
Medium
Etching with scraping on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image, including stray marks: 16.2 × 12.8 cm (6 7/16 × 5 1/16 in.); Plate: 16.9 × 12.8 cm (6 11/16 × 5 1/16 in.); Sheet: 38.1 × 29.5 cm (15 × 11 5/8 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
74027
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...