L.J.-Marie Bizeul, a Breton Archaeologist
1861
Medium
etching, engraving, and drypoint on wove paper
Dimensions
image: 12.2 × 10.5 cm (4 13/16 × 4 1/8 in.) plate: 17.1 × 12 cm (6 3/4 × 4 3/4 in.) sheet: 30.1 × 23.4 cm (11 7/8 × 9 3/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.6181
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...