Lunar Law, No. 2
1866
Medium
Etching with chatter and scraping in warm black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 12 × 8.2 cm (4 3/4 × 3 1/4 in.); Plate: 12.3 × 9.1 cm (4 7/8 × 3 5/8 in.); Sheet: 16.1 × 10.6 cm (6 3/8 × 4 3/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
63698
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...