Passerelle du Pont au change après l'incendie de 1621
Charles Meryon
1860
Medium
etching
Dimensions
316; 118; 226; 491
About this artwork
height 316 mm x width 491 mm
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...