Pont-au-Change, Paris, from "Etchings of Paris"
1854
Medium
Etching and drypoint on laid paper; fifth state of twelve
Dimensions
Plate: 6 1/8 x 13 3/16 in. (15.5 x 33.5 cm) Sheet: 10 1/16 x 16 13/16 in. (25.5 x 42.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.3.420
Tags
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...