Pont-Neuf, Paris
1853
Medium
Etching and drypoint (burnished) on laid paper; eighth state of eleven; with additions in graphite
Dimensions
plate: 7 1/4 x 7 3/16 in. (18.4 x 18.3 cm) sheet: 7 5/16 x 7 1/4 in. (18.6 x 18.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Susan Dwight Bliss, 1966
Accession Number
67.630.10
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...