Pont-Neuf, Paris
1853, printed 1861
Medium
Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 16.7 × 16.6 cm (6 5/8 × 6 9/16 in.); Plate: 18.2 × 18.4 cm (7 3/16 × 7 1/4 in.); Sheet: 21.6 × 23.5 cm (8 9/16 × 9 5/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
63906
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...