Pont-Neuf, Paris
1853
Medium
Etching and drypoint in warm black on verdâtre (greenish) laid paper
Dimensions
Imge: 18 × 18.2 cm (7 1/8 × 7 3/16 in.); Plate: 18 × 18.2 cm (7 1/8 × 7 3/16 in.); Sheet: 22 × 21.3 cm (8 11/16 × 8 7/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
78592
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...