Portrait of Armand Guéraud of Nantes, Printer and Man of Letters
1861–62
Medium
Etching, from a tin plate, on grayish ivory laid chine, laid down on ivory card
Dimensions
Image: 5.8 × 4.7 cm (2 5/16 × 1 7/8 in.); Plate: 5.8 × 4.7 cm (2 5/16 × 1 7/8 in.); Primary support: 10.4 × 8.6 cm (4 1/8 × 3 7/16 in.); Secondary support: 15.5 × 12.6 cm (6 1/8 × 5 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
47341
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...