Portrait of Th. Agrippa d'Aubigné
1861–62
Medium
Etching, from a tin plate on ivory chine, laid down on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 14.4 × 11 cm (5 11/16 × 4 3/8 in.); Plate: 15.8 × 14.2 cm (6 1/4 × 5 5/8 in.); Primary support: 15.6 × 11.8 cm (6 3/16 × 4 11/16 in.); Secondary support: 44.2 × 30.3 cm (17 7/16 × 11 15/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
74056
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...