Rebus: Here Lies the Ancient Vendetta
1863
Medium
Etching and engraving in black, with printing à la poupée in red ink on cream wove paper, laid down on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 6.2 × 6.4 cm (2 1/2 × 2 9/16 in.); Primary support: 7.6 × 7.6 cm (3 × 3 in.); Secondary support: 13 × 15.3 cm (5 1/8 × 6 1/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
63727
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...