Rue des Chantres, Paris
Charles Meryon
1862
Medium
Etching on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 28.8 × 12.1 cm (11 3/8 × 4 13/16 in.); Plate: 30 × 14.9 cm (11 13/16 × 5 7/8 in.); Sheet: 31 × 15.9 cm (12 1/4 × 6 5/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
28802
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...