Rue Pirouette aux Halles, Paris
1860
Medium
Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image, including stray marks: 15.3 × 11.3 cm (6 1/16 × 4 1/2 in.); Plate: 15.6 × 11.6 cm (6 3/16 × 4 5/8 in.); Sheet: 39 × 30 cm (15 3/8 × 11 13/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
63842
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...