San Francisco
Charles Meryon
1855–56
Medium
Etching and drypoint on grayish ivory paper
Dimensions
Image: 18.3 × 96 cm (7 1/4 × 37 13/16 in.); Plate: 24 × 99.9 cm (9 1/2 × 39 3/8 in.); Sheet: 31.7 × 103.1 cm (12 1/2 × 40 5/8 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
63949
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...