San Francisco
Charles Meryon
1855–56
Medium
Etching and drypoint in warm black on ivory wove Japanese paper
Dimensions
Image: 18.4 × 96.3 cm (7 1/4 × 37 15/16 in.); Sheet: 34.9 × 10.1 cm (13 3/4 × 4 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
63996
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...