The Antechamber of the Palais de Justice, Paris
1855
Medium
Etching, from a pewter plate, with foul-biting, burnishing and scraping on cream wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 29.1 × 43.4 cm (11 1/2 × 17 1/8 in.); Plate: 29.1 × 43.4 cm (11 1/2 × 17 1/8 in.); Sheet: 44.2 × 55.5 cm (17 7/16 × 21 7/8 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
63944
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...