The Clock Tower, Paris
1852
Medium
Etching and engraving on verdâtre (greenish) laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 25.7 × 18.4 cm (10 1/8 × 7 1/4 in.); Plate: 25.7 × 18.5 cm (10 1/8 × 7 5/16 in.); Sheet: 29.2 × 21.7 cm (11 1/2 × 8 9/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
28829
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...