The Clock Tower, Paris
1852
Medium
Etching and engraving on tan wove chine, laid down on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 25.5 × 18.2 cm (10 1/16 × 7 3/16 in.); Plate: 26.4 × 18.8 cm (10 7/16 × 7 7/16 in.); Primary support: 25.9 × 18.4 cm (10 1/4 × 7 1/4 in.); Secondary support: 27.7 × 21.8 cm (10 15/16 × 8 5/8 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
47203
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...