The Clock Tower, Paris
1852
Medium
Etching, engraving and drypoint (plate has been scraped and burnished) on ivory wove chine, laid down on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image, including stray marks: 26.2 × 18.6 cm (10 3/8 × 7 3/8 in.); Plate: 26.3 × 18.6 cm (10 3/8 × 7 3/8 in.); Primary support: 25 × 18.3 cm (9 7/8 × 7 1/4 in.); Secondary support: 43.7 × 32.3 cm (17 1/4 × 12 3/4 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
63891
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...