The Cow and Ass
Charles Meryon
1849
Medium
Etching, printed in black, on tan wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 6.5 × 12 cm (2 9/16 × 4 3/4 in.); Plate: 7.6 × 13.2 cm (3 × 5 1/4 in.); Sheet: 8 × 13.8 cm (3 3/16 × 5 7/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
63643
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...