The Cow and Ass
1849
Medium
Etching on buff chine, laid down on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 6.5 × 12 cm (2 9/16 × 4 3/4 in.); Plate: 10 × 13.3 cm (3 15/16 × 5 1/4 in.); Primary support: 7.3 × 12.6 cm (2 7/8 × 5 in.); Secondary support: 13 × 18.4 cm (5 1/8 × 7 1/4 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
95465
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...