The Footbridge Temporarily Replacing the Pont-au-Change, Paris, After the Fire of 1621
1860
Medium
Etching on grayish ivory wove paper, laid down on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 9.8 × 20.1 cm (3 7/8 × 7 15/16 in.); Plate: 12 × 23 cm (4 3/4 × 9 1/16 in.); Primary support: 11.4 × 22.6 cm (4 1/2 × 8 15/16 in.); Secondary support: 24.4 × 36.4 cm (9 5/8 × 14 3/8 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
47253
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...