The Gallery, Nôtre-Dame Cathedral, Paris, from "Etchings of Paris"
Charles Meryon
1853
Medium
Etching on laid paper; fourth state of six
Dimensions
plate: 11 1/8 x 6 7/8 in. (28.3 x 17.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.3.417
Tags
ParisColumnsCathedrals
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...