The Grand Châtelet, Paris, c. 1780, after an earlier drawing
Charles Meryon
1861
Medium
Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 17.5 × 24.9 cm (6 15/16 × 9 13/16 in.); Plate: 23.4 × 30 cm (9 1/4 × 11 13/16 in.); Sheet: 34.1 × 45 cm (13 7/16 × 17 3/4 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
63843
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...