The Mortuary, Paris
Charles Meryon
1854
Medium
Etching and drypoint in warm black on cream wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 21.4 × 19 cm (8 7/16 × 7 1/2 in.); Plate: 23.1 × 20.8 cm (9 1/8 × 8 1/4 in.); Sheet: 32.6 × 33.2 cm (12 7/8 × 13 1/8 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
47228
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...