The Petit Pont, Paris
Charles Meryon
1850 and later
Medium
Etching and engraving on wove paper; first state (of nine)
Dimensions
plate: 10 7/16 x 7 5/16 in. (26.5 x 18.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Charles Pratt, 1957
Accession Number
57.531.3
Tags
ParisBuildingsBridgesBoats
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...