The River Seine and the Corner of the Mall, Paris
Charles Meryon
1850
Medium
Etching, engraving and roulette on ivory laid card
Dimensions
Image: 11.9 × 23.9 cm (4 11/16 × 9 7/16 in.); Plate: 13.5 × 24.5 cm (5 3/8 × 9 11/16 in.); Sheet: 14 × 25.2 cm (5 9/16 × 9 15/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
63751
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...