The Vampire
1853
Medium
Etching and drypoint in warm black on ivory wove chine, laid down on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image, including stray marks: 16.4 × 11.7 cm (6 1/2 × 4 5/8 in.); Plate: 17.2 × 13 cm (6 13/16 × 5 1/8 in.); Primary support: 16.8 × 12.4 cm (6 5/8 × 4 15/16 in.); Secondary support: 49 × 32 cm (19 5/16 × 12 5/8 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
41364
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...