The Vampire
1853
Medium
Etching and drypoint on tan laid paper, laid down on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 16.1 × 11.8 cm (6 3/8 × 4 11/16 in.); Plate: 17.4 × 13.2 cm (6 7/8 × 5 1/4 in.); Primary support: 30 × 22.4 cm (11 13/16 × 8 7/8 in.); Secondary support: 43.8 × 34.5 cm (17 1/4 × 13 5/8 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
47191
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...