The Vampire
Charles Meryon
1853
Medium
Etching and drypoint in dark brown on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 17 × 12.7 cm (6 3/4 × 5 in.); Plate: 17 × 12.7 cm (6 3/4 × 5 in.); Sheet: 23.5 × 18.4 cm (9 5/16 × 7 1/4 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
74035
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...