The Vampire
Charles Meryon
1853
Medium
Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 16.5 × 11.8 cm (6 1/2 × 4 11/16 in.); Plate: 17.2 × 13 cm (6 13/16 × 5 1/8 in.); Sheet: 38.6 × 29.6 cm (15 1/4 × 11 11/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
77660
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...