Title Page to Eaux-Fortes sur Paris
1852
Medium
Etching in warm black on tan wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 16.2 × 12.5 cm (6 7/16 × 4 15/16 in.); Plate: 16.2 × 12.5 cm (6 7/16 × 4 15/16 in.); Sheet, folded: 43.1 × 30.9 cm (17 × 12 3/16 in.); Sheet, unfolded: 48 × 63.2 cm (18 15/16 × 24 15/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
28723
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...