Title Page to Eaux-Fortes sur Paris
1852
Medium
Etching in warm black on verdâtre (greenish-ivory) laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 16.6 × 12.5 cm (6 9/16 × 4 15/16 in.); Plate: 16.6 × 12.5 cm (6 9/16 × 4 15/16 in.); Sheet: 39.2 × 29.6 cm (15 7/16 × 11 11/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
63661
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...