Titre des eaux-fortes sur Paris (Title Page to the Set of Etchings of Paris)
Charles Meryon
1852
Medium
etching on blue wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 16.6 × 12.5 cm (6 9/16 × 4 15/16 in.) sheet: 48.5 × 33.4 cm (19 1/8 × 13 1/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.6156
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...