Tourelle, Rue de l'École de Médecine, 22, Paris
Charles Meryon
1861
Medium
etching and drypoint on laid paper
Dimensions
image: 17.8 × 10.2 cm (7 × 4 in.) plate: 21.3 × 13.3 cm (8 3/8 × 5 1/4 in.) sheet: 28 × 20.3 cm (11 × 8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of John E. Stocker
Accession Number
2006.125.8
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...