A Soldier Standing, Full Face
1849
Medium
Etching on tan laid chine, laid down on cream laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 12.3 × 16.9 cm (4 7/8 × 6 11/16 in.); Plate: 13.5 × 8.8 cm (5 3/8 × 3 1/2 in.); Primary support: 14.9 × 10 cm (5 7/8 × 3 15/16 in.); Secondary support: 19.9 × 14.6 cm (7 7/8 × 5 3/4 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
63599
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...