Archway, Pont Nôtre-Dame, Paris, from "Etchings of Paris"
Charles Meryon
1853
Medium
Etching on green laid paper; fourth (final) state
Dimensions
plate: 6 x 7 11/16 in. (15.3 x 19.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.3.419
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
ParisArchesBridgesBoats
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...