Frontispiece for the Catalogue of the work of Thomas De Leu
Medium
Etching with engraving on laid paper; sixth state of six
Dimensions
plate: 6 x 4 /14 in. (15.2 x 10.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.78.59
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
FountainsMenWomen
About the Artist
Charles Meryon|Thomas de Leu · 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...