Haarlem Boats in Amsterdam
1850
Medium
Etching, engraving and roulette on ivory chine, laid down on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 6.3 × 12.3 cm (2 1/2 × 4 7/8 in.); Plate: 6.4 × 12.3 cm (2 9/16 × 4 7/8 in.); Primary support: 6.8 × 12 cm (2 11/16 × 4 3/4 in.); Secondary support: 17.8 × 27.8 cm (7 1/16 × 11 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
47173
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...