Le Petit Pont, Paris
1850
Medium
Etching and engraving on tan wove chine, tipped onto ivory laid Japanese paper
Dimensions
Image: 26.2 × 19.2 cm (10 3/8 × 7 9/16 in.); Plate/primary support, cut within platemark: 26.7 × 19.7 cm (10 9/16 × 7 13/16 in.); Secondary support: 41.4 × 30.2 cm (16 5/16 × 11 15/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
76317
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...