Le Pont-neuf et la Samartaine de dessous la première arche du Pont-au-Change (Pont-neuf and the Samartaine seen from under the first arch of the Pont-au-Change, Paris, after Nicolle)

About the Artist

Charles Meryon|Victor Jean Nicolle · 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...