The Ewe with Two Lambs
Charles Meryon
1850
Medium
Etching and engraving on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 6.2 × 9.3 cm (2 7/16 × 3 11/16 in.); Plate: 8 × 10.3 cm (3 3/16 × 4 1/16 in.); Sheet: 32.1 × 24 cm (12 11/16 × 9 1/2 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
47164
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...