Tourelle de la Rue de la Tixéranderie, Paris (House with a Turret, Weavers' Street, Paris), 1852

Not on View

Medium

etching on green laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 24.6 × 13.2 cm (9 11/16 × 5 3/16 in.)

sheet: 36.1 × 22.3 cm (14 3/16 × 8 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Schneiderman 1990, no. 24, State iii/v

Accession Number

1943.3.9101

Artists / Makers

Charles Meryon (artist) French, 1821 - 1868

Image Use

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Inscription

"C.M." upper right composition, in plate, artist's hand. Not dated. "2e état, avec la monogramme dans l'angle supsérilever â droit. C'est la 1er état du M. Burty." lower margin, graphite, unknown hand. "5" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "9" [encircled] verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "181 VL Niel / "2e état, avec la monogramme dans l'angle supsérilever â droit-C'est la 1er état du Cal. Burty-" verso, center sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Marks and Labels

"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, stamped twice. "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink. (Louis Valentin collector's stamp) verso, blue stamped ink, (Lugt 2498).

Exhibition History

1945: French Prints of the 19th Century from the Rosenwald Collection of the National Gallery of Art, Biblioteca Benjamin Franklin, Mexico City, 1945, no. 24, repro.

1951: French Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, University of Pittsburgh, 1951.

1960: Graphic Masterpieces of 500 Years from the National Gallery of Art Rosenwald Collection, Louisiana State University Library, Baton Rouge, 1960, no. 42.

Bibliography

1924: Delteil, Loys and Harold J.L. Wright. Catalogue raisonne of the Etchings of Charles Meryon. New York: Winfred Porter Truesdell, 1924.

1990: Schneiderman, Richard S. The Catalogue Raisonne of the Prints by Charles Meryon. London: Garton & Co., 1990.