Le Petit Pont, Paris, 1850

Not on View

Medium

etching and engraving on green laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 25.6 × 18.9 cm (10 1/16 × 7 7/16 in.)

sheet: 27.7 × 20.4 cm (10 7/8 × 8 1/16 in.)
mount: 47.7 × 32 cm (18 3/4 × 12 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Schneiderman 1990, no. 20, State iv/ix

Accession Number

1949.5.78

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. "D-W 24-III-of 9" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "Preserve this mount / important [underlined]" lower left mount, graphite, unknown hand. "118f" lower right mount, graphite, unknown hand. "20" lower center mount, graphite, unknown hand. "2e Etat (Boureau" lower right mount, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.

Marks and Labels

"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d). (Albert W. Scholle collector's stamp) verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 2923a). (unidentified collector's stamp) verso, purple stamped ink. (Ministère de l'Intérieur stamp) lower right mount, blind stamp, (Lugt 1816d). (Ministère de l'Intérieur collector's stamp) lower right mount, black stamped ink, (Lugt 5897).

Provenance

Ministère de l'Intérieur, Paris; Albert W. Scholle [1860-1917], New York City, (Lugt 2923a); Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1949.

Associated Names

Ministère de l'Intérieur
Rosenwald, Lessing Julius
Scholle, Albert W.

Exhibition History

1982: Lessing J. Rosenwald: Tribute to a Collector, NGA, 1982, no. 21, repro.

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.