Collège Henri IV, Paris, ou Lycée Napoléon (Henry IV College or Napoleon School), 1863/1864

Not on View

Medium

etching on laid paper

Dimensions

plate (cut to platemark): 30 × 48.2 cm (11 13/16 × 19 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Robert A. Hauslohner

Catalogue Raisonné

Schneiderman 1990, no. 91, State x/xii

Accession Number

1991.116.83

Artists / Makers

Charles Meryon (artist) French, 1821 - 1868

Image Use

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Inscription

(Charles Meryon's monogram) upper right composition, in plate, artist's hand. "Imp. Pierron r. Montfaucon r." lower left margin, in plate, artist's hand. "1863-64" lower right margin, in plate, artist's hand. " VUE A COL D'OISEAU / DU / COLLEGE HENRI VI OU LYCEE NAPOLEON / GRAND ET PETIT COLLEGES, Avec les jardins qui en dependent et les constructions avoisinantes / PRISE DU SOMMET DU PANTHEON / PARIS DCCCLXIV" lower center margin, in plate. "Paris, ROCHOUX, Quai de l'Horloge, 19" lower left margin, in plate. "204-623-13627" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hadn. "1863-64 / Engraving College of Henry IV / Meryon Charles" verso, lower center sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "HX" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Marks and Labels

(unidentified collector's stamp) verso, blue stamped ink.

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.