San Francisco, 1856

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Medium

etching on wove Japanese paper

Dimensions

sheet: 33.6 × 100.6 cm (13 1/4 × 39 5/8 in.)
plate: 24 × 99.7 cm (9 7/16 × 39 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Schneiderman 1990, no. 54, State iii/iii

Accession Number

1943.3.6145

Artists / Makers

Charles Meryon (artist) French, 1821 - 1868

Auguste Delâtre (printer) French, 1822 - 1907

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Inscription

"C. Meryon del. sculp. Paris 1856" lower left margin, in plate. "Delatre Imp Rue F.g Poissoniere 149" lower right margin, in plate. "SAN FRANCISCO / JBB AP / MDCCCLV." lower center composition, in plate. "8x 37 1/2 / 14x 2 1/2 / 4 / 13 1/4 13 3/4 x 4/9" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "(AA22-" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand.

Marks and Labels

None.

Provenance

Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Rosenwald, Lessing Julius

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.