La petite pompe, Paris (The Notre Dame Pump, small plate), 1854

Not on View

Medium

etching on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 10.7 × 8 cm (4 3/16 × 3 1/8 in.)

sheet: 20.6 × 15.5 cm (8 1/8 × 6 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Schneiderman 1990, no. 39, State ii/iii

Accession Number

1943.3.6150

Artists / Makers

Charles Meryon (artist) French, 1821 - 1868

Image Use

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Inscription

"Meryon. / C.M. f. Imp. R. Ne St. Etienne-du-Mont 26." lower center margin, in plate, artist's hand. "MDCC LIV." lower composition, in plate, artist's hand. "C'en est fait, / O forfait! / Pauve Pompe, / Sans pompe, / Il faut mourir! / Mais pour amoindrir, / Cet arrêt inique, / Par un tour bachique, / Que ne pompes-tu, / En impromptu. / Au lieu d'eau claire, / Qu'on n'aime guère, / Du vin, Bien fin?" center composition, in plate, artist's hand. "P" center left composition, in plate, artist's hand. ND" center right composition, in plate, artist's hand. "C. Meryon" lower left margin, graphite, artist's hand. "La Petite Pompe" lower center margin, graphite, artist's hand. "B 44" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "W. 16. D.32II" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "c4266" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "S.H / PXVI" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "2er etat avec [illeg.] de Meryon" verso, lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "53a" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "From the / (Haden coll) verso, lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand.

Marks and Labels

"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, stamped twice. "National Gallery of Art" verso, black 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.