Inscription
"Grand dessin a une echelle un peu plus grande, complete / sur place / C.M. / 1863" upper composition, brown ink, artist's hand. "Study by C. Meryon / for details of his etching / College Henri IV / LD 43 / W 58 / (From the Burty collection) verso, center sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "6/1." verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand.
Marks and Labels
"PB" (Philipe Burty collector's stamp), upper right composition, red stamped ink, (Lugt 2071). "LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).
Provenance
Philippe Burty [1830-1890], Paris, (Lugt 2071); Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.
Exhibition History
- 1945
- Architectural Prints, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1945, no cat.
- 1955
- The Drawing and the Print, Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC; and Lowe Gallery, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, 1955, no cat.
Bibliography
- 1974
- Burke, J., CM PRINTS & DRWGS., New Haven, CT: 1974, 76.
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