Partie de la Cité vers la fin du XVIIe siècle (View of the City of Paris Towards the Close of the XVIIth Century), 1861

Not on View

Medium

etching on laid paper

Dimensions

image: 12.9 × 28.9 cm (5 1/16 × 11 3/8 in.)
plate: 15 × 32.5 cm (5 7/8 × 12 13/16 in.)

sheet: 29.7 × 44.8 cm (11 11/16 × 17 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Schneiderman 1990, no. 73, State xi/xi

Accession Number

1943.3.6674

Artists / Makers

Charles Meryon (artist) French, 1821 - 1868

Auguste Delâtre (printer) French, 1822 - 1907

Image Use

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Inscription

Not signed. Not dated. "Delâtre Imp. r des Feuillantines, 2 Paris" lower left margin, in plate, artist's hand. PARTIE DE LA CITE DE PARIS, VERS LA FIN DU XVIIIE SIECLE, SUR LA RIVE GAUCHE DE LA SIENE, ENTRE LE PONT NE DAME ET LE PONT AU CHANGE" lower margin, in plate. "N.B....figures." lower margin, in plate. "(Le dessin fait partie de la collection de Mr. Feuillantines)" lower right margin, in plate. "Chez ROCHOUX, Quai de l'Horloge, 19." lower center margin, in plate. "IXth State (EE2398)" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.

Marks and Labels

"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink. "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.