Le stryge (The Vampire), 1853

Not on View

Medium

etching on green laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 17.1 × 13.3 cm (6 3/4 × 5 1/4 in.)

sheet: 21.5 × 17.7 cm (8 7/16 × 6 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Schneiderman 1990, no. 27, State iv/x

Accession Number

1963.11.153

Artists / Makers

Charles Meryon (artist) French, 1821 - 1868

Auguste Delâtre (printer) French, 1822 - 1907

Image Use

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Inscription

"CM" lower left composition, in plate, artist's hand. "C. Meryon del. sculp. / -MDCCCLIII-" lower left margin, in plate, artist's hand. "A. Delâtremimp. rue de la bucherie.6." lower right margin, in plate, artist's hand. "Insatiable vampire l'éternelle Luxure / Sur la Grande Cité convoite sa pâture." lower center margin, in plate, artist's hand. "C.M" lower right margin, in plate, artist's hand. "190" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "D-W - 23 IV of 8" lower center margin, graphite, unknown hand. "2" [encircled] lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "L.D. 23 IV" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "c. 7729" verso, lower center sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "22" verso, lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "Murr" verso, lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand.

Marks and Labels

"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink. "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink. (Charles William Dowdeswell collector's stamp) verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 690).

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.