Armes symboliques de la ville de Paris (Symbolical Arms of the City of Paris), 1854

Not on View

Medium

etching on laid paper

Dimensions

image: 10.8 × 11.1 cm (4 1/4 × 4 3/8 in.)
plate: 16.8 × 14.7 cm (6 5/8 × 5 13/16 in.)

sheet: 18.8 × 16.2 cm (7 3/8 × 6 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Schneiderman 1990, no. 36, State i/v

Accession Number

1943.3.6158

Artists / Makers

Charles Meryon (artist) French, 1821 - 1868

Image Use

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Inscription

Not signed. Not dated. "13.33." lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "T[illeg.]" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "S.H" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "L.D. 21I" verso, lower center sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "Haden" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "c. 8212" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "42a" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "4" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Marks and Labels

(Philippe Burty collector's stamp) lower left margin, red stamped ink, (Lugt 413). "GOTTFRIED EISSLER" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 805b). "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.