San Francisco

1856

Charles Meryon

Artist, French, 1821 - 1868

Auguste Delâtre

Printer, French, 1822 - 1907

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on wove Japanese paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 33.6 × 100.6 cm (13 1/4 × 39 5/8 in.)
    plate: 24 × 99.7 cm (9 7/16 × 39 1/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.6145

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schneiderman 1990, no. 54, State iii/iii

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

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.

Inscriptions

"C. Meryon del. sculp. Paris 1856" lower left margin, in plate. "Delatre Imp Rue F.g Poissoniere 149" lower right margin, in plate. "SAN FRANCISCO / JBB AP / MDCCCLV." lower center composition, in plate. "8x 37 1/2 / 14x 2 1/2 / 4 / 13 1/4 13 3/4 x 4/9" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "(AA22-" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand.

Markings

None.

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q65019191

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