La petite pompe, Paris (The Notre Dame Pump, small plate)

1854

Charles Meryon

Artist, French, 1821 - 1868

Charles Meryon

Printer, French, 1821 - 1868

Charles Meryon

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 10.7 × 8 cm (4 3/16 × 3 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 20.6 × 15.5 cm (8 1/8 × 6 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.6150

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schneiderman 1990, no. 39, State ii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Francis Seymour Haden [1818-1910], London; 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

"Meryon. / C.M. f. Imp. R. Ne St. Etienne-du-Mont 26." lower center margin, in plate, artist's hand. "MDCC LIV." lower composition, in plate, artist's hand. "C'en est fait, / O forfait! / Pauve Pompe, / Sans pompe, / Il faut mourir! / Mais pour amoindrir, / Cet arrêt inique, / Par un tour bachique, / Que ne pompes-tu, / En impromptu. / Au lieu d'eau claire, / Qu'on n'aime guère, / Du vin, Bien fin?" center composition, in plate, artist's hand. "P" center left composition, in plate, artist's hand. ND" center right composition, in plate, artist's hand. "C. Meryon" lower left margin, graphite, artist's hand. "La Petite Pompe" lower center margin, graphite, artist's hand. "B 44" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "W. 16. D.32II" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "c4266" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "S.H / PXVI" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "2er etat avec [illeg.] de Meryon" verso, lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "53a" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "From the / (Haden coll) verso, lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand.

Markings

"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, stamped twice, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).

Watermarks

"BA"

Wikidata ID

Q65019195

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