La Pompe Notre-Dame, Paris (The Notre-Dame Pump)

1852

Charles Meryon

Artist, French, 1821 - 1868

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint on green laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 16.8 × 25.1 cm (6 5/8 × 9 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 19.1 × 26 cm (7 1/2 × 10 1/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.6167

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schneiderman 1990, no. 26, State vii/x

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Theodore DeWitt [19th century], New York City; 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 ft. Imp. R. Ne St Etienne-du-Mont 26" lower left composition, in plate, artist's hand. "1852" lower right composition, in plate, artist's hand. "JS / R" [encircled] verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "a51779" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "460" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "5019A" verso, upper right sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Markings

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

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q65019212

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