Le stryge (The Vampire), 1853

Not on View

Medium

etching on green laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 16.8 × 12.9 cm (6 5/8 × 5 1/16 in.)

sheet: 25.6 × 19 cm (10 1/16 × 7 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Myron A. Hofer in memory of his mother, Mrs. Charles Hofer

Catalogue Raisonné

Schneiderman 1990, no. 27, State v/x

Accession Number

1945.6.2

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. Delâtre imp. 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, graphite, artist's hand. "77217" lower center margin, graphite, unknown hand. "3032" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.

Marks and Labels

"National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink.

Exhibition History

1995: Prints by James McNeill Whistler and His Contemporaries, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995, as The Vampire.

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.