Le Pont-au-Change, Paris, 1854

Not on View

Medium

etching on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 15.5 x 33.5 cm (6 1/8 x 13 3/16 in.)

sheet: 22 x 39.2 cm (8 11/16 x 15 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of R. Horace Gallatin

Catalogue Raisonné

Schneiderman 1990, no. 40, State v/xii

Accession Number

1949.1.35

Artists / Makers

Charles Meryon (artist) French, 1821 - 1868

Image Use

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Inscription

"C.Meryon del.sculp. mdcccliiii." lower left margin, in plate, artist's hand. "Imp. Rue. Neuve St.Etienne-du-Mont. 26." lower right margin, in plate, artist's hand. "5238" upper right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "L.D. 34V" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "k.2345 / c.2819" lower left margin, graphite, unknonw hand. "c.6055" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand.

Marks and Labels

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

Provenance

R. Horace Gallatin [1871-1948], New York City; gift to NGA, 1949.

Associated Names

Gallatin, R. Horace

Exhibition History

2001: The Unfinished Print, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001, repro.

2004: The Unfinished Print, Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt am Main, 2004-2005.

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.