L'abside de Notre-Dame de Paris (The Apse of the Cathedral of Notre Dame, Paris), 1854

Not on View

Medium

etching, drypoint, and engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

image: 14.8 × 28.7 cm (5 13/16 × 11 5/16 in.)
plate: 16.4 × 29.8 cm (6 7/16 × 11 3/4 in.)

sheet: 25.9 × 39.1 cm (10 3/16 × 15 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of R. Horace Gallatin

Catalogue Raisonné

Schneiderman 1990, no. 45, State iii/ix

Accession Number

1949.1.37

Artists / Makers

Charles Meryon (artist) French, 1821 - 1868

Image Use

This image is in the public domain.
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Inscription

Not signed. Not dated. "L'Abside de Notre Dame de Paris." lower center margin, graphite, unknown hand. "A" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "W. 22. 1st state / LD +W 38III." lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "c.19367" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "k.8221." verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "Cons 8619" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "c. 19367" verso, lower center sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "[illeg.] / R / 7.75" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Marks and Labels

None.

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Gallatin, R. Horace

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.