Le Ministère de la Marine, Paris (The Admiralty, Paris)
1865
Artist, French, 1821 - 1868
Printer, French, 1822 - 1907
Publisher
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Artwork overview
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Medium
etching on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 14.1 × 12.9 cm (5 9/16 × 5 1/16 in.)
plate: 16.7 × 14.5 cm (6 9/16 × 5 11/16 in.)
sheet (irreg.): 23.9 × 20 cm (9 7/16 × 7 7/8 in.) -
Accession
1968.9.2
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Catalogue Raisonné
Schneiderman 1990, no. 94, State vii/vii
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Frederick Keppel and Co., New York); Mrs. Harold Ober [1890-1975], Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 1968.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1995
Prints by James McNeill Whistler and His Contemporaries, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995, as The Admiralty, Paris.
2009
The Darker Side of Light: Arts of Privacy, 1850-1900, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; NGA; Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, 2009 - 2010
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
(Charles Meryon monogram) lower center margin, in plate, artist's hand. "Meryon sculp." lower left margin, in plate. "Imp. Delâtre, Rue St Jacques, 303, Paris." lower right margin, in plate. "MINISTÈRE DE LA MARINE (Fictions & Voeux)" lower center margin, in plate. "Paris, Publié par CARDART & LUQUET, Editeurs, 79 Rue Richelieu" lower left margin, in plate. "176" upper right margin, in plate. "/355" lower right margin, in plate. Verso: none.
Markings
"National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).
Watermarks
None.
Wikidata ID
Q65508016