Le Ministère de la Marine, Paris (The Admiralty, Paris), 1865

Not on View

Medium

etching on laid paper

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.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Harold Ober

Catalogue Raisonné

Schneiderman 1990, no. 94, State vii/vii

Accession Number

1968.9.2

Artists / Makers

Charles Meryon (artist) French, 1821 - 1868

Auguste Delâtre (printer) French, 1822 - 1907

Image Use

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Inscription

(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.

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 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.