Collège Henri IV, Paris, ou Lycée Napoléon (Henry IV College or Napoleon School), 1863/1864

Not on View

Medium

etching on laid paper

Dimensions

plate (cut to platemark): 30 × 48.2 cm (11 13/16 × 19 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Robert A. Hauslohner

Catalogue Raisonné

Schneiderman 1990, no. 91, State x/xii

Accession Number

1991.116.83

Artists / Makers

Charles Meryon (artist) French, 1821 - 1868

Image Use

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Inscription

(Charles Meryon's monogram) upper right composition, in plate, artist's hand. "Imp. Pierron r. Montfaucon r." lower left margin, in plate, artist's hand. "1863-64" lower right margin, in plate, artist's hand. " VUE A COL D'OISEAU / DU / COLLEGE HENRI VI OU LYCEE NAPOLEON / GRAND ET PETIT COLLEGES, Avec les jardins qui en dependent et les constructions avoisinantes / PRISE DU SOMMET DU PANTHEON / PARIS DCCCLXIV" lower center margin, in plate. "Paris, ROCHOUX, Quai de l'Horloge, 19" lower left margin, in plate. "204-623-13627" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hadn. "1863-64 / Engraving College of Henry IV / Meryon Charles" verso, lower center sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "HX" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Marks and Labels

(unidentified collector's stamp) verso, blue stamped ink.

Provenance

Mrs. Robert A. Hauslohner, Bryn Mawr, PA; gift to NGA, 1991.

Associated Names

Hauslohner, Robert A., Mrs.

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.