Collège Henri IV, Paris, ou Lycée Napoléon (Henry IV College or Napoleon School)
1863/1864
Artist, French, 1821 - 1868

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate (cut to platemark): 30 × 48.2 cm (11 13/16 × 19 in.)
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Accession
1991.116.83
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Catalogue Raisonné
Schneiderman 1990, no. 91, State x/xii
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Mrs. Robert A. Hauslohner, Bryn Mawr, PA; gift to NGA, 1991.
Associated Names
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'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.
Markings
(unidentified collector's stamp) verso, blue stamped ink.
Watermarks
"HALLINES" "HUDELIST"
Wikidata ID
Q74892109