La Pompe Notre-Dame, Paris (The Notre-Dame Pump)

1852

Charles Meryon

Artist, French, 1821 - 1868

Auguste Delâtre

Printer, French, 1822 - 1907

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 17.2 × 25.2 cm (6 3/4 × 9 15/16 in.)
    sheet (irreg.): 32.1 × 46.9 cm (12 5/8 × 18 7/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.6168

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schneiderman 1990, no. 26, State x/x

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Charles W. Dowdeswell [1832-1915], London, (Lugt 690); Cortlandt F. Bishop [1870-1935], New York City, (Lugt 2770b); (sale, American Art Association-Anderson Galleries, Inc., New York, 19 November 1935, lot 128); Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.

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

"C.M." upper right composition, in plate, artist's hand. "LA POMPE NOTRE-DAME. / 1852." lower center composition, in plate. "A. DELATRE IMP. R.S. JACQUES, 265." lower right margin, in plate, artist's hand. "8" lower left composition, in plate, artist's hand. "[illeg.] a616" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.

Markings

"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, stamped twice, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d). (Cortland F. Bishop collector's stamp) verso, purple stamped ink, (Lugt 2770b). (Charles W. Dowdeswell collector's stamp) verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 690).

Watermarks

"HUDELIST"

Wikidata ID

Q65019213

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