La Loi lunaire, 1er planche ("Lunar" Law, 1st plate), 1856

Not on View

Medium

etching on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 13.6 × 22.8 cm (5 3/8 × 9 in.)

sheet (irreg.): 19.1 × 26 cm (7 1/2 × 10 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Schneiderman 1990, no. 60, State iii/iii

Accession Number

1943.3.6180

Artists / Makers

Charles Meryon (artist) French, 1821 - 1868

Image Use

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Inscription

"C. Meryon fit. Paris M.D.C.C.C.L.V.I." lower left composition, in plate, artist's hand. "Imp. T. F St Jacques No81." lower right composition, in plate, artist's hand. "Loi Lunaire" lower center composition, in plate, artist's hand. "Si j'étais...s'appellerait" center composition, in plate, artist's hand. "LD 91 II ([illeg.] III) lower center margin, graphite, unknown hand. "B.1024" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "34" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.

Marks and Labels

"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, stamped three times, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).

Provenance

Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Rosenwald, Lessing Julius

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.