Titre des eaux-fortes sur Paris (Title Page to the Set of Etchings of Paris), 1852

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Medium

etching on blue wove paper

Dimensions

plate: 16.6 × 12.5 cm (6 9/16 × 4 15/16 in.)

sheet: 48.5 × 33.4 cm (19 1/8 × 13 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Schneiderman 1990, no. 22, State i/ii

Accession Number

1943.3.6156

Artists / Makers

Charles Meryon (artist) French, 1821 - 1868

Image Use

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Inscription

"EAUX-FORTES / SUR / PARIS / pur / C. MERYON. / MDCCCLII" center composition, in plate. "[illeg.]" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "2928" [underlined] verso, center left sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Marks and Labels

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

Provenance

Cortlandt F. Bishop [1870-1935], New York, (Lugt 2770b); 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.