Study for "Le Petit Pont", probably c. 1850

Not on View

Medium

graphite on laid paper

Dimensions

overall (approximate): 6.9 x 12.4 cm (2 11/16 x 4 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Accession Number

1943.3.6192

Artists / Makers

Charles Meryon (artist) French, 1821 - 1868

Image Use

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Inscription

Not signed. Not dated. "(1) lateau de Hanchissante. / (a) escape jeteé sur [illeg.]-" lower center composition, brown ink, artist's hand. "(1)" upper left composition, brown ink, artist's hand. "a" upper center composition, brown ink, artist's hand. "Study by C. Meryon / of details of his etching / Le Petit Pont; LD 26 / (from the Burty coll)" verso, center sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "7" verso, upper right sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Marks and Labels

"PB" (Philippe Burty collector's stamp), lower right margin, red stamped ink, (Lugt 2071). "LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).

Provenance

Philippe Burty [1830-1890], Paris, (Lugt 2071); Bernard B. MacGeorge [1845-1924], Glasgow, (Lugt 394); Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Rosenwald, Lessing Julius