College Henri IV, 1869

Not on View

Medium

graphite with red chalk additions on laid paper

Dimensions

overall: 12.8 x 12.4 cm (5 1/16 x 4 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Accession Number

1943.3.6199

Artists / Makers

Charles Meryon (artist) French, 1821 - 1868

Image Use

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Inscription

"autre partie du grand / dessin complete sur / place. CM / 1869" upper right composition, brown ink, artist's hand. "H et de niveau avec G" upper right composition, graphite, unknown hand. "A." upper left composition, graphite, unknown hand. "Study by C. Meryon / for details of his etching / College Henri IV." / LD 43 / W 58 / (From the Burty collection) verso, center sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "315/50" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Marks and Labels

"PB" (Philippe Burty collector's stamp) upper right composition, red stamped ink, (Lugt 2071). "LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d). "BM" (Bernard MacGeorge collector's stamp) verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 394).

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

Exhibition History

1945: Architectural Prints, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1945, no cat.

Bibliography

1974: Burke, J., CM PRINTS & DRWGS., New Haven, CT: 1974, 77.