La Rue des Toiles, à Bourges, 1853

Not on View

Medium

etching and drypoint on green laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 21.3 × 11.8 cm (8 3/8 × 4 5/8 in.)

sheet: 35.6 × 24 cm (14 × 9 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Schneiderman 1990, no. 31, State iv/ix

Accession Number

1943.3.6213

Artists / Makers

Charles Meryon (artist) French, 1821 - 1868

Image Use

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Inscription

"C. Meryon del. sculp. 1853" lower left margin, in plate, artist's hand. "Rue Ne. St. Etienne-du-Mont 26" lower left margin, in plate, artist's hand. "La Rue des Toiles, à Bourges-) lower center margin, brown ink, artist's hand. "(Meryons / writing)" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "58-35" lower left margin, graphite, unknonw hand. "w 35[illeg] / LD. 55II" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "A-1638" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "Theo DeWitt" [underlined] verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "16" [encircled] verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Marks and Labels

"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink. "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink.

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.