Benjamin Fillon

1862

Charles Meryon

Artist, French, 1821 - 1868

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in red and black on Japan laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 9.7 × 8.1 cm (3 13/16 × 3 3/16 in.)
    plate: 12.7 × 11.1 cm (5 × 4 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 33.6 × 25.2 cm (13 1/4 × 9 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2010.25.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schneiderman 1990, no. 84, State iv/vi

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(James A. Bergquist, Newton Centre, MA); purchased by NGA, 2010.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1906

  • Delteil, Loys. Le peintre-graveur illustre. 31 vols. Paris: Published by the author, 1906-1926. Reprint. New York: Collectors Editions, Da Capo Press, 1969: no. 85, iii/vi

1990

  • Schneiderman, Richard S. The Catalogue Raisonne of the Prints by Charles Meryon. London: Garton & Co., 1990: no. 84, between iii and iv/vi

Inscriptions

"C. MERYON SC.S. Pho. LXII. P.s" center left composition, in plate, artist's hand. "Benjamin Fillon for [illeg.]" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.

Markings

None.

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q76552528

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