Charles Meryon
The Clock Tower, Paris
c. 1852
Physical Qualities
Etching, Sheet: 284 × 203 mm. (11 3/16 × 8 in.)
Plate: 257 × 183 mm. (10 1/8 × 7 3/16 in.)
Image: 243 × 180 mm. (9 9/16 × 7 1/16 in.)
Portfolio/Series
Plate 11 in the series "Eaux-Fortes sur Paris" (1852-1854)
Credit Line
The Conrad Collection
Object Number
1932.17.28
From the collection of Meryon's patron, the Minister of the Interior - bought from Bendann in 1912
Inscribed: Recto: in image, upper right, in plate "C.M."; below image, lower left, in graphite "M.C.L." Verso: center in graphite "I think this is the finest one I ever saw"; lower center in graphite "[indecipherable symbol] From The Donon Collection, it also bears the seal of The Ministère de l'Intérieur"; lower right in graphite "PWX"
Markings: CM: Conrad(?) (not in Lugt); Ministère de l'Intérieur (Lugt 1816d)
