Charles Meryon
The Old Gate of the Palace of Justice, Paris
1854
Physical Qualities
Etching, Sheet: 468 × 318 mm. (18 7/16 × 12 1/2 in.)
Plate: 85 × 85 mm. (3 3/8 × 3 3/8 in.)
Portfolio/Series
Frontispiece to the series "Eaux-Fortes sur Paris" (1852-1854)
Credit Line
Gift of Alberta and Henry G. Burke, Baltimore
Object Number
1975.29.1
Inscribed: Recto: in image, upper center, in plate "PARIS [with additional illegible text on either side in banner]"; in image, upper center, in plate "PARIS / MDCCCL [on building]"; below image, center, in plate "Paris. C. Meryon. fit. MDCCCLIV. Imp. Rue Ne. St. Etienne-du-Mont. No 26."; above image, upper left, in graphite "56" Verso: lower left in graphite "Collns Henri Le Secq des Tournelles + Charles Deering / 27.4363"; center in graphite "a49092"; center in graphite '[indecipherable symbol]"; center in graphite "HC."
Markings: CM: The Art Institute of Chicago (Lugt 32b); Deering (Lugt 516); Le Secq (Lugt 1336) WM: "J. Kool"
