Charles Meryon
The Little Bridge, Paris
c. 1850
Physical Qualities
Etching, Sheet (trimmed): 268 × 201 mm. (10 9/16 × 7 15/16 in.)
Plate: 258 × 190 mm. (10 3/16 × 7 1/2 in.)
Image: 241 × 185 mm. (9 1/2 × 7 5/16 in.)
Portfolio/Series
Plate 7 in the series "Eaux-Fortes sur Paris" (1852-1854)
Credit Line
The Conrad Collection
Object Number
1932.17.31
Stamp from the collection of Meryon's patron - The Minister of the Interior - bought from Knoedler and Co. in 1914
Jay Fisher, BMA, "Parallels and Precedents: The George A. Lucas Collection in Context," 23 August - 15 October, 1995.
Inscribed: Recto: in image, upper right, in plate "C.M." Verso: lower left in graphite "Bears the stamp of the / Ministère de la Marine proving / that the impression belonged to / Meryon's friend Wasset."; lower center left in graphite "A75218"; lower center in graphite "[indecipherable symbol]"; lower right in graphite "FEOX"
Markings: CM: Conrad(?) (not in Lugt); Dowdeswell (Lugt 690); Ministère de l'Intérieur (Lugt 1816d)
