Charles Meryon
The Exchange Bridge, Paris
1854
Physical Qualities
Etching, Sheet: 210 × 385 mm. (8 1/4 × 15 3/16 in.)
Plate: 155 × 335 mm. (6 1/8 × 13 3/16 in.)
Image: 139 × 324 mm. (5 1/2 × 12 3/4 in.)
Portfolio/Series
Plate 17 in the series "Eaux-fortes sur Paris" (1852-1854)
Credit Line
The Conrad Collection
Object Number
1932.17.23
From the Gerbeau collection - stamp in red in l/r of plate - bought from Bendann in 1913
Inscribed: Recto: below image, lower left, in plate "C. Meryon del.s culp. mdcccliiii."; below image, lower right, in plate "Imp. - R. Neuve St. Etienne-du-Mont. 26."; below image, lower left, in graphite "46"; below image, lower right, in graphite "[indecipherable]S(?)9" Verso: lower left in blue ink "a45011"; lower center right in graphite "12 07 07(?)3"
Markings: CM: Conrad(?) (not in Lugt); Gerbeau (Lugt 1166); Bouillard (Lugt 731)
