Charles Meryon
The Vampire
c. 1853
Physical Qualities
Etching, Sheet: 402 × 303 mm. (15 13/16 × 11 15/16 in.)
Plate: 170 × 129 mm. (6 11/16 × 5 1/16 in.)
Image: 154 × 116 mm. (6 1/16 × 4 9/16 in.)
Portfolio/Series
Plate 6 in the series "Eaux-Fortes sur Paris" (1852-1854)
Credit Line
The Conrad Collection
Object Number
1932.17.32
Bought from Knoedler and Co. in 1914
BMA, "Master Prints II: Daumier to Picasso," 25 October, 1983 - 15 January, 1984.
Inscribed: Recto: in image, lower left, in plate "CM"; below image, lower left, in plate "C. Meryon del. sculp. / - MDCCCLIII - [in reverse]"; below image, lower right, in plate "A. Delâtre imp. rue de la bucherie - 6."; below image, center, in plate "Insatiable vampire l'éternelle Luxure / Sur la Grande Cité convoite sa pâture. / C.M." Verso: lower right in graphite "1366 [underlined]"
Markings: CM: Conrad(?) (not in Lugt)
