Charles Meryon
The Vampire
1853
Physical Qualities
Etching, Sheet: 488 × 323 mm. (19 3/16 × 12 11/16 in.)
Plate: 169 × 124 mm. (6 5/8 × 4 7/8 in.)
Image: 156 × 118 mm. (6 1/8 × 4 5/8 in.)
Portfolio/Series
Plate 6 in the series "Eaux-Fortes sur Paris" (1852-1854)
Credit Line
Gift of Alberta and Henry G. Burke, Baltimore
Object Number
1975.51
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, lower right, in graphite "[indecipherable]D(?)H(?)o8(?)3 5/8." Verso: lower left in graphite "MTTMX"; lower right in graphite "[indecipherable] / OoAXX"
Markings: WM: crowned escutcheon
