Charles Meryon
The Apse of Notre-Dame, Paris
1854
Physical Qualities
Etching, Sheet: 334 × 506 mm. (13 1/8 × 19 15/16 in.)
Plate: 165 × 300 mm. (6 1/2 × 11 13/16 in.)
Image: 149 × 289 mm. (5 7/8 × 11 3/8 in.)
Portfolio/Series
Plate 21 in the series "Eaux-Fortes sur Paris" (1852-1854)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph DeVries Beckley, Baltimore
Object Number
1986.98
Inscribed: Recto: in image, upper left, in plate "Meryon's monogram"; in image, lower left, in plate "12"; below image, center, in plate "L'ABSIDE DE NOTRE-DAME-DE-PARIS. / 1853. / A. DELATRE IMP. R S JACQUES 265."; below image, lower center right, in graphite "7 5/8" Verso: lower center right in graphite "11 base avec la lettre [underlined]"; lower right in graphite "MRST- [with a line above]"
Markings: WM: "HUD[indecipherable]ST"
