Charles Meryon
The Clock Tower, Paris
c. 1852
Physical Qualities
Etching, Sheet: 326 × 265 mm. (12 13/16 × 10 7/16 in.)
Plate: 266 × 188 mm. (10 1/2 × 7 3/8 in.)
Image: 247 × 181 mm. (9 3/4 × 7 1/8 in.)
Portfolio/Series
Plate 11 in the series "Eaux-Fortes sur Paris" (1852-1854)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.2
T. Harrison Garrett, Baltimore, purchased 1885 (Lugt supp. 2435b); James L. Claghorn, Philadelphia (Lugt supp. 555c).
Schneiderman, Richard S., The Catalogue Raisonné of the Prints of Charles Meryon, London: Garton & Co., 1990, no. 23. Burty, Philippe, Charles Meryon, Sailor, Engraver, and Etcher, A Memoir and Complete Descriptive Catalogue of His Works, London: Fine Art Society, 1879, no. 42. Wedmore, Sir Frederick, Meryon and Meryon's Paris, London, 1892, no. 12. L'Artiste, vol. V no. 9, Oct. 1858.
Inscribed: Recto: in image, upper right, in plate "C.M."; below image, lower left, in graphite circle "84"; below image, lower left, in graphite beside circle "8"; below image, lower left, in graphite "[indecipheable]"; below image, lower center right, in graphite "avant la lettre"; below image, lower right, in graphite diamond with "[indecipherable]" Verso: center left in graphite "44664"; center right in graphite "HG(?)."
Markings: None
