Charles Meryon
The Notre-Dame Pump, Paris
1852
Physical Qualities
Etching on chine collé, Sheet: 211 × 291 mm. (8 5/16 × 11 7/16 in.)
Plate: 172 × 249 mm. (6 3/4 × 9 13/16 in.)
Image: 164 × 247 mm. (6 7/16 × 9 3/4 in.)
Portfolio/Series
Plate 14 in the series "Eaux-Fortes sur Paris" (1852-1854)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.6
T. Harrison Garrett, Baltimore, purchased 1885 (Lugt supp. 2435b); James L. Claghorn, Philadelphia (Lugt supp. 555c).
Paris Salons of 1853 and 1855.
Schneiderman, Richard S., The Catalogue Raisonné of the Prints of Charles Meryon, London: Garton & Co., 1990, no. 26. Burty, Philippe, Charles Meryon, Sailor, Engraver, and Etcher, A Memoir and Complete Descriptive Catalogue of His Works, London: Fine Art Society, 1879, no. 45. Wedmore, Sir Frederick, Meryon and Meryon's Paris, London, 1892, no. 15.
Inscribed: None
Markings: None
