Artworks · Charles Méryon

The Sickly Cryptogam

1860 · Etching with plate tone on blue-green laid paper with violet and red fibres

Image: 7.1 × 5.9 cm (2 13/16 × 2 3/8 in.); Plate: 7.1 × 5.9 cm (2 13/16 × 2 3/8 in.); Sheet: 19.3 × 15.1 cm (7 5/8 × 6 in.)

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An Old House at Bourges

1860 · Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper

Image, including stray marks: 23.3 × 13.5 cm (9 3/16 × 5 3/8 in.); Plate: 24.3 × 13.9 cm (9 5/8 × 5 1/2 in.); Sheet, folded: 43.4 × 31.1 cm (17 1/8 × 12 1/4 in.)

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Rue Pirouette aux Halles, Paris

1860 · Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper

Image, incl. stray marks: 15.5 × 11.3 cm (6 1/8 × 4 1/2 in.); Plate: 15.7 × 11.6 cm (6 3/16 × 4 5/8 in.); Sheet: 43.3 × 33.1 cm (17 1/16 × 13 1/16 in.)

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The Footbridge Temporarily Replacing the Pont-au-Change, Paris, After the Fire of 1621

1860 · Etching on grayish ivory wove paper, laid down on ivory wove paper

Image: 9.8 × 20.1 cm (3 7/8 × 7 15/16 in.); Plate: 12 × 23 cm (4 3/4 × 9 1/16 in.); Primary support: 11.4 × 22.6 cm (4 1/2 × 8 15/16 in.); Secondary support: 24.4 × 36.4 cm (9 5/8 × 14 3/8 in.)

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Rue Pirouette aux Halles, Paris

1860 · Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper

Image, including stray marks: 14.5 × 11.6 cm (5 3/4 × 4 5/8 in.); Plate: 15.6 × 11.6 cm (6 3/16 × 4 5/8 in.); Sheet: 28.3 × 18.5 cm (11 3/16 × 7 5/16 in.)

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The Printer Valère Maxime Presented to King Louis XI

1860 · Etching and drypoint with burnishing in warm black on grayish ivory chine, laid down on ivory laid paper

Image: 17.9 × 20 cm (7 1/16 × 7 7/8 in.); Plate: 17.9 × 20 cm (7 1/16 × 7 7/8 in.); Primary support: 21.6 × 24.4 cm (8 9/16 × 9 5/8 in.); Secondary support: 25.2 × 27 cm (9 15/16 × 10 11/16 in.)

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An Old House at Bourges

1860 · Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper

Image: 24.2 × 13.4 cm (9 9/16 × 5 5/16 in.); Plate: 24.2 × 13.9 cm (9 9/16 × 5 1/2 in.); Sheet: 39.2 × 27.5 cm (15 7/16 × 10 7/8 in.)

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The Footbridge Temporarily Replacing the Pont-au-Change, Paris, After the Fire of 1621

1860 · Etching on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory wove paper

Image: 9.6 × 19.8 cm (3 13/16 × 7 13/16 in.); Plate: 12.1 × 23.1 cm (4 13/16 × 9 1/8 in.); Primary support: 11.4 × 21.6 cm (4 1/2 × 8 9/16 in.); Secondary support: 31.6 × 45.2 cm (12 1/2 × 17 13/16 in.)

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Ruins of the Château de Pierrefonds

1858 · Etching and drypoint on grayish laid paper

Image: 15.4 × 20.6 cm (6 1/8 × 8 1/8 in.); Plate: 15.4 × 20.6 cm (6 1/8 × 8 1/8 in.); Sheet: 19 × 23.7 cm (7 1/2 × 9 3/8 in.)

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Seated Male Figure for "San Francisco"

1856 · graphite on wove paper

overall (approximate): 16.6 x 17.5 cm (6 9/16 x 6 7/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Seated Female Figure for "San Francisco"

1856 · graphite on wove paper

overall (approximate): 16.2 x 17.2 cm (6 3/8 x 6 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

La Loi lunaire, 1er planche ("Lunar" Law, 1st plate)

1856 · etching on laid paper

plate: 13.6 × 22.8 cm (5 3/8 × 9 in.) sheet (irreg.): 19.1 × 26 cm (7 1/2 × 10 1/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Adresse de Rochoux, Marchand d'estampes (The Address-Card of Rochoux, a Printseller)

1856 · etching in red and black on laid paper

plate: 9.2 × 12 cm (3 5/8 × 4 3/4 in.) sheet: 17.4 × 19.5 cm (6 7/8 × 7 11/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Château of Chenonceau, no. 2

1856 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image: 11.4 × 18.5 cm (4 1/2 × 7 5/16 in.); Plate: 11.7 × 18.7 cm (4 5/8 × 7 3/8 in.); Sheet: 18.9 × 24.2 cm (7 1/2 × 9 9/16 in.)

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The Pilot of Tonga

1856 · Etching, from two plates, one in black and the other in red (brownish), on ivory laid paper

Image: 20.2 × 14.3 cm (8 × 5 11/16 in.); Plate: 20.2 × 14.3 cm (8 × 5 11/16 in.); Sheet: 29.3 × 23.5 cm (11 9/16 × 9 5/16 in.)

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Lunar Law, No. 1

1856 · Etching with foul biting, hand-colored with watercolor, on ivory laid paper

Image: 13.2 × 22.9 cm (5 1/4 × 9 1/16 in.); Plate: 16.1 × 24.8 cm (6 3/8 × 9 13/16 in.); Sheet: 17 × 25.5 cm (6 3/4 × 10 1/16 in.)

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Lunar Law, No. 1

1856 · Etching with foul biting, hand-colored with watercolor, on ivory laid paper

Image: 15.1 × 24.4 cm (6 × 9 5/8 in.); Plate: 15.5 × 24.4 cm (6 1/8 × 9 5/8 in.); Sheet: 20.1 × 25.8 cm (7 15/16 × 10 3/16 in.)

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Portrait of Casimir le Conte

1856 · Etching on grayish ivory laid chine

Image: 34.3 × 25.6 cm (13 9/16 × 10 1/8 in.); Plate: 34.3 × 25.6 cm (13 9/16 × 10 1/8 in.); Sheet: 40.3 × 32.5 cm (15 7/8 × 12 13/16 in.)

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Portrait of Casimir le Conte

1856 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image: 33.7 × 25.6 cm (13 5/16 × 10 1/8 in.); Plate: 33.7 × 25.6 cm (13 5/16 × 10 1/8 in.); Sheet: 44.8 × 34.7 cm (17 11/16 × 13 11/16 in.)

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Portrait of Casimir le Conte

1856 · Etching on ivory wove vellum paper

Image: 33.1 × 25.7 cm (13 1/16 × 10 1/8 in.); Plate: 33.1 × 25.7 cm (13 1/16 × 10 1/8 in.); Sheet: 43 × 30.3 cm (16 15/16 × 11 15/16 in.)

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The Pilot of Tonga

1856 · Etching, from two plates, one in black and one in red (brownish), on ivory laid paper

Image: 20.2 × 14.4 cm (8 × 5 11/16 in.); Plate: 20.2 × 14.4 cm (8 × 5 11/16 in.); Sheet: 35 × 25.9 cm (13 13/16 × 10 1/4 in.)

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La salle des pas-perdus à l'ancien Palais-de-Justice, Paris (The Antechamber of the Palace of Justice, Paris)

1855 · etching on wove paper

plate: 29.3 × 43.7 cm (11 9/16 × 17 3/16 in.) sheet: 40.3 × 55.4 cm (15 7/8 × 21 13/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

San Francisco

1855 · Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper

Image: 17.8 × 96.1 cm (7 1/16 × 37 7/8 in.); Plate: 24 × 99.5 cm (9 1/2 × 39 3/16 in.); Sheet: 34.5 × 108 cm (13 5/8 × 42 9/16 in.)

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San Francisco

1855 · Etching and drypoint in warm black on ivory wove Japanese paper

Image: 18.4 × 96.3 cm (7 1/4 × 37 15/16 in.); Sheet: 34.9 × 10.1 cm (13 3/4 × 4 in.)

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San Francisco

1855 · Etching and drypoint on grayish ivory paper

Image: 18.3 × 96 cm (7 1/4 × 37 13/16 in.); Plate: 24 × 99.9 cm (9 1/2 × 39 3/8 in.); Sheet: 31.7 × 103.1 cm (12 1/2 × 40 5/8 in.)

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The Antechamber of the Palais de Justice, Paris

1855 · Etching, from a pewter plate, with foul-biting, burnishing and scraping on cream wove paper

Image: 29.1 × 43.4 cm (11 1/2 × 17 1/8 in.); Plate: 29.1 × 43.4 cm (11 1/2 × 17 1/8 in.); Sheet: 44.2 × 55.5 cm (17 7/16 × 21 7/8 in.)

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San Francisco, Study

1855 · Graphite on ivory wove tissue, hinged to ivory laid paper

20.9 × 26 cm (8 1/4 × 10 1/4 in.)

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Pont-au-Change, Paris, about 1784

1855 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image, including stray marks: 13.5 × 23.2 cm (5 3/8 × 9 3/16 in.); Plate: 13.6 × 23.8 cm (5 3/8 × 9 3/8 in.); Sheet: 20.2 × 25.9 cm (8 × 10 1/4 in.)

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Pont-au-Change, Paris, about 1784

1855 · Etching in dark brown on cream wove paper

Image: 13.1 × 22.7 cm (5 3/16 × 8 15/16 in.); Plate: 13.6 × 23.7 cm (5 3/8 × 9 3/8 in.); Sheet: 32.2 × 45.6 cm (12 11/16 × 18 in.)

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Pont-Neuf and the Samaritaine Seen from Under the First Arch of the Pont-au-Change, Paris

1855 · Etching in dark brown on ivory laid paper

Image, including stray marks: 14.5 × 20.4 cm (5 3/4 × 8 1/16 in.); Plate: 14.5 × 20.4 cm (5 3/4 × 8 1/16 in.); Sheet: 19.2 × 24.4 cm (7 9/16 × 9 5/8 in.)

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Solar Law

1855 · Etching, from two plates, one printed in warm black and one in red ink, on ivory laid paper

Image: 11.9 × 8.2 cm (4 11/16 × 3 1/4 in.); Plate: 11.9 × 8.2 cm (4 11/16 × 3 1/4 in.); Sheet: 24.5 × 15.9 cm (9 11/16 × 6 5/16 in.)

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The Antechamber of the Palais de Justice, Paris

1855 · Etching, from a pewter plate, with burnishing, scraping and foul biting on ivory laid paper

Image: 27 × 43.6 cm (10 11/16 × 17 3/16 in.); Plate: 27 × 43.6 cm (10 11/16 × 17 3/16 in.); Sheet: 44.1 × 55.6 cm (17 3/8 × 21 15/16 in.)

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Study for San Francisco

1855 · Graphite and incising on cream wove tracing paper (discolored to tan), tipped on ivory wove paper

10.6 × 6.8 cm (4 3/16 × 2 11/16 in.)

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Study for San Francisco, center left section

1855 · Graphite on tan wove tracing paper

23.7 × 24.5 cm (9 3/8 × 9 11/16 in.)

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Study for San Francisco, far right section

1855 · Graphite on tan wove tracing paper

23.2 × 23.4 cm (9 3/16 × 9 1/4 in.)

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Study for San Francisco, far left section

1855 · Graphite on tan wove tracing paper

22.7 × 29.3 cm (8 15/16 × 11 9/16 in.)

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Study for San Francisco, center right section

1855 · Graphite on tan wove tracing paper

23.1 × 23.9 cm (9 1/8 × 9 7/16 in.)

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Study for San Francisco

1855 · Graphite on cream wove tracing paper (discolored to tan), tipped on ivory wove card

17.9 × 12.3 cm (7 1/16 × 4 7/8 in.)

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Solar Law

1855 · Etching, from two plates, one printed in warm black, the other in red ink, on ivory wove paper

Image: 11.8 × 8 cm (4 11/16 × 3 3/16 in.); Plate: 11.8 × 8 cm (4 11/16 × 3 3/16 in.); Sheet: 16.3 × 24.2 cm (6 7/16 × 9 9/16 in.)

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Study for Share Certificates in a Fraudulent Franco-Californian Company, No. 1

1855 · Gillotage in black on ivory wove paper

Image: 16.6 × 14 cm (6 9/16 × 5 9/16 in.); Block: 16.6 × 14 cm (6 9/16 × 5 9/16 in.); Sheet: 27.7 × 21.8 cm (10 15/16 × 8 5/8 in.)

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Study for Share Certificates in a Fraudulent Franco-Californian Company, No. 2

1855 · Gillotage in black on ivory wove paper

Image: 13.9 × 17.9 cm (5 1/2 × 7 1/16 in.); Block: 13.9 × 17.9 cm (5 1/2 × 7 1/16 in.); Sheet: 20.7 × 25.9 cm (8 3/16 × 10 1/4 in.)

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San Francisco

1855 · Etching and drypoint in warm black on grayish ivory chine

Image: 18.1 × 94.7 cm (7 3/16 × 37 5/16 in.); Plate: 23.6 × 98.7 cm (9 5/16 × 38 7/8 in.); Sheet: 34.8 × 99.6 cm (13 3/4 × 39 1/4 in.)

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Pont-Neuf and the Samaritaine Seen from Under the First Arch of the Pont-au-Change, Paris

1855 · Etching on cream wove paper

Image: 12.9 × 18.4 cm (5 1/8 × 7 1/4 in.); Plate: 14.5 × 20.2 cm (5 3/4 × 8 in.); Sheet: 32.4 × 44.7 cm (12 13/16 × 17 5/8 in.)

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Le Pont-au-Change, Paris

1854 · etching on laid paper

plate: 15.7 x 33.5 cm (6 3/16 x 13 3/16 in.) sheet: 24 x 41.5 cm (9 7/16 x 16 5/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Ancienne porte du Palais de Justice, Paris (Old Gate of the Palace of Justice, Paris)

1854 · etching on laid paper

plate: 8.8 × 8.6 cm (3 7/16 × 3 3/8 in.) sheet: 13 × 12.4 cm (5 1/8 × 4 7/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

L'abside de Notre-Dame de Paris (The Apse ofthe Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Paris)

1854 · etching on laid paper

image: 14.9 × 28.9 cm (5 7/8 × 11 3/8 in.) plate: 16.5 × 30 cm (6 1/2 × 11 13/16 in.) sheet: 22.8 × 36 cm (9 × 14 3/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

La morgue, Paris (The Mortuary)

1854 · etching on laid paper

image: 21.4 × 19.1 cm (8 7/16 × 7 1/2 in.) plate: 23.2 × 20.7 cm (9 1/8 × 8 1/8 in.) sheet: 25.4 × 24.3 cm (10 × 9 9/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

L'abside de Notre-Dame de Paris (The Apse of the Cathedral of Notre Dame, Paris)

1854 · etching, drypoint, and engraving on laid paper

image: 14.8 × 28.7 cm (5 13/16 × 11 5/16 in.) plate: 16.4 × 29.8 cm (6 7/16 × 11 3/4 in.) sheet: 25.9 × 39.1 cm (10 3/16 × 15 3/8 in.)

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