Artworks · Charles Méryon

Pont-au-Change, Paris

1854 · Etching on ivory wove chine

Image, including stray marks: 15 × 33 cm (5 15/16 × 13 in.); Plate: 15.6 × 33.4 cm (6 3/16 × 13 3/16 in.); Sheet: 21.5 × 39.2 cm (8 1/2 × 15 7/16 in.)

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The Mortuary, Paris

1854 · Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper

Image: 23.2 × 20.7 cm (9 3/16 × 8 3/16 in.); Plate: 23.2 × 20.7 cm (9 3/16 × 8 3/16 in.); Sheet: 35.8 × 28.5 cm (14 1/8 × 11 1/4 in.)

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The Mortuary, Paris

1854 · Etching and drypoint in warm black on cream wove paper

Image: 21.4 × 19 cm (8 7/16 × 7 1/2 in.); Plate: 23.1 × 20.8 cm (9 1/8 × 8 1/4 in.); Sheet: 32.6 × 33.2 cm (12 7/8 × 13 1/8 in.)

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Molière's Tomb, Père-Lachaise Cemetery, Paris

1854 · Etching in warm black on ivory laid paper

Image: 6.8 × 7 cm (2 11/16 × 2 13/16 in.); Plate: 6.8 × 7 cm (2 11/16 × 2 13/16 in.); Sheet: 43.8 × 31.8 cm (17 1/4 × 12 9/16 in.)

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Pompe Notre-Dame, Paris, small plate

1854 · Etching on ivory wove paper

Image: 10.8 × 8 cm (4 5/16 × 3 3/16 in.); Plate: 10.8 × 8 cm (4 5/16 × 3 3/16 in.); Sheet: 17.1 × 12.5 cm (6 3/4 × 4 15/16 in.)

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Dedicatory Verses by Meryon to Reinier Nooms, Called Zeeman

1854 · Etching in black and red on ivory wove paper

Image: 17.4 × 6.9 cm (6 7/8 × 2 3/4 in.); Plate: 17.4 × 6.9 cm (6 7/8 × 2 3/4 in.); Sheet: 43 × 32 cm (16 15/16 × 12 5/8 in.)

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Molière's Tomb, Père-Lachaise Cemetery, Paris

1854 · Etching in warm black on ivory laid paper

Image: 6.8 × 7 cm (2 11/16 × 2 13/16 in.); Plate: 6.8 × 7 cm (2 11/16 × 2 13/16 in.); Sheet: 13.3 × 12.7 cm (5 1/4 × 5 in.)

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La rue des Mauvais Garçons

1854 · Etching in warm black with roulette (plate is scraped and burnished) on cream wove paper

Image: 12.5 × 9.8 cm (4 15/16 × 3 7/8 in.); Plate: 12.5 × 9.8 cm (4 15/16 × 3 7/8 in.); Sheet: 29.3 × 22 cm (11 9/16 × 8 11/16 in.)

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Pont-au-Change, Paris

1854 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image: 15.8 × 33.5 cm (6 1/4 × 13 1/4 in.); Plate: 15.8 × 33.5 cm (6 1/4 × 13 1/4 in.); Sheet: 25.7 × 39.6 cm (10 1/8 × 15 5/8 in.)

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Pont-au-Change, Paris

1854 · Etching on ivory laid chine

Image: 15.8 × 33.7 cm (6 1/4 × 13 5/16 in.); Plate: 15.8 × 33.7 cm (6 1/4 × 13 5/16 in.); Sheet: 22.3 × 39.6 cm (8 13/16 × 15 5/8 in.)

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Pompe Notre-Dame, Paris (small plate)

1854 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image: 10.8 × 8 cm (4 5/16 × 3 3/16 in.); Plate: 10.8 × 8 cm (4 5/16 × 3 3/16 in.); Sheet: 43.4 × 32.2 cm (17 1/8 × 12 11/16 in.)

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The Old Gate of the Palais de Justice, Paris

1854 · Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper

Image: 8.7 × 8.5 cm (3 7/16 × 3 3/8 in.); Plate: 8.7 × 8.5 cm (3 7/16 × 3 3/8 in.)

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The Apse of Notre-Dame, Paris

1854 · Etching and drypoint ivory laid paper

Image, including stray marks: 16.6 × 30.2 cm (6 9/16 × 11 15/16 in.); Plate: 16.5 × 30 cm (6 1/2 × 11 13/16 in.); Sheet: 23.6 × 36.3 cm (9 5/16 × 14 5/16 in.)

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The Mortuary, Paris

1854 · Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper

Image: 23.3 × 20.7 cm (9 3/16 × 8 3/16 in.); Plate: 23.3 × 20.7 cm (9 3/16 × 8 3/16 in.); Sheet: 24.7 × 22 cm (9 3/4 × 8 11/16 in.)

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Molière's Tomb, Père-Lachaise Cemetery, Paris and the Old Gate of the Palais de Justice, Paris

1854 · Etching and drypoint on ivory wove paper

Image: 16 × 14.1 cm (6 5/16 × 5 9/16 in.); Plate: 16 × 14.1 cm (6 5/16 × 5 9/16 in.); Sheet: 25.5 × 19.6 cm (10 1/16 × 7 3/4 in.)

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Arms Symbolical of the City of Paris

1854 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image: 13.5 × 11.2 cm (5 3/8 × 4 7/16 in.); Plate: 13.5 × 11.2 cm (5 3/8 × 4 7/16 in.); Sheet: 43.9 × 32 cm (17 5/16 × 12 5/8 in.)

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Le stryge (The Vampire)

1853 · etching on green laid paper

plate: 17.1 × 13.3 cm (6 3/4 × 5 1/4 in.) sheet: 21.5 × 17.7 cm (8 7/16 × 6 15/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

La galerie Notre-Dame, Paris (The Gallery of Notre Dame, Paris)

1853 · etching on green laid paper

image: 27.5 × 16.2 cm (10 13/16 × 6 3/8 in.) plate: 28.3 × 17.5 cm (11 1/8 × 6 7/8 in.) sheet: 31.8 × 20.4 cm (12 1/2 × 8 1/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

La galerie Notre-Dame, Paris (The Gallery of Notre Dame, Paris)

1853 · etching on green laid paper

plate: 28.1 × 17.5 cm (11 1/16 × 6 7/8 in.) sheet: 38.2 × 26.8 cm (15 1/16 × 10 9/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

L'arche du Pont Notre-Dame, Paris (An Arch of the Notre-Dame Bridge, Paris)

1853 · etching and drypoint on green laid paper

image: 12.5 × 16.6 cm (4 15/16 × 6 9/16 in.) plate: 15.1 × 19.1 cm (5 15/16 × 7 1/2 in.) sheet (irreg.): 22.6 × 27.1 cm (8 7/8 × 10 11/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Le Pont-Neuf, Paris

1853 · etching and drypoint on green laid paper

plate: 17.8 × 18.1 cm (7 × 7 1/8 in.) sheet (irreg.): 30.9 × 39.5 cm (12 3/16 × 15 9/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Le stryge (The Vampire)

1853 · etching on green laid paper

plate: 16.9 × 12.9 cm (6 5/8 × 5 1/16 in.) sheet (irreg.): 27 × 19.2 cm (10 5/8 × 7 9/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Le stryge (The Vampire)

1853 · etching on green laid paper

plate: 16.8 × 12.9 cm (6 5/8 × 5 1/16 in.) sheet: 25.6 × 19 cm (10 1/16 × 7 1/2 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Le stryge (The Vampire)

1853 · etching on wove paper

plate: 17.1 × 12.6 cm (6 3/4 × 4 15/16 in.) sheet: 25.1 × 19.9 cm (9 7/8 × 7 13/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

La Rue des Toiles, à Bourges

1853 · etching and drypoint on green laid paper

plate: 21.3 × 11.8 cm (8 3/8 × 4 5/8 in.) sheet: 35.6 × 24 cm (14 × 9 7/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Plan du Combat de Sinope (Plan of the Battle of Sinope)

1853 · etching with watercolor additions on Van Gelder laid paper

plate: 18.3 × 26.3 cm (7 3/16 × 10 3/8 in.) sheet: 26.6 × 36.3 cm (10 1/2 × 14 5/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Le Pont Neuf, Paris

1853 · etching and drypoint on green laid paper

image: 16.6 × 16.4 cm (6 9/16 × 6 7/16 in.) sheet (irreg.): 22.8 × 21.8 cm (9 × 8 9/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

La galerie Notre-Dame, Paris (The Gallery of Notre Dame, Paris)

1853 · etching on laid paper

image: 27.4 × 16.2 cm (10 13/16 × 6 3/8 in.) plate: 28 × 17.3 cm (11 × 6 13/16 in.) sheet: 47.7 × 31.9 cm (18 3/4 × 12 9/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

L'arche du Pont Notre-Dame, Paris (An Arch of the Notre-Dame Bridge, Paris)

1853 · etching and drypoint on laid green paper

image: 12.4 × 16.8 cm (4 7/8 × 6 5/8 in.) plate: 15.1 × 19.5 cm (5 15/16 × 7 11/16 in.) sheet: 15.9 × 20.4 cm (6 1/4 × 8 1/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Le stryge (The Vampire)

1853 · etching on Japanese laid paper

plate: 17.1 × 12.9 cm (6 3/4 × 5 1/16 in.) sheet: 21 × 15.6 cm (8 1/4 × 6 1/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

La galerie Notre-Dame, Paris (The Gallery of Notre Dame, Paris)

1853 · etching and engraving on green laid paper

image: 27.3 × 16.1 cm (10 3/4 × 6 5/16 in.) plate: 28 × 17.3 cm (11 × 6 13/16 in.) sheet: 37.6 × 26 cm (14 13/16 × 10 1/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Pont-Neuf, Paris

1853 · Etching and drypoint in warm black on verdâtre (greenish) laid paper

Imge: 18 × 18.2 cm (7 1/8 × 7 3/16 in.); Plate: 18 × 18.2 cm (7 1/8 × 7 3/16 in.); Sheet: 22 × 21.3 cm (8 11/16 × 8 7/16 in.)

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Study for an arch of Pont Notre-Dame, Paris

1853 · Graphite on cream wove tracing paper, tipped on ivory wove paper

17.5 × 23.8 cm (6 15/16 × 9 3/8 in.)

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Study for an arch of Pont Notre-Dame, Paris

1853 · Graphite, with touches of pen and brown ink on cream wove tracing paper (discolored to tan), tipped onto buff wove paper

12.6 × 17 cm (5 × 6 3/4 in.)

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Rue des Toiles, Bourges

1853 · Graphite on ivory laid paper, tipped onto ivory laid paper

29.1 × 11.6 cm (11 1/2 × 4 5/8 in.)

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Pont-Neuf, Paris

1853 · Etching and drypoint in brown on verdâtre greenish laid paper, hinged to cream laid paper

Image: 18 × 18.2 cm (7 1/8 × 7 3/16 in.); Plate: 18 × 18.2 cm (7 1/8 × 7 3/16 in.); 20.6 × 20.1 cm (8 1/8 × 7 15/16 in.); Secondary support: 31.1 × 44.6 cm (12 1/4 × 17 9/16 in.)

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Pont-Neuf, Paris

1853 · Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper

Image: 16.7 × 16.6 cm (6 5/8 × 6 9/16 in.); Plate: 18.2 × 18.4 cm (7 3/16 × 7 1/4 in.); Sheet: 21.6 × 23.5 cm (8 9/16 × 9 5/16 in.)

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Pont-Neuf, Paris

1853 · Etching and drypoint on verdâtre (greenish) laid paper

Image: 17.9 × 18.1 cm (7 1/16 × 7 3/16 in.); Plate: 17.9 × 18.1 cm (7 1/16 × 7 3/16 in.); Sheet: 24.7 × 28.5 cm (9 3/4 × 11 1/4 in.)

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Pont-Neuf, Paris

1853 · Etching on tan laid chine

Image: 18.3 × 18.2 cm (7 1/4 × 7 3/16 in.); Plate: 18.3 × 18.2 cm (7 1/4 × 7 3/16 in.); Sheet: 24.8 × 26.3 cm (9 13/16 × 10 3/8 in.)

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Rue des Toiles, Bourges

1853 · Etching and drypoint on ivory wove paper

Image: 21.3 × 11.8 cm (8 7/16 × 4 11/16 in.); Plate: 21.3 × 11.8 cm (8 7/16 × 4 11/16 in.); Sheet: 32.2 × 21.2 cm (12 11/16 × 8 3/8 in.)

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Rue des Toiles, Bourges

1853 · Etching and drypoint on verdâtre (greenish) laid paper

Image: 21.1 × 11.9 cm (8 5/16 × 4 11/16 in.); Plate: 21.1 × 11.9 cm (8 5/16 × 4 11/16 in.); Sheet: 29.6 × 19.7 cm (11 11/16 × 7 13/16 in.)

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Plan of the Battle of Sinope

1853 · Etching and roulette in black and tinted with watercolor in blue and yellow on paper

Image: 18.2 × 26.1 cm (7 3/16 × 10 5/16 in.); Plate: 18.2 × 26.2 cm (7 3/16 × 10 3/8 in.); Sheet: 20.4 × 28.1 cm (8 1/16 × 11 1/8 in.)

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The Gallery of Notre-Dame, Paris

1853 · Etching printed in warm black on verdâtre (greenish) China paper

Image: 28 × 17.4 cm (11 1/16 × 6 7/8 in.); Plate: 28 × 17.4 cm (11 1/16 × 6 7/8 in.); Sheet: 31.9 × 20.3 cm (12 9/16 × 8 in.)

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The Gallery of Notre-Dame, Paris

1853 · Etching and engraving on ivory laid paper

Image: 27.5 × 16.1 cm (10 7/8 × 6 3/8 in.); Plate: 28.3 × 17.6 cm (11 3/16 × 6 15/16 in.); Sheet: 43.2 × 31.5 cm (17 1/16 × 12 7/16 in.)

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Rue des Toiles, Bourges

1853 · Graphite on tan wove chine, laid down on ivory laid paper

21 × 13 cm (8 5/16 × 5 1/8 in.)

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The Gallery of Notre-Dame, Paris

1853 · Etching in dark brown on ivory laid paper

Image, including stray marks: 28.2 × 16.4 cm (11 1/8 × 6 1/2 in.); Plate: 28.2 × 17.5 cm (11 1/8 × 6 15/16 in.); Sheet: 44.3 × 32 cm (17 1/2 × 12 5/8 in.)

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The Vampire

1853 · Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper

Image: 16.5 × 11.8 cm (6 1/2 × 4 11/16 in.); Plate: 17.2 × 13 cm (6 13/16 × 5 1/8 in.); Sheet: 38.6 × 29.6 cm (15 1/4 × 11 11/16 in.)

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Pont-Neuf, Paris

1853 · Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper

Image: 17 × 16.6 cm (6 3/4 × 6 9/16 in.); Plate: 18.4 × 18.5 cm (7 1/4 × 7 5/16 in.); Sheet: 19.7 × 19.9 cm (7 13/16 × 7 7/8 in.)

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