Artworks · Charles Méryon

Le Pont-au-Change, Paris

1854 · etching on laid paper

plate: 15.5 x 33.5 cm (6 1/8 x 13 3/16 in.) sheet: 22 x 39.2 cm (8 11/16 x 15 7/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

La morgue, Paris (The Mortuary)

1854 · etching and drypoint on laid paper

image (irreg.): 21.2 × 19 cm (8 3/8 × 7 1/2 in.) plate: 23.2 × 20.7 cm (9 1/8 × 8 1/8 in.) sheet: 29.1 × 24.8 cm (11 7/16 × 9 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

La morgue, Paris (The Mortuary)

1854 · etching

image: 21.2 × 19 cm (8 3/8 × 7 1/2 in.) plate (cut to platemark ): 23.3 × 20.9 cm (9 3/16 × 8 1/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Two Boats for "L'Abside de Notre-Dame de Paris"

1854 · graphite

overall (approximate): 8.7 x 12.8 cm (3 7/16 x 5 1/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Entrée du Couvent des Capucins français à Athenes (Entrance to the French Capuchin Convent at Athens)

1854 · etching and drypoint on laid paper

image: 17.7 × 11.1 cm (6 15/16 × 4 3/8 in.) plate: 19.1 × 12.4 cm (7 1/2 × 4 7/8 in.) sheet: 23.5 × 15.2 cm (9 1/4 × 6 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Moliere's Tomb

1854 · graphite on laid paper

overall (approximate): 24.3 x 13.6 cm (9 9/16 x 5 3/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Moliere's Tomb

1854 · graphite

overall (approximate): 14.7 x 8.5 cm (5 13/16 x 3 3/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Seine Boat for "Le Pont-au-Change"

1854 · graphite

overall (approximate): 7.7 x 12.4 cm (3 1/16 x 4 7/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Le tombeau de Molière, au Père-Lachaise, Paris (Moliere's Tomb, in Père-Lachaise Cemetary, Paris)

1854 · etching on wove paper

plate: 6.6 × 7 cm (2 5/8 × 2 3/4 in.) sheet (irreg.): 50 × 32.1 cm (19 11/16 × 12 5/8 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 × 28.8 cm (5 13/16 × 11 5/16 in.) plate: 16.5 × 29.8 cm (6 1/2 × 11 3/4 in.) sheet: 21.5 × 34.1 cm (8 7/16 × 13 7/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

La morgue, Paris (The Mortuary)

1854 · etching and drypoint on laid paper

image: 21.2 × 18.9 cm (8 3/8 × 7 7/16 in.) plate: 23 × 20.5 cm (9 1/16 × 8 1/16 in.) sheet (irreg.): 35.9 × 26.4 cm (14 1/8 × 10 3/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Le Pont-au-Change, Paris

1854 · etching on green laid paper

plate: 15.4 × 33.2 cm (6 1/16 × 13 1/16 in.) sheet (irreg.): 18 × 35 cm (7 1/16 × 13 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Armes symboliques de la ville de Paris (Symbolical Arms of the City of Paris)

1854 · etching on laid paper

plate: 13.6 × 11.1 cm (5 3/8 × 4 3/8 in.) sheet: 17.5 × 14.4 cm (6 7/8 × 5 11/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Armes symboliques de la ville de Paris (Symbolical Arms of the City of Paris)

1854 · etching on laid paper

image: 10.8 × 11.1 cm (4 1/4 × 4 3/8 in.) plate: 16.8 × 14.7 cm (6 5/8 × 5 13/16 in.) sheet: 18.8 × 16.2 cm (7 3/8 × 6 3/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

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

1854 · etching and drypoint on Jan Kool laid paper

plate: 8.8 × 8.6 cm (3 7/16 × 3 3/8 in.) sheet: 47.2 × 32 cm (18 9/16 × 12 5/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

La Rue des Mauvais Garçons, Paris (The Street of the Bad Boys)

1854 · etching on wove paper

plate: 12.5 × 9.7 cm (4 15/16 × 3 13/16 in.) sheet: 19.5 × 15 cm (7 11/16 × 5 7/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Le tombeau de Molière, au Père-Lachaise, Paris (Moliere's Tomb, in Père-Lachaise Cemetary, Paris)

1854 · etching on laid paper

plate: 6.7 × 7 cm (2 5/8 × 2 3/4 in.) sheet: 17.3 × 16.3 cm (6 13/16 × 6 7/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

La petite pompe, Paris (The Notre Dame Pump, small plate)

1854 · etching on laid paper

plate: 10.7 × 8 cm (4 3/16 × 3 1/8 in.) sheet: 20.6 × 15.5 cm (8 1/8 × 6 1/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

It Rocks but is Not Sunk

1854 · Woodcut in black on ivory laid paper

Image: 15.7 × 10.8 cm (6 3/16 × 4 5/16 in.); Sheet: 18.3 × 13.5 cm (7 1/4 × 5 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Study for Le Pont-au-Change (Pont-au-Change, Paris)

1854 · Graphite on transparent tissue paper, tipped on four corners to ivory wove paper

13.5 × 25.2 cm (5 3/8 × 9 15/16 in.)

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The Apse of Notre-Dame, Paris

1854 · Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper

Image: 16.5 × 29.9 cm (6 1/2 × 11 13/16 in.); Plate: 16.5 × 29.9 cm (6 1/2 × 11 13/16 in.); Sheet: 27.5 × 44.3 cm (10 7/8 × 17 1/2 in.)

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The Mortuary, Paris

1854 · Etching and drypoint in warm brown on verdâtre (greenish) laid paper

Image: 23.2 × 20.6 cm (9 3/16 × 8 1/8 in.); Plate: 23.2 × 20.6 cm (9 3/16 × 8 1/8 in.); Sheet: 29.6 × 25.5 cm (11 11/16 × 10 1/16 in.)

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Pont-au-Change, Paris

1854 · Etching on ivory chine, laid down on ivory laid paper

Image, including stray marks: 15 × 32.4 cm (5 15/16 × 12 13/16 in.); Plate: 15.7 × 33.2 cm (6 3/16 × 13 1/8 in.); Primary support: 14.2 × 32.6 cm (5 5/8 × 12 7/8 in.); Secondary support: 32.3 × 45.1 cm (12 3/4 × 17 13/16 in.)

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Pont-au-Change, Paris

1854 · Etching on verdâtre (greenish-ivory) laid chine

Image: 15.4 × 33 cm (6 1/8 × 13 in.); Plate: 15.4 × 33 cm (6 1/8 × 13 in.); Sheet: 20.7 × 38.4 cm (8 3/16 × 15 1/8 in.)

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Pont-au-Change, Paris

1854 · Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper

Image: 15.7 × 33.4 cm (6 3/16 × 13 3/16 in.); Plate: 15.7 × 33.4 cm (6 3/16 × 13 3/16 in.); Sheet: 32.5 × 45.8 cm (12 13/16 × 18 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

La rue des Mauvais Garçons

1854 · Etching with roulette (plate is scraped and burnished) on tan wove paper

Image: 12.6 × 9.8 cm (5 × 3 7/8 in.); Plate: 12.6 × 9.8 cm (5 × 3 7/8 in.); Sheet: 13.7 × 10.3 cm (5 7/16 × 4 1/16 in.)

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The Old Gate of the Palace of Justice, Paris

1854 · Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper

Image: 8.6 × 8.4 cm (3 7/16 × 3 5/16 in.); Plate: 8.6 × 8.4 cm (3 7/16 × 3 5/16 in.); Sheet: 43.3 × 32.4 cm (17 1/16 × 12 13/16 in.)

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La rue des Mauvais Garçons

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

Image: 12.7 × 9.8 cm (5 × 3 7/8 in.); Plate: 12.7 × 9.8 cm (5 × 3 7/8 in.); Sheet: 43.9 × 32.1 cm (17 5/16 × 12 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Entrance to the French Capuchin Monastery in Athens

1854 · Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper

Image: 19 × 12.5 cm (7 1/2 × 4 15/16 in.); Plate: 19 × 12.5 cm (7 1/2 × 4 15/16 in.); Sheet: 36.1 × 26.5 cm (14 1/4 × 10 7/16 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 × 6.8 cm (6 7/8 × 2 11/16 in.); Plate: 17.4 × 6.8 cm (6 7/8 × 2 11/16 in.); Sheet: 42 × 32 cm (16 9/16 × 12 5/8 in.)

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L'Esperance (verse to accompany Pont-au-Change)

1854 · Etching in brown on ivory laid paper

Image: 6.3 × 12.6 cm (2 1/2 × 5 in.); Plate: 6.3 × 12.6 cm (2 1/2 × 5 in.); Sheet: 11.9 × 19 cm (4 11/16 × 7 1/2 in.)

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Let the pure soul groan...

1854 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image: 7 × 3.6 cm (2 13/16 × 1 7/16 in.); Plate: 7 × 3.6 cm (2 13/16 × 1 7/16 in.); Sheet: 11.1 × 7.5 cm (4 3/8 × 3 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Death's Hostel

1854 · Etching in brown with two plates side-by-side on ivory laid paper

Image, left: 12.2 × 3.6 cm (4 13/16 × 1 7/16 in.); Plate, left: 12.2 × 3.6 cm (4 13/16 × 1 7/16 in.); Image, right: 12.1 × 3.5 cm (4 13/16 × 1 7/16 in.); Plate, right: 12.1 × 3.5 cm (4 13/16 × 1 7/16 in.); Sheet: 20 × 16.7 cm (7 7/8 × 6 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Verses Dedicated to Eugène Bléry, No. 2

1854 · Etching in warm black on ivory laid paper

Image: 12.7 × 7 cm (5 × 2 13/16 in.); Plate: 12.7 × 7 cm (5 × 2 13/16 in.); Sheet: 21.6 × 12.8 cm (8 9/16 × 5 1/16 in.)

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Verses Dedicated to Eugène Bléry, No. 1

1854 · Etching in brown ink with some printing à la poupée in red ink on ivory wove paper

Image: 7.1 × 3.4 cm (2 13/16 × 1 3/8 in.); Plate: 7.1 × 3.4 cm (2 13/16 × 1 3/8 in.); Sheet: 14.8 × 10.2 cm (5 7/8 × 4 1/16 in.)

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Molière's Tomb, Père-Lachaise Cemetery, Paris

1854 · Etching in warm black on verdâtre (greenish) 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: 17.4 × 15.4 cm (6 7/8 × 6 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: 17.2 × 25.7 cm (6 13/16 × 10 1/8 in.)

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Pompe Notre-Dame, Paris, small plate

1854 · Etching on ivory laid paper, with ivory laid paper affixed at bottom

Image: 11.8 × 7.9 cm (4 11/16 × 3 1/8 in.); Plate: 11.8 × 7.9 cm (4 11/16 × 3 1/8 in.); Sheet: 12.8 × 10.7 cm (5 1/16 × 4 1/4 in.); Sheet, with attachment: 13.8 × 10.7 cm (5 7/16 × 4 1/4 in.)

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Arms Symbolical of the City of Paris

1854 · Etching in warm black with plate tone on ivory laid paper

Image: 13.6 × 11.2 cm (5 3/8 × 4 7/16 in.); Plate: 13.6 × 11.2 cm (5 3/8 × 4 7/16 in.); Sheet: 44 × 32.2 cm (17 3/8 × 12 11/16 in.)

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It Rocks but is Not Sunk

1854 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image: 17.2 × 15.9 cm (6 13/16 × 6 5/16 in.); Plate: 17.2 × 15.9 cm (6 13/16 × 6 5/16 in.); Sheet: 26.8 × 18.7 cm (10 9/16 × 7 3/8 in.)

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Entrance to the French Capuchin Monastery in Athens

1854 · Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper

Image: 19.1 × 12.5 cm (7 9/16 × 4 15/16 in.); Plate: 19.1 × 12.5 cm (7 9/16 × 4 15/16 in.); Sheet: 26.1 × 19.5 cm (10 5/16 × 7 11/16 in.)

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Entrance to the French Capuchin Monastery in Athens

1854 · Etching and drypoint in warm black on ivory laid paper

Image: 19.2 × 12.5 cm (7 9/16 × 4 15/16 in.); Plate: 19.2 × 12.5 cm (7 9/16 × 4 15/16 in.); Sheet: 21.1 × 13.9 cm (8 5/16 × 5 1/2 in.)

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Pont-au-Change, Paris

1854 · Etching with drypoint on ivory laid paper

Image: 14.1 × 32.4 cm (5 9/16 × 12 13/16 in.); Plate: 15.6 × 33.4 cm (6 3/16 × 13 3/16 in.); Sheet: 29.8 × 48.5 cm (11 3/4 × 19 1/8 in.)

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The Apse of Notre-Dame, Paris

1854 · Etching and drypoint on ivory chine laid down on ivory wove paper

Image, including stray marks: 16.1 × 30 cm (6 3/8 × 11 13/16 in.); Plate: 16.1 × 30 cm (6 3/8 × 11 13/16 in.); Primary support: 15.1 × 29.1 cm (6 × 11 1/2 in.); Secondary support: 30.4 × 44.7 cm (12 × 17 5/8 in.)

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Pont-au-Change, Paris

1854 · Etching on ivory chine, laid down on ivory laid paper

Image, including stray marks: 14.4 × 32.9 cm (5 11/16 × 13 in.); Plate: 15.2 × 33.4 cm (6 × 13 3/16 in.); Primary support: 13.9 × 32.6 cm (5 1/2 × 12 7/8 in.); Secondary support: 29.9 × 45.2 cm (11 13/16 × 17 13/16 in.)

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Charles Meryon Autographed Letter

1854 · Brown ink on ivory wove paper, folded in half to create four pages

Sheet, opened: 32.1 × 42.8 cm (12 11/16 × 16 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Ploughman and His Horse

1854 · Reproduction of an etching on ivory laid paper

Image: 13.1 × 8.7 cm (5 3/16 × 3 7/16 in.); Plate: 13.6 × 9.4 cm (5 3/8 × 3 3/4 in.); Sheet: 22.6 × 14.3 cm (8 15/16 × 5 11/16 in.)

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It Rocks but is Not Sunk

1854 · Pen and brown ink on tan wove China paper, laid down on ivory wove paper

Primary support: 16.8 × 12.5 cm (6 5/8 × 4 15/16 in.); Secondary support: 19.8 × 15.4 cm (7 13/16 × 6 1/8 in.)

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