Artworks · Charles Méryon

The Vampire

1853 · Etching and drypoint in dark brown on ivory wove paper

Image: 17 × 12.7 cm (6 3/4 × 5 in.); Plate: 17 × 12.7 cm (6 3/4 × 5 in.); Sheet: 23.5 × 18.4 cm (9 5/16 × 7 1/4 in.)

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The Gallery of Notre-Dame, Paris

1853 · Etching in warm black on cream chine, laid down on ivory wove paper

Image, including stray marks: 28.2 × 17.1 cm (11 1/8 × 6 3/4 in.); Plate: 28.4 × 17.7 cm (11 3/16 × 7 in.); Primary support: 28.4 × 17.8 cm (11 3/16 × 7 1/16 in.); Secondary support: 44.4 × 31.5 cm (17 1/2 × 12 7/16 in.)

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Rue des Toiles, Bourges

1853 · Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper

Image: 21.7 × 12.2 cm (8 9/16 × 4 13/16 in.); Plate: 21.7 × 12.2 cm (8 9/16 × 4 13/16 in.); Sheet: 44.5 × 31.1 cm (17 9/16 × 12 1/4 in.)

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Rue des Toiles, Bourges

1853 · Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper

Image: 20.8 × 11.9 cm (8 1/4 × 4 11/16 in.); Plate: 21.6 × 12 cm (8 9/16 × 4 3/4 in.); Sheet: 25.2 × 15.2 cm (9 15/16 × 6 in.)

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The Vampire

1853 · Etching and drypoint on tan laid paper, laid down on ivory wove paper

Image: 16.1 × 11.8 cm (6 3/8 × 4 11/16 in.); Plate: 17.4 × 13.2 cm (6 7/8 × 5 1/4 in.); Primary support: 30 × 22.4 cm (11 13/16 × 8 7/8 in.); Secondary support: 43.8 × 34.5 cm (17 1/4 × 13 5/8 in.)

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L'Arche du Pont Notre-Dame

1853 · Etching and drypoint on paper

Image: 12.5 × 16.9 cm (4 15/16 × 6 11/16 in.); Sheet: 14 × 16.9 cm (5 9/16 × 6 11/16 in.)

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The Vampire

1853 · Etching and drypoint in dark brown on ivory laid paper

Image: 17.1 × 13 cm (6 3/4 × 5 1/8 in.); Plate: 17.1 × 13 cm (6 3/4 × 5 1/8 in.); Sheet: 43.5 × 32 cm (17 3/16 × 12 5/8 in.)

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The Vampire

1853 · Etching and drypoint in warm black on ivory wove chine, laid down on ivory laid paper

Image, including stray marks: 16.4 × 11.7 cm (6 1/2 × 4 5/8 in.); Plate: 17.2 × 13 cm (6 13/16 × 5 1/8 in.); Primary support: 16.8 × 12.4 cm (6 5/8 × 4 15/16 in.); Secondary support: 49 × 32 cm (19 5/16 × 12 5/8 in.)

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An Arch of Pont Notre-Dame, Paris

1853 · Etching and drypoint on verdâtre (pale green) laid paper

Image: 15.1 × 19.1 cm (6 × 7 9/16 in.); Plate: 15.1 × 19.1 cm (6 × 7 9/16 in.); Sheet: 21.3 × 24.2 cm (8 7/16 × 9 9/16 in.)

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Rue des Toiles, Bourges

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

Image: 21.4 × 11.8 cm (8 7/16 × 4 11/16 in.); Plate: 21.4 × 11.8 cm (8 7/16 × 4 11/16 in.); Sheet: 24.7 × 14.6 cm (9 3/4 × 5 3/4 in.)

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The Vampire

1853 · Etching and drypoint in dark brown on greenish-ivory laid chine

Image: 17 × 12.9 cm (6 3/4 × 5 1/8 in.); Plate: 17 × 12.9 cm (6 3/4 × 5 1/8 in.); Sheet: 24.8 × 18.5 cm (9 13/16 × 7 5/16 in.)

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Pont-Neuf, Paris

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

Image: 18.1 × 18.2 cm (7 3/16 × 7 3/16 in.); Plate: 18.1 × 18.2 cm (7 3/16 × 7 3/16 in.); Sheet: 22.5 × 21.8 cm (8 7/8 × 8 5/8 in.)

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The Gallery of Notre-Dame, Paris

1853 · Etching on verdâtre (greenish-ivory) laid 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: 37.4 × 28 cm (14 3/4 × 11 1/16 in.)

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An Arch of the Pont Notre-Dame, Paris

1853 · Etching and drypoint on verdâtre (pale green) laid paper

Image: 15.2 × 19.4 cm (6 × 7 11/16 in.); Plate: 15.2 × 19.4 cm (6 × 7 11/16 in.); Sheet: 20.2 × 23.1 cm (8 × 9 1/8 in.)

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The Gallery of Notre-Dame, Paris

1853 · Graphite, squared in red Conté crayon, on ivory laid paper edge-mounted to cream laid card

24.8 × 16.5 cm (9 13/16 × 6 1/2 in.)

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Pont-Neuf, Paris

1853 · Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper

Image: 17.4 × 16.8 cm (6 7/8 × 6 5/8 in.); Plate: 18.3 × 18.3 cm (7 1/4 × 7 1/4 in.); Sheet: 23 × 24 cm (9 1/16 × 9 1/2 in.)

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Tourelle, Rue de la Tixeranderie

1852 · etching in brown on laid paper

plate: 24.5 × 13.1 cm (9 5/8 × 5 3/16 in.) sheet: 33.7 × 24.5 cm (13 1/4 × 9 5/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Saint-Etienne-du-Mont, Paris (Church of St. Stephen of the Mount, Paris)

1852 · etching on laid paper

plate: 25 x 13 cm (9 13/16 x 5 1/8 in.) sheet: 37.3 x 24.2 cm (14 11/16 x 9 1/2 in.)

National Gallery of Art

La Tour de l'Horloge, Paris (The Clock Tower, Paris)

1852 · etching on green laid paper

plate: 25.6 × 18.4 cm (10 1/16 × 7 1/4 in.) sheet: 29 × 21.7 cm (11 7/16 × 8 9/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

La Pompe Notre-Dame, Paris (The Notre-Dame Pump)

1852 · etching and drypoint on green laid paper

plate: 16.7 × 24.8 cm (6 9/16 × 9 3/4 in.) sheet: 24.4 × 30.8 cm (9 5/8 × 12 1/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Saint-Etienne-du-Mont, Paris (Church of St. Stephen of the Mount, Paris)

1852 · etching on green laid paper

plate: 24.5 × 12.8 cm (9 5/8 × 5 1/16 in.) sheet: 31.7 × 19.1 cm (12 1/2 × 7 1/2 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Tourelle de la Rue de la Tixéranderie, Paris (House with a Turret, Weavers' Street, Paris)

1852 · etching on green laid paper

plate: 24.6 × 13.2 cm (9 11/16 × 5 3/16 in.) sheet (irreg.): 35.7 × 22.1 cm (14 1/16 × 8 11/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Tourelle de la Rue de la Tixéranderie, Paris (House with a Turret, Weavers' Street, Paris)

1852 · etching on wove paper

plate (cut to plate mark): 25.2 × 13.8 cm (9 15/16 × 5 7/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Tourelle de la Rue de la Tixéranderie, Paris (House with a Turret, Weavers' Street, Paris)

1852 · etching on green laid paper

plate: 24.6 × 13.2 cm (9 11/16 × 5 3/16 in.) sheet: 36.1 × 22.3 cm (14 3/16 × 8 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

La Pompe Notre-Dame, Paris (The Notre-Dame Pump)

1852 · etching on laid paper

plate: 17.2 × 25.2 cm (6 3/4 × 9 15/16 in.) sheet (irreg.): 32.1 × 46.9 cm (12 5/8 × 18 7/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

La Pompe Notre-Dame, Paris (The Notre-Dame Pump)

1852 · etching and drypoint on green laid paper

plate: 16.8 × 25.1 cm (6 5/8 × 9 7/8 in.) sheet: 19.1 × 26 cm (7 1/2 × 10 1/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

La Tour de l'Horloge, Paris (The Clock Tower, Paris)

1852 · etching on laid paper

plate: 26 × 18.4 cm (10 1/4 × 7 1/4 in.) sheet: 37 × 28.1 cm (14 9/16 × 11 1/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Saint-Etienne-du-Mont, Paris (Church of St. Stephen of the Mount, Paris)

1852 · etching on green laid paper

plate: 24.4 × 12.8 cm (9 5/8 × 5 1/16 in.) sheet: 31.6 × 19.5 cm (12 7/16 × 7 11/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

La Tour de l'Horloge, Paris (The Clock Tower, Paris)

1852 · etching on wove Japanese paper

plate: 26.5 × 18.8 cm (10 7/16 × 7 3/8 in.) sheet: 27 × 19.2 cm (10 5/8 × 7 9/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Titre des eaux-fortes sur Paris (Title Page to the Set of Etchings of Paris)

1852 · etching on blue wove paper

plate: 16.6 × 12.5 cm (6 9/16 × 4 15/16 in.) sheet: 48.5 × 33.4 cm (19 1/8 × 13 1/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Title Page to Eaux-Fortes sur Paris

1852 · Etching in warm black on folded brown wove paper

Image: 16.7 × 12.3 cm (6 5/8 × 4 7/8 in.); Plate: 16.7 × 12.3 cm (6 5/8 × 4 7/8 in.); Sheet, folded: 42.7 × 32.2 cm (16 13/16 × 12 11/16 in.)

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Church of St. Etienne du Mont, Paris

1852 · Etching on verdâtre (greenish) laid paper

Image: 24.3 × 13 cm (9 5/8 × 5 1/8 in.); Plate: 24.3 × 13 cm (9 5/8 × 5 1/8 in.); Sheet: 27.8 × 15.8 cm (11 × 6 1/4 in.)

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La Pompe Notre-Dame, Paris

1852 · Etching with drypoint on tan laid paper

Image: 17.1 × 25.2 cm (6 3/4 × 9 15/16 in.); Plate: 17.1 × 25.2 cm (6 3/4 × 9 15/16 in.); Sheet: 18.7 × 26.1 cm (7 3/8 × 10 5/16 in.)

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House with a Turret, rue de la Tixéranderie

1852 · Etching on verdâtre (greenish) laid chine

Image: 24.1 × 13.1 cm (9 1/2 × 5 3/16 in.); Plate: 24.1 × 13.1 cm (9 1/2 × 5 3/16 in.); Sheet: 27.6 × 16.3 cm (10 7/8 × 6 7/16 in.)

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La Pompe Notre-Dame, Paris

1852 · Etching with drypoint in brown on ivory laid paper

Image: 17.2 × 25.2 cm (6 13/16 × 9 15/16 in.); Plate: 17.2 × 25.2 cm (6 13/16 × 9 15/16 in.); Sheet: 32 × 45.7 cm (12 5/8 × 18 in.)

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The Clock Tower, Paris

1852 · Etching and engraving in warm black on verdâtre (greenish) laid chine tipped onto ivory laid paper

Image: 25.6 × 18.4 cm (10 1/8 × 7 1/4 in.); Plate: 25.6 × 18.4 cm (10 1/8 × 7 1/4 in.); Primary suppport: 28.7 × 20.9 cm (11 5/16 × 8 1/4 in.); Secondary support: 44.7 × 32 cm (17 5/8 × 12 5/8 in.)

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The Clock Tower, Paris

1852 · Etching, engraving and drypoint (plate has been scraped and burnished) on ivory wove chine, laid down on ivory laid paper

Image, including stray marks: 26.2 × 18.6 cm (10 3/8 × 7 3/8 in.); Plate: 26.3 × 18.6 cm (10 3/8 × 7 3/8 in.); Primary support: 25 × 18.3 cm (9 7/8 × 7 1/4 in.); Secondary support: 43.7 × 32.3 cm (17 1/4 × 12 3/4 in.)

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Title Page to Eaux-Fortes sur Paris

1852 · Etching in warm black on verdâtre (greenish-ivory) laid paper

Image: 16.6 × 12.5 cm (6 9/16 × 4 15/16 in.); Plate: 16.6 × 12.5 cm (6 9/16 × 4 15/16 in.); Sheet: 39.2 × 29.6 cm (15 7/16 × 11 11/16 in.)

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Church of St. Etienne du Mont, Paris

1852 · Etching on ivory wove chine, laid down on ivory laid paper

Image: 24.7 × 13 cm (9 3/4 × 5 1/8 in.); Plate: 24.7 × 13 cm (9 3/4 × 5 1/8 in.); Primary support: 24.7 × 13 cm (9 3/4 × 5 1/8 in.); Secondary support: 32.1 × 21.3 cm (12 11/16 × 8 7/16 in.)

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House with a Turret, rue de la Tixéranderie

1852 · Etching on tan laid paper

Image: 24.6 × 13 cm (9 11/16 × 5 1/8 in.); Plate: 24.6 × 13.2 cm (9 11/16 × 5 1/4 in.); Sheet: 30.4 × 18 cm (12 × 7 1/8 in.)

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La Pompe Notre Dame, Paris

1852 · Etching on cream laid paper

Plate: 17.2 × 25.2 cm (6 13/16 × 9 15/16 in.); Sheet: 32.3 × 49 cm (12 3/4 × 19 5/16 in.)

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House with a Turret, rue de la Tixéranderie

1852 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image: 24.9 × 13.3 cm (9 13/16 × 5 1/4 in.); Plate: 24.9 × 13.3 cm (9 13/16 × 5 1/4 in.); Sheet: 26.4 × 14.8 cm (10 7/16 × 5 7/8 in.)

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Tourelle de la rue de la Tixeranderie.

1852 · Etching on paper

Plate: 26.4 × 14.7 cm (10 7/16 × 5 13/16 in.); Sheet: 28 × 17.3 cm (11 1/16 × 6 13/16 in.)

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La Pompe Notre-Dame, Paris

1852 · Etching with drypoint on verdâtre (greenish) laid chine

Image: 17 × 25.1 cm (6 3/4 × 9 15/16 in.); Plate: 17 × 25.1 cm (6 3/4 × 9 15/16 in.); Sheet: 18.7 × 26.2 cm (7 3/8 × 10 3/8 in.)

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La Pompe Notre-Dame, Paris

1852 · Etching with drypoint on verdâtre (greenish) laid chine

Image: 17 × 25.2 cm (6 3/4 × 9 15/16 in.); Plate: 17 × 25.2 cm (6 3/4 × 9 15/16 in.); Sheet: 26.7 × 34.6 cm (10 9/16 × 13 5/8 in.)

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La Pompe Notre-Dame, Paris

1852 · Etching with drypoint on tan wove chine, laid down on ivory wove paper

Image: 17.2 × 25.2 cm (6 13/16 × 9 15/16 in.); Plate: 17.2 × 25.2 cm (6 13/16 × 9 15/16 in.); Primary support: 16.9 × 25.1 cm (6 11/16 × 9 15/16 in.); Secondary support: 23.1 × 31.3 cm (9 1/8 × 12 3/8 in.)

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House with a Turret, rue de la Tixéranderie, Paris

1852 · Etching on ivory wove paper

Image: 24.9 × 13.5 cm (9 13/16 × 5 3/8 in.); Plate: 24.9 × 13.5 cm (9 13/16 × 5 3/8 in.); Sheet: 28 × 17.5 cm (11 1/16 × 6 15/16 in.)

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Church of St. Etienne du Mont, Paris

1852 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image: 24.2 × 13 cm (9 9/16 × 5 1/8 in.); Plate: 24.9 × 13.1 cm (9 13/16 × 5 3/16 in.); Sheet: 41.4 × 27.6 cm (16 5/16 × 10 7/8 in.)

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