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Charles Meryon: PL.3259-028

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Titles

Charles Meryon
Translated as: Portrait of Meryon

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Bracquemond, Félix

Entities

Categories

Description

Medallion portrait of Charles Meryon

Notes

History note: Lewis Meryon Bequest, 1928

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Lent (1938) by Pembroke College

Dating

Production date: AD 1854

Note

First state. The second state was to accompany the first fifty sets of Eaux-Fortes sur Paris.

School or Style

French

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Plate Height 148 mm Width 100 mm
Sheet Height 237 mm Width 181 mm

Techniques used in production

Etching

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: B. / à / C.M.
  • Location: Image upper left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: CH. MERYON
  • Location: Image left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title

Inscription present: Lewis Meryon

  • Text: LM
  • Location: Lower right
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Type: Initials

Identification numbers

Accession number: PL.3259-028
Primary reference Number: 6232
Delteil/Wright: 17 A I
Schneidermann: Frontispiece
Béraldi: 77
Old number: Pembroke 28
Old loan number: no. 7-1938

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 28 May 2021

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

Citation for print

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Charles Meryon" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/6232 Accessed: 2024-04-26 18:37:48

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{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/6232 |title=Charles Meryon |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-04-26 18:37:48|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

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