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Charles Meryon

Le Pont-Neuf

Maker

Charles Meryon (French, 1821-1868)

Title

Le Pont-Neuf

Year

1861

Medium

Etching with drypoint on paper

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Etching with drypoint on paper

Materials

etching

Supports

Light weight Oriental tissue paper mounted on medium weight cream Hallines laid paper (chine collé)

Dimensions

15.2 x 19.7 cm (6 x 7 3/4 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Original--Recto:in pencil, UL:44Verso:in pencil, LL:a41541; in LR:E.H.In Plate--Initialed, UR:C.M.; titled, LC:L'ARCHE DU PONT NOTRE DAME/1850./A. DELATRE IMP. R.S. JACQUES, 265

Marks: Watermark:HALLINES and crown over shield with HP on it. RISD Museum stamp in brown ink on verso.

Identification

State

vii/vii

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

20.700

Type

Prints

Exhibition History

From Bastille to Beaubourg

Two Centuries of French Art from the Permanent Collection

Jul 07, 1989 – Aug 26, 1989

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Tombstone

Charles Meryon (French, 1821-1868)

Le Pont-Neuf, 1861

Etching with drypoint on paper

15.2 x 19.7 cm (6 x 7 3/4 inches) (plate)

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke 20.700

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