A carved stone grotesque figure overlooking an aerial view of the city of Paris
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Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

Set in a vertical oval at the center of the page, this city scene is etched in fine sepia lines on off-white paper. Looming in the foreground at right is a stone carving of a monstrous figure in profile looking left. Wings folded behind it, it sticks out its tongue and holds its horned head in its hands, resting its elbows high atop a building’s cornice. Stretching out in the distance below are the buildings of the city of Paris, including a tall tower at center. Dark birds fly around in front of the figure, and in the distance against a cloudy sky. A yellow discolored rectangle surrounds the oval.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
M2327
People
Charles Meryon, French (1821 - 1868)
Title
Le Stryge
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1853
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/271747

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching on off-white wove paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 16.8 × 12.8 cm (6 5/8 × 5 1/16 in.)
sheet: 27 × 20.7 cm (10 5/8 × 8 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, lower center of image: CM
  • inscription: lower left, in plate: C. Meryon del. sculp / MDCCCLIII [in reverse]
  • inscription: in plate, lower right: A. Delâtre imp. rue de la bucherie. 6.
  • inscription: lower left, graphite: JBM [encircled]
  • inscription: lower margin, graphite, erased: [illegible text]
  • watermark: lower right side, cut off (reverse reading): J WHA
    (The catalogue raisonne notes a thicker, beige-coloured paper used is watermarked J. WHATMAN / TURKEY MILL.”)
  • inscription: verso, midde right, graphite: OHO
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: A69295

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Joseph B. Marvin, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1923

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
vi/x
Standard Reference Number
Del. 23, W. 7, S. 27 VI

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Joseph B. Marvin
Accession Year
1923
Object Number
M2327
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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