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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M2326
People
Charles Meryon, French (1821 - 1868)
Printed by Auguste Delâtre, French (1822 - 1907)
Title
Le Stryge
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Eau-fortes sur Paris
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1853
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/271806

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching printed in brown ink on green laid paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 16.8 × 12.7 cm (6 5/8 × 5 in.)
sheet: 23.5 × 17.6 cm (9 1/4 × 6 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, lower center of image: CM
  • inscription: lower left, graphite: Le Styrge
  • inscription: lower center, graphite: L. D. 23 IV
  • inscription: lower right, graphite: JBM
  • inscription: upper right, graphite: I. D. 23 / IV
  • inscription: lower left, in plate: C. Meryon del. sculp / MDCCCLIII [in reverse]
  • inscription: in plate, lower center: Insatiable vampire l'eternelle Luxure / Sur la Grande Cité convoite sa pâture. / C. M.
  • inscription: in plate, lower right: A. Delâtre imp. rue de la bucherie. 6.
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: K2036. NK

Provenance

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

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
v/x
Edition
Delâtre
Standard Reference Number
Del. 23, W. 7, S. 27 V

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Joseph B. Marvin
Accession Year
1923
Object Number
M2326
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
Permissions

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Exhibition History

  • Romantic Prints: David to Courbet, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 03/01/1980 - 04/30/1980
  • 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/31/2024 - 01/05/2025

Verification Level

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