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An aerial view of the city of Paris with sections left blank at right and center

Set in a vertical oval shape surrounded by a rectangle at the center of the page, this city scene is etched in fine dark brown lines on pale green paper. Seen from above and at an angle, the rooftops and facades of city buildings crowd the view at left and center, and recede into the distance at left. In the foreground at lower left, four dark birds dart in front of us in mid-air, while in the distance others wheel high above the city against a cloudy sky. A large area occupying most of the right side is left blank, as is a tall rectangular space at center.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
M2324
People
Charles Meryon, French (1821 - 1868)
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/272243

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: 20.7 × 16.5 cm (8 1/8 × 6 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower left, graphite: LD 23 I
  • inscription: lower right, graphite: 44a
  • collector's mark: verso, center right, black or purple ink: [outline of a pentagon] [Lugt 2923a, mark of Albert W. Scholle]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Albert W. Scholle, New York (Lugt 2329a). Joseph B. Marvin, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1923

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
i/x
Edition
unfinished proof
Standard Reference Number
Del. 23, W. 7, S. 27 I

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Joseph B. Marvin
Accession Year
1923
Object Number
M2324
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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