Charles MeryonEtchings of Paris: The Little Bridge1850 · Etching Print
Notre-Dame's towers loom over a stone bridge and boats on the Seine
Price$165 CAD
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Hahnemühle German Etching, 310gsm: a heavyweight, velvety matte fine-art paper with a warm white tone and a light texture.
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Fuji Matt paper.
Frame
Solid wood with a satin finish, handmade to order. About 20 mm wide and 22 mm deep.
Glazing
Low-reflection glazing.
Mount
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Hanging
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The edgeThe weightThe surfaceShown with Monet's Water Lilies.
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The twin towers of Notre-Dame rise above a long curve of tall houses, their windows, chimneys and cloth hung from poles etched line by line. In front, a stone bridge crosses the Seine on three arches. At left, covered boats lie moored against the quay wall with figures at work aboard; a small boat with several passengers waits below a sloping ramp, and figures stand on the bank at right. Clouds pile up in the hatched sky at upper right. The artist's name is pencilled in the lower margin.
The covered boats moored at the left are bateaux-lavoirs, wash boats on the Seine where laundresses could buy a place to do their washing. Meryon was drawn to them as part of a city in slow transformation. Officials thought the boats unsightly and unhygienic and pushed them steadily toward the outskirts, until few remained by the end of the 1800s.
The original: etching with engraving, 1850; Cleveland Museum of Art.
Charles Meryon (1821–1868) was a French etcher whose Eaux-fortes sur Paris (1850–54) recorded the old city before Haussmann's rebuilding. Le Stryge (1853), with the horned chimera of Notre-Dame leering over the rooftops, is his most famous plate. His haunted vision of Paris was admired by Baudelaire and Victor Hugo.
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Charles Meryon — Etchings of Paris: The Little Bridge | Etching PrintPrice$165.00
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The edge
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Shown with Monet's Water Lilies.
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