Le tombeau de Molière (au Père-Lachaise) (Primary Title)

Charles Meryon, French, 1821 - 1868 (Artist)

1854
French
Prints
Works On Paper
Etching printed in dark brown ink on wove paper watermarked J WHA[TMAN] / TURKE[Y MILL] / 18[--].
Sheet: 12 9/16 × 8 7/8 in. (31.91 × 22.54 cm)
Plate: 2 11/16 × 2 11/16 in. (6.83 × 6.83 cm)
2016.381
Not on view
Collector's mark of Sir Francis Seymour Haden (Lugt 1048).
Inscribed in graphite on recto lower right: 309.1955. Written on verso by unknown hand in graphite: "A seldom-seen Meryon- Haden's Meryon collection was world famous."
Gift of Frank Raysor
Schneiderman, Richard S. The Catalog Raisonné of the Prints of Charles Meryon. London: Garton & Co, 1990.
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

Some object records are not complete and do not reflect VMFA's full and current knowledge. VMFA makes routine updates as records are reviewed and enhanced.