La Tour de l'Horloge (Primary Title)

Charles Meryon, French, 1821 - 1868 (Artist)

1852
French
Prints
Works On Paper
etching with engraving printed in black ink on thin mulberry paper
Sheet: 11 5/16 × 8 1/4 in. (28.73 × 20.96 cm)
Plate: 10 3/8 × 7 1/4 in. (26.35 × 18.42 cm)
Image: 9 3/4 × 7 1/8 in. (24.77 × 18.1 cm)
2014.526
Not on view
Collectors mark of D. Bouillard (Lugt 731) on verso (stamped twice). Collectors mark of Vogler (not in Lugt) on verso at lower center edge.
Inscribed in graphite on verso, lower left: "19038", "W. 4818" and "La Tour de L'Horloge 1st state from G__" (?)
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

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