Research Catalog

Title

Essais [graphic] / C. M.

Author

Méryon, Charles, 1821-1868.

Publication

1849-1861.

Details

Additional Authors

• Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904.
• Delâtre, Auguste, 1822-1907.
• Dujardin, Karel, 1622-1678.
• Loutherbourg, Philippe-Jacques de, 1740-1812.
• Velde, Adriaan van de, 1636-1672.
• Zeeman, Reinier, approximately 1623 - ca. 1668.
• S.P. Avery Collection.

Description

13 prints : etching; 14.5 x 24.2 cm. or smaller.

Summary

Charles Meryon's earliest works include these experimental reproductive prints, mostly of animal or marine scenes, after Karel Dujardin, Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg, Adriaan van de Velde and Reinier Zeeman. Subjects include views of Haarlem, Musée du Louvre, Oceania, Pont-Neuf, Saint-Denis, the Seine and Vlissingen. Other subjects include asses, boats, cows, horses, sheep, swine, towers, watermills and villages. One print is present in two states.

Subject

• Musée du Louvre
• Donkeys
• Boats and boating in art
• Cows in art
• Fishing boats
• Horses in art
• Sheep in art
• Swine
• Towers in art
• Villages
• Water mills
• Pont-Neuf (Paris, France)
• Haarlem (Netherlands)
• Oceania
• Seine River (France)
• Vlissingen (Netherlands)

Genre/Form

• Marine prints – French – 19th century.
• Etchings – French – 19th century.
• Reproductive prints – French – 19th century.

Note

• Title from Loys Delteil and Harold Wright, Catalogue raisonné of the etchings of Charles Meryon.
• The states are listed according to Harold Wright's updated edition of Loys Delteil, Catalogue raisonné of the etchings of Charles Meryon. Other catalogs list the states differently.
• Two prints bear inscriptions, possibly by the artist, DW10 in graphite and DW11 in ink.

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Cite As (note)

• S. P. Avery Collection.

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

• Holdings checked in departmental copy of Loys Delteil and Harold Wright, Catalogue raisonné of the etchings of Charles Meryon.

Provenance (note)

• Gift of Samuel Putnam Avery, 1900. DW10 bears collector's mark of an unidentified French collection (Lugt 160)

Linking Entry (note)

• Forms part of Samuel Putnam Avery Collection.

Contents

DW2. Le vache et l'anôn (2nd state) -- DW6. Les trois cochons couchés devant l'étable (2nd state) -- DW7. Les deux chevaux -- DW8. Le brebis et les deux agneaux (2nd state) -- DW9. Le Pavillon de Mademoiselle et une partie du Louvre (3rd state) -- DW10. Entrée du Faubourg Saint-Marceau, à Paris (1st state) -- DW11. Un moulin à eau près de Saint-Denis (2nd state) -- DW12. La rivière de Seine et l'angle du mail, à Paris (2nd state) -- DW13. Galiot de Jean de Vyl de Rotterdam (3rd state) -- DW14. Bateaux de Harlem à Amsterdam (2nd state) -- DW15. Pêcheurs de la Mer du sud (1st state) -- DW15. Pêcheurs de la Mer du sud (2nd state) -- DW16. Passagers de Calais à Flessingue (1st state)

Call Number

MEZAC

OCLC

NYPG97-F592

Author

Méryon, Charles, 1821-1868.

Title

Essais [graphic] / C. M.

Imprint

1849-1861.

Restricted Access

Restricted access; Print Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Cite As:

S. P. Avery Collection.

Linking Entry

Forms part of Samuel Putnam Avery Collection.

Indexes

Holdings checked in departmental copy of Loys Delteil and Harold Wright, Catalogue raisonné of the etchings of Charles Meryon.

Provenance

Gift of Samuel Putnam Avery, 1900. DW10 bears collector's mark of an unidentified French collection (Lugt 160)

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Added Author

Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904. Collector

Delâtre, Auguste, 1822-1907. Printer

Dujardin, Karel, 1622-1678.

Loutherbourg, Philippe-Jacques de, 1740-1812.

Velde, Adriaan van de, 1636-1672.

Zeeman, Reinier, approximately 1623 - ca. 1668.

S.P. Avery Collection.

Research Call Number

MEZAC