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A carved stone grotesque figure overlooking an aerial view of the city of Paris

Set in a vertical oval shape at the center of the page, this city scene is etched in fine dark brown lines on pale green paper. Looming in the foreground at right is a stone carving of a monstrous figure in profile looking left. Wings folded behind it, it sticks out its tongue and holds its horned head in its hands, resting its elbows high atop a building’s cornice. Stretching out in the distance below are the buildings of the city of Paris, including the tall tower of Saint-Jacques at center. Dark birds fly around in front of the figure, and in the distance against a cloudy sky.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
M2325
People
Charles Meryon, French (1821 - 1868)
Title
Le Stryge
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Eux-fortes sur Paris
Original Language Title: The Vampire
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1853
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/271805

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching printed in brown-black ink on green laid paper with ruling lines in graphite
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 16.8 × 13.8 cm (6 5/8 × 5 7/16 in.)
sheet: 22.6 × 18 cm (8 7/8 × 7 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower center, graphite: epreuve a d'essai terminé, mais avant le monogramme CM. 1er état non con[illegible text] / par B. avec les inscritions man[illegible]ertes par Meyron / From Mlle Niel & Thibaudeau [?] collection.
  • inscription: lower right, graphite: 1 D 23 II
  • inscription: lower right, graphite: B. 37
  • inscription: lower portion of oval, graphite, in the artist's hand: C Meryon del. sculp. 1853. Aug. Delatre imp. Reu [de la Bucherie ?] 6.
  • inscription: verso, upper left, graphite: 4
  • collector's mark: verso, lower left, black ink: T [Lugt 2412, unidentified collector, possibly Alphonse Wyatt Thibaudeau]
  • 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
Alphonse Wyatt Thibaudeau, Paris and London or Unidentified Collector. (Lugt 2412). Albert W. Scholle, New York (Lugt 2923a). Bernard Buchanan MacGeorge, Glasgow (Lugt 394). Joseph B. Marvin, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1923

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
ii/x
Standard Reference Number
Del. 23, W. 7, S. 27 II

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Joseph B. Marvin
Accession Year
1923
Object Number
M2325
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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