16 prints : etching, drypoint; 32.3 x 25.1 cm. or smaller.
Summary
Reproductive portraits after a drawing by Gustave Boulanger, prints by Crispijn van de Passe, Jaspar Isaac, Michel Lasne and Jules Hébert, a bronze by Pierre-Jean David d'Angers, a painting by Rabel and anonymous photographs. Subjects include Agrippa d'Aubigné, Louis Bizeul, Evariste Boulay-Paty, Benjamin Fillon, Nivelle de la Chaussée, René Goulaine de Laudonnière, Casmir Leconte and Francois Viète. Other subjects include chessmen, books and a lynx. Some prints include the artist's monogram.
DW77. Casimir le Conte (2nd state) -- DW77. Casimir le Conte (another impression)- DW78. Evariste Boulay-Paty; a poet (3rd state) -- DW79. Francois Viète (3rd state) -- DW79. Francois Viète (7th state) -- DW79. Francois Viète (8th state) -- DW80. René de Laudonnière Sablais (de Burdigale) (5th state) -- DW81. Pierre Nivelle, bishop of Lucon (6th state) -- DW82. Jean Besly (4th state) -- DW83. L. J. Marie Bizeul, a Breton archaeologist (3rd state) -- DW83. L. J. Marie Bizeul, a Breton archaeologist (5th state) -- DW84. Th. Agrippa d'Aubigne (2nd state) -- DW85. Benjamin Fillon, homme des lettres (5th state) -- DW86. Armand Guéraud, imprimeur et littérateur, de Nantes (1st state) DW86. Armand Guéraud, imprimeur et littérateur, de Nantes (1st state, with frame) -- DW86. Armand Guéraud, imprimeur et littérateur, de Nantes (3rd state)
Call number
MEZAC
Note
Title devised by cataloger.
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 states differently.
DW77 bears inscription in graphite by artist "A mon ami à Roger Casimir Lecomte." DW86 bears inscription in graphite by artist describing the state.
DW79, DW80, DW82, DW83 and DW84 were published in Poitou et Vendée by Benjamin Fillon and O. Rochebrune.
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. DW84 bears collector's mark of Phillipe Burty (Lugt 413)
Linking entry (note)
Forms part of Samuel Putnam Avery Collection.
Author
Méryon, Charles, 1821-1868.
Title
Portraits [graphic] / C. Meryon.
Imprint
1856-1862.
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. DW84 bears collector's mark of Phillipe Burty (Lugt 413)