21 prints : etching, drypoint, relief etching, some col.; 28.8 x 22.6 cm. or smaller.
Summary
Miscellaneous prints, including one reproductive print after a miniature. Subjects include barrels, birds, books, business cards, coasts, coffins, fountains, horses, keys, laundresses, Louis XI, poetry, rebuses, stock certificates, tables, Valerius Maximus and views of the Palais de justice and Pont-Neuf. Included are a cancellation proof and a copper printing plate. Some prints bear the artist's monogram. Some prints printed by Auguste Delâtre.
DW87. Adresse de Rochoux, marchand d'estampes (5th state) -- DW87. Adresse de Rochoux, marchand d'estampes (another impression) -- DW88. Vers à Eugène Bléry -- DW89. Vers à Eugène Bléry (2nd state) -- DW90. L'Attelage -- DW91. La loi lunaire (1st plate) (2nd state) -- DW92. La loi lunaire (2nd plate) (6th state) -- DW93. La loi solaire -- DW94. Présentation du Valère Maxime au Roi Louis XI (6th state) -- DW95. Projet d'encadrement pour le portrait d'Armand Guéraud (printing plate) -- DW95. Projet d'encadrement pour le portrait d'Armand Guéraud (9th state) -- DW95. Projet d'encadrement pour le portrait d'Armand Guéraud (13th state) -- DW96. Frontispiece pour le catalogue de l'oeuvre de Thomas de Leu (6th state) -- DW97. Projets de billets d'actions d'une pseudo-compagnie Franco-Californienne (1st state) -- DW99. Petit Prince Dito (2nd state)
DW100. Rébus: "Ci-gît la vendetta surannée" (2nd state) -- DW100. Rébus: "Ci-gît la vendetta surannée" (2nd state, another impression) -- DW101. Rébus: "Béranger ne fut véritablement fort, car il n'eut jamais la clef des champs" (1st state) -- DW101. Rébus: "Béranger ne fut véritablement fort, car il n'eut jamais la clef des champs" (4th state) -- DW101. Rébus: "Béranger ne fut véritablement fort, car il n'eut jamais la clef des champs" (cancellation proof) -- DW102. Rébus: "Non, Morny n'est pas mort car il noce encore" (2nd state) -- DW102. Rébus: "Non, Morny n'est pas mort car il noce encore" (2nd state, another impression)
Call number
MEZAC
Note
Title from Loys Delteil and Harold Wright, Catalogue raisonné of the etchings of Charles Meryon.
Two prints printed in red and black ink. One print printed in brown and black ink and one print printed in bronze ink.
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.
DW101 bears lengthy inscription on back of print in black ink by artist to Monsieur Léon Gaucherel explaining the rebus.
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. DW92, DW93, DW100 and DW101 bear collector's mark of Phillipe Burty (Lugt 413) DW97 bears collector's mark of L. R. Garnier (Lugt 2211) Another impression of DW101 is inscribed by the artist to Léon Gaucherel; Samuel Putnam Avery is know to have acquired a lot of 44 Meryon prints from Léon Gaucherel in 1872.
Linking entry (note)
Forms part of Samuel Putnam Avery Collection.
Author
Méryon, Charles, 1821-1868.
Title
Frontispieces, addresses, rebuses and various subjects [graphic] / C. Meryon.
Imprint
1854-1866.
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. DW92, DW93, DW100 and DW101 bear collector's mark of Phillipe Burty (Lugt 413) DW97 bears collector's mark of L. R. Garnier (Lugt 2211) Another impression of DW101 is inscribed by the artist to Léon Gaucherel; Samuel Putnam Avery is know to have acquired a lot of 44 Meryon prints from Léon Gaucherel in 1872.