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Le Pont-au-Change, Paris: PL.3259-011

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Le Pont-au-Change, Paris
Translated as: The Exchange Bridge, Paris

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Meryon, Charles
Printer: Delâtre, Auguste

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: Lewis Meryon Bequest, 1928

Legal notes

On long term loan from Pembroke College, Cambridge (From the Lewis Meryon Bequest, 1928)

Place(s) associated

  • Paris

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Lent (1938) by Pembroke College

Dating

Production date: AD 1854

Note

Twelfth state

School or Style

French

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of chine collé
Plate Height 142 mm Width 326 mm
Sheet Height 320 mm Width 490 mm

Techniques used in production

Etching

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: Charles Meryon

  • Text: CM
  • Location: Image upper left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Monogram
  • Text: 10
  • Location: Image lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Number

Inscription present: Lewis Meryon

  • Text: LM
  • Location: Lower right
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Type: Initials
  • Text: LE PONT-AU-CHANGE -
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title
  • Text: A. DELATRE IMP. R. S. JACQUES 208
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Address

Identification numbers

Accession number: PL.3259-011
Primary reference Number: 6166
Delteil/Wright: 34 XII
Schneidermann: 40 XII
Old number: Pembroke 11
Old loan number: no. 37-1938
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 8 March 2024 Last processed: Friday 25 October 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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