Le Stryge (The Vampire)
artist
Charles Meryon
(Paris, 1821 - 1868, Charenton-le-Pont)
Date1853
Place MadeFrance, Europe
MediumEtching on wove paper
Dimensions19.7 x 15.2 cm (7 3/4 x 6 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number2.4.o.87
eMuseum ID725978
Previous NumberP17e87
Original Number3.1.o.18
EmbARK ObjectID14021
TMS Source ID2855
Last Updated10/3/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
BibliographyNotesGilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 131.
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 6, no. 32 (7 Apr. 1963), p. 2.
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 6, no. 32 (7 Apr. 1963), p. 2.
MarksNotesSigned and dated in plate (lower left): C. Meryon del. sculp - MDCCCIII (sic)
Inscribed in plate (lower right): A. Delatre, imp., Rue del la Bougherie 6.
Watermark: J Whatman / Turkey Mill / 1853
Inscribed in plate (lower right): A. Delatre, imp., Rue del la Bougherie 6.
Watermark: J Whatman / Turkey Mill / 1853
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from a London art dealer, Mr. Ward, in May 1887 for £ 11.15 with another Meryon etching, "La Galerie, Notre Dame, Paris" (museum no. 2.4.o.86), through scholar and critic, Charles Eliot Norton (1827–1908).
