# The Petit Pont, in The Etching Revival

Charles Meryon made this in 1850, aged 29. It is now at the Cleveland Museum of Art.

From the museum's label:

> Charles Meryon used etching—a technique that involves drawing on a printing plate with a needle’s point—to create minutely detailed images of Paris that imaginatively present recognizable sites.

_Text from the Cleveland Museum of Art._

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## The work

- Date: 1850
- Medium: etching with engraving
- Dimensions: Sheet: 26.4 x 19.6 cm (10 3/8 x 7 11/16 in.); Image: 24.6 x 18.8 cm (9 11/16 x 7 3/8 in.)
- Type: Print
- Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1953.10
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Charles Meryon](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/charles-meryon), French, 1821–1868

2 works in the collection.

## Walk on

- [Charles Meryon's contemporaries](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-charles-meryon?hang=750) (8 works)
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