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The image shows a view from an elevated position, looking down at a canal or waterway with stone walls on one side and buildings on the other. The horizon is in the upper third of the composition, with buildings on an embankment. The artwork is composed of intricate cross-hatching creating texture on the buildings and clouds. The color scheme is sepia, emphasizing the detailed lines. A wooden platform crosses the water where people and boats are visible. In the background, there are more buildings and signs, including one for a bathing establishment. The skyline merges with the cloudy sky, with faint bird silhouettes.
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The image shows a view from an elevated position, looking down at a canal or waterway with stone walls on one side and buildings on the other. The horizon is in the upper third of the composition, with buildings on an embankment. The artwork is composed of intricate cross-hatching creating texture on the buildings and clouds. The color scheme is sepia, emphasizing the detailed lines. A wooden platform crosses the water where people and boats are visible. In the background, there are more buildings and signs, including one for a bathing establishment. The skyline merges with the cloudy sky, with faint bird silhouettes.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Bain-froid chevrier, dit "de l'École" (Chevrier's Cold-Bath Establishment, Sometimes called the "School-Baths")

Charles Meryon

Date
1864
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
image: 12 × 13.6 cm (4 3/4 × 5 3/8 in.) plate: 13.1 × 14.3 cm (5 3/16 × 5 5/8 in.) sheet: 18.3 × 18 cm (7 3/16 × 7 1/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1943.3.6176
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • Bridge
  • Boat
  • Building
  • Figures
  • Wall
Provenance

Jules Niel [19th century], Paris; Alphonse Wyatt Thibaudeau [1840-1893], London, (Lugt 2412); Bernard Buchanan MacGeorge [1845-1924], Glasgow, (Lugt 394); Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.

Inscription

Not signed. Not dated. "Bain Froid / Chevrier" center right composition, in plate, artist's hand. "Bain Froid Chevrier" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "L.D. 44 IV" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "(From the Heywood +Macgeorge collections)" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "c.1156" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "c.1156/k.326" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "35" verso, lower center sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Marks

"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, stamped twice, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).

Watermarks

None.

NGA object ID 9108. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.