Partie de la Cité vers la fin du XVIIe siècle (View of the City of Paris Towards the Close of the XVIIth Century)

Charles Meryon

National Gallery of Art

This print shows an urban landscape with buildings along a riverbank. A row of structures is visible across the water, with pointed roofs in varying heights. An architectural feature resembling a cathedral is partially visible above the roofs of the buildings to the left of center. The buildings appear to be made of stone and timber, depicted with thin, dark lines. Small boats are on the water at the bottom of the print, with people in them rowing or sailing. Smokestacks emit smoke into the light, cloudy sky. The background of the print is beige paper.