Tourelle de la Rue de la Tixéranderie, Paris (House with a Turret, Weavers' Street, Paris)

Charles Meryon

National Gallery of Art

The image shows an architectural scene with tightly packed multi-story buildings. The view is from street level, with rooftops and chimneys extending upwards against a textured sky filled with smoke. The artwork is an etching with precise linework. Figures engage in daily activities in the foreground, while shadows and highlights add contrast in tones of sepia and dark brown. Trees are intertwined around the bases of the buildings.