Calais Boats in Vlissingen
1850
Medium
Etching, drypoint, engraving and roulette on tan laid paper, hinged to ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 6.7 × 12.1 cm (2 11/16 × 4 13/16 in.); Plate: 6.7 × 12.1 cm (2 11/16 × 4 13/16 in.); Primary support: 7.1 × 12.5 cm (2 13/16 × 4 15/16 in.); Secondary support: 31.7 × 45.3 cm (12 1/2 × 17 7/8 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
63762
About the Artist
Charles Meryon · 1821–1868
Charles Meryon, born on November 23, 1821, in Paris, was the illegitimate son of English physician Dr. Charles Lewis Meryon and dancer Pierre-Narcisse Chaspoux (stage name Narcisse Gentil) at the Paris Opéra. His half-sister Fanny, from his mother's prior relationship with Viscount Lowther, remained in contact after their mother's death in 1838. Raised partly outside Paris before attending Pension...