Greniers indigènes et habitations à Akaroa, presqu'Ile de Banks, 1845 (Native Barns and Huts at Akaroa, Banks' Peninsula, 1845)
1865
Medium
etching on green laid paper
Dimensions
image: 12 × 22.2 cm (4 3/4 × 8 3/4 in.) plate: 14 × 23.7 cm (5 1/2 × 9 5/16 in.) sheet (irreg.): 20.5 × 31.8 cm (8 1/16 × 12 1/2 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1946.21.145
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...