It Rocks but is Not Sunk
1854
Medium
Pen and brown ink on tan wove China paper, laid down on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Primary support: 16.8 × 12.5 cm (6 5/8 × 4 15/16 in.); Secondary support: 19.8 × 15.4 cm (7 13/16 × 6 1/8 in.)
Classification
pen and ink drawings
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
68332
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...