Native Barns and Huts at Akaroa, Banks' Peninsula, 1845
Charles Meryon
1865
Medium
Etching on ivory laid chine
Dimensions
Image: 14.1 × 24.3 cm (5 9/16 × 9 5/8 in.); Plate: 14.1 × 24.3 cm (5 9/16 × 9 5/8 in.); Sheet: 21.5 × 33.6 cm (8 1/2 × 13 1/4 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
28739
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...