Native Barns and Huts at Akaroa, Banks' Peninsula, 1845
1865
Medium
Etching and drypoint on grayish ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper, hinged to cream wove board
Dimensions
Image: 14.3 × 24.3 cm (5 11/16 × 9 5/8 in.); Plate: 14.3 × 24.3 cm (5 11/16 × 9 5/8 in.); Primary support: 18.1 × 28 cm (7 3/16 × 11 1/16 in.); Secondary support: 23 × 31.6 cm (9 1/16 × 12 1/2 in.); Tertiary support: 26 × 35 cm (10 1/4 × 13 13/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
63777
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...