Océanie, ilots à Uvea (Wallis); Peche aux palmes, 1845 (Oceania: Fishing, Near Islands with Palms in the Uea or Wallis Group)
1863
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
image: 11.6 × 29.3 cm (4 9/16 × 11 9/16 in.) plate: 15.8 × 33.8 cm (6 1/4 × 13 5/16 in.) sheet: 31.7 × 45.5 cm (12 1/2 × 17 15/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.6185
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...