Oceania: Fishing, Near Islands with Palms in the Uea or Wallis Group, 1845
Charles Meryon
1863
Medium
Etching and drypoint on grayish-ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 11.7 × 29.9 cm (4 5/8 × 11 13/16 in.); Sheet: 16.5 × 34.1 cm (6 1/2 × 13 7/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
28768
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...