Oceania: Fishing, Near Islands with Palms in the Uea or Wallis Group, 1845
1863
Medium
Etching and drypoint on grayish ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 11.8 × 29.6 cm (4 11/16 × 11 11/16 in.); Primary support: 16.3 × 34.4 cm (6 7/16 × 13 9/16 in.); Secondary support: 27.5 × 45.3 cm (10 7/8 × 17 7/8 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
47293
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...