South Sea Fishers
1850
Medium
Etching, engraving, drypoint and roulette on tan wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 6.7 × 12 cm (2 11/16 × 4 3/4 in.); Plate: 6.7 × 12 cm (2 11/16 × 4 3/4 in.); Primary support: 7 × 12.3 cm (2 13/16 × 4 7/8 in.); Secondary support: 31.1 × 45.5 cm (12 1/4 × 17 15/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
63759
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...