The Little French Colony at Akaroa, 1845
Charles Meryon
1865
Medium
Etching on grayish ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 8.7 × 15.3 cm (3 7/16 × 6 1/16 in.); Plate: 10.8 × 15.3 cm (4 5/16 × 6 1/16 in.); Sheet: 14.4 × 16.8 cm (5 11/16 × 6 5/8 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
63779
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...