The Little French Colony at Akaroa, 1845
1865
Medium
Etching with burnishing on grayish-ivory China paper
Dimensions
Image, including stray marks: 9.3 × 14.5 cm (3 11/16 × 5 3/4 in.); Plate: 13.9 × 15.4 cm (5 1/2 × 6 1/8 in.); Sheet: 15.9 × 21.3 cm (6 5/16 × 8 7/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
74050
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...