Vissers bij Colliers' Point bij Akaroa op het Banks schiereiland
Charles Meryon
1863
Medium
etching
Dimensions
505; 326; 348; 154
About this artwork
height 348 mm x width 505 mm
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...