
The Literary Life
1851 · Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper
Image: 23.7 × 19.8 cm (9 3/8 × 7 13/16 in.); Sheet: 34.6 × 25.7 cm (13 5/8 × 10 1/8 in.)
Art Institute of Chicago

Charles Henri Vernier was a French Polynesian religious leader, academic, and politician. He led the Maohi Protestant Church for 40 years from 1911 to 1951, and was the first elected representative of French Polynesia to the French legislature.
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