Artworks · Charles Méryon

Portfolio

1890 · Portfolio lettered in ink and color

Closed: 45.7 × 32.2 × 0.2 cm (18 × 12 11/16 × 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

College Henri IV

1869 · graphite with red chalk additions on laid paper

overall: 12.8 x 12.4 cm (5 1/16 x 4 7/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Couverture du "Voyage à la nouvelle Zélande" (Cover for the Set of Etchings Entitled "A Voyage to New Zealand")

1866 · etching on brown wove paper

plate: 15.2 × 23.8 cm (6 × 9 3/8 in.) sheet: 29.5 × 35.5 cm (11 5/8 × 14 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Couverture du "Voyage à la nouvelle Zélande" (Cover for the Set of Etchings Entitled "A Voyage to New Zealand")

1866 · etching on Hudelist laid paper

plate: 15.3 × 23.8 cm (6 × 9 3/8 in.) sheet: 27.7 × 41.8 cm (10 7/8 × 16 7/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Frontispiece for the Catalogue of the Engravings of Thomas De Leu

1866 · Etching and engraving with burnishing on ivory laid paper

Image, including stray marks: 12.9 × 9.8 cm (5 1/8 × 3 7/8 in.); Plate: 15.3 × 10.8 cm (6 1/16 × 4 5/16 in.); Sheet: 34.3 × 24.2 cm (13 9/16 × 9 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Frontispiece for the Catalogue of the Work of Thomas De Leu

1866 · Etching and engraving on ivory laid paper

Image, including stray marks: 15.4 × 10.9 cm (6 1/8 × 4 5/16 in.); Plate: 15.4 × 10.9 cm (6 1/8 × 4 5/16 in.); Sheet: 26.3 × 20.2 cm (10 3/8 × 8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Swift-Sailing Proa, Mulgrave Archipelago, Oceania

1866 · Graphite on ivory laid paper

15.6 × 11.4 cm (6 3/16 × 4 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Admiralty, Paris

1866 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image: 16.6 × 14.5 cm (6 9/16 × 5 3/4 in.); Plate: 16.6 × 14.5 cm (6 9/16 × 5 3/4 in.); Sheet: 44.6 × 32.5 cm (17 9/16 × 12 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Swift-Sailing Proa, Mulgrave Archipelago, Oceania

1866 · Etching with drypoint, burnishing and scraping on ivory laid paper

Image: 14.5 × 8 cm (5 3/4 × 3 3/16 in.); Plate: 14.5 × 8 cm (5 3/4 × 3 3/16 in.); Sheet: 30.5 × 20.2 cm (12 1/16 × 8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Swift-Sailing Proa, Mulgrave Archipelago, Oceania

1866 · Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper

Image: 14.5 × 8 cm (5 3/4 × 3 3/16 in.); Plate: 14.5 × 8 cm (5 3/4 × 3 3/16 in.); Sheet: 24.6 × 16.1 cm (9 11/16 × 6 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Swift-Sailing Proa, Mulgrave Archipelago, Oceania

1866 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image: 14.1 × 8 cm (5 9/16 × 3 3/16 in.); Plate: 14.1 × 8 cm (5 9/16 × 3 3/16 in.); Sheet: 24.6 × 15.9 cm (9 11/16 × 6 5/16 in.)

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The Old Soldier's Thatched Cottage, Akaroa, 1845

1866 · Etching and drypoint on grayish-ivory laid paper

Image: 8.1 × 7.7 cm (3 1/4 × 3 1/16 in.); Plate: 8.1 × 7.7 cm (3 1/4 × 3 1/16 in.); Sheet: 24 × 16 cm (9 1/2 × 6 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Swift-Sailing Proa, Mulgrave Archipelago, Oceania

1866 · Etching with drypoint in warm black with monogram printed à la poupée in red on ivory laid paper

Image: 9.4 × 7.4 cm (3 3/4 × 2 15/16 in.); Plate: 14.6 × 8 cm (5 3/4 × 3 3/16 in.); Sheet: 43.2 × 32.5 cm (17 1/16 × 12 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Lunar Law, No. 2

1866 · Etching in warm black with some printing à la poupée in red ink, on ivory laid paper

Image: 12.2 × 9 cm (4 13/16 × 3 9/16 in.); Plate: 12.2 × 9 cm (4 13/16 × 3 9/16 in.); Sheet: 15.8 × 10.9 cm (6 1/4 × 4 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Lunar Law, No. 2

1866 · Etching with chatter and scraping in warm black on ivory laid paper

Image: 12 × 8.2 cm (4 3/4 × 3 1/4 in.); Plate: 12.3 × 9.1 cm (4 7/8 × 3 5/8 in.); Sheet: 16.1 × 10.6 cm (6 3/8 × 4 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Cover for a Voyage to New Zealand (1842-46)

1866 · Etching on brown wove paper

Image: 14.4 × 23.4 cm (5 11/16 × 9 1/4 in.); Plate: 15.4 × 23.9 cm (6 1/8 × 9 7/16 in.); Sheet: 18.7 × 27.4 cm (7 3/8 × 10 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Cover for a Voyage to New Zealand (1842-46)

1866 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image: 15 × 23.6 cm (5 15/16 × 9 5/16 in.); Plate: 15.3 × 23.6 cm (6 1/16 × 9 5/16 in.); Sheet: 24.2 × 32.2 cm (9 9/16 × 12 11/16 in.)

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The Old Soldier's Thatched Cottage, Akaroa, 1845

1866 · Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper

Image: 8 × 7.6 cm (3 3/16 × 3 in.); Plate: 8 × 7.6 cm (3 3/16 × 3 in.); Sheet, folded: 44.6 × 31.9 cm (17 9/16 × 12 9/16 in.)

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Lunar Law, No. 2

1866 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image: 7.8 × 6.8 cm (3 1/8 × 2 11/16 in.); Sheet: 23.3 × 16.5 cm (9 3/16 × 6 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Rebus: 'No, Morny is not dead for he is marrying again'

1866 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image: 15.1 × 7 cm (6 × 2 13/16 in.); Plate: 15.1 × 7 cm (6 × 2 13/16 in.); Sheet: 27.5 × 17.8 cm (10 7/8 × 7 1/16 in.)

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Rebus: 'No, Morny is not dead for he is marrying again'

1866 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image: 14.7 × 7.1 cm (5 13/16 × 2 13/16 in.); Plate: 14.7 × 7.1 cm (5 13/16 × 2 13/16 in.); Sheet: 30 × 18.1 cm (11 13/16 × 7 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Cover for a Voyage to New Zealand (1842-46)

1866 · Etching on brown wove paper

Image: 15.5 × 23.7 cm (6 1/8 × 9 3/8 in.); Plate: 15.5 × 23.7 cm (6 1/8 × 9 3/8 in.); Sheet, folded: 33 × 44.9 cm (13 × 17 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Swift-Sailing Proa, Mulgrave Archipelago, Oceania

1866 · Etching with scraping and burnishing in warm black ink with monogram printed à la poupée in reddish-brown ink on ivory laid paper

Image: 14.5 × 8 cm (5 3/4 × 3 3/16 in.); Plate: 14.5 × 8 cm (5 3/4 × 3 3/16 in.); Sheet: 45 × 32 cm (17 3/4 × 12 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Old Soldier's Thatched Cottage, Akaroa, 1845

1866 · Etching and drypoint in warm black on ivory laid paper

Image: 8.1 × 7.6 cm (3 1/4 × 3 in.); Plate: 8.1 × 7.6 cm (3 1/4 × 3 in.); Sheet: 10.6 × 10 cm (4 3/16 × 3 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Le Ministère de la Marine, Paris (The Admiralty, Paris)

1865 · etching on laid paper

image: 14.1 × 12.9 cm (5 9/16 × 5 1/16 in.) plate: 16.7 × 14.5 cm (6 9/16 × 5 11/16 in.) sheet (irreg.): 23.9 × 20 cm (9 7/16 × 7 7/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Greniers indigènes et habitations à Akaroa, presqu'Ile de Banks, 1845 (Native Barns and Huts at Akaroa, Banks' Peninsula, 1845)

1865 · etching on green laid paper

image: 12 × 22.2 cm (4 3/4 × 8 3/4 in.) plate: 14 × 23.7 cm (5 1/2 × 9 5/16 in.) sheet (irreg.): 20.5 × 31.8 cm (8 1/16 × 12 1/2 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Little French Colony at Akaroa, 1845

1865 · Graphite on ivory wove paper

12.5 × 20.1 cm (4 15/16 × 7 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Old Louvre, Paris, 1651

1865 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image: 19.4 × 26.7 cm (7 11/16 × 10 9/16 in.); Plate: 19.4 × 26.7 cm (7 11/16 × 10 9/16 in.); Sheet: 32.6 × 45 cm (12 7/8 × 17 3/4 in.)

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The Old Louvre, Paris, 1651

1865 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image: 16.5 × 26.5 cm (6 1/2 × 10 7/16 in.); Plate: 16.6 × 26.7 cm (6 9/16 × 10 9/16 in.); Sheet: 32.7 × 45.4 cm (12 7/8 × 17 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Little French Colony at Akaroa, 1845

1865 · Etching and drypoint, with graphite additions in sky on grayish ivory laid paper

Image: 9.5 × 15.2 cm (3 3/4 × 6 in.); Sheet: 9.6 × 15.7 cm (3 13/16 × 6 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Little French Colony at Akaroa, 1845

1865 · Etching on grayish ivory laid paper

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.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Native Barns and Huts at Akaroa, Banks' Peninsula, 1845

1865 · Etching and drypoint on grayish ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper, hinged to cream wove board

Image: 14.3 × 24.3 cm (5 11/16 × 9 5/8 in.); Plate: 14.3 × 24.3 cm (5 11/16 × 9 5/8 in.); Primary support: 18.1 × 28 cm (7 3/16 × 11 1/16 in.); Secondary support: 23 × 31.6 cm (9 1/16 × 12 1/2 in.); Tertiary support: 26 × 35 cm (10 1/4 × 13 13/16 in.)

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Receipt

1865 · Dark brown ink on coated ivory laid paper

13.7 × 21.1 cm (5 7/16 × 8 5/16 in.)

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The Admiralty, Paris

1865 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image, including stray marks: 16.3 × 13.5 cm (6 7/16 × 5 3/8 in.); Plate: 16.5 × 14.5 cm (6 1/2 × 5 3/4 in.); Sheet: 36.8 × 29.1 cm (14 1/2 × 11 1/2 in.)

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The Little French Colony at Akaroa, 1845

1865 · Etching with burnishing on grayish-ivory China paper

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.)

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Native Barns and Huts at Akaroa, Banks' Peninsula, 1845

1865 · Etching with drypoint and burnishing on grayish ivory laid paper

Image: 14 × 24.3 cm (5 9/16 × 9 5/8 in.); Plate: 14 × 24.3 cm (5 9/16 × 9 5/8 in.); Sheet: 21.6 × 33.3 cm (8 9/16 × 13 1/8 in.)

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Native Barns and Huts at Akaroa, Banks' Peninsula, 1845

1865 · Etching with drypoint on ivory laid paper

Image: 12.7 × 23.9 cm (5 × 9 7/16 in.); Plate: 13.5 × 24.2 cm (5 3/8 × 9 9/16 in.); Sheet, folded: 32.9 × 44.9 cm (13 × 17 11/16 in.)

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The Little French Colony at Akaroa, 1845

1865 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image, including stray marks: 10.6 × 15.2 cm (4 3/16 × 6 in.); Plate: 11.1 × 15.3 cm (4 3/8 × 6 1/16 in.); Sheet, folded: 32.4 × 45.1 cm (12 13/16 × 17 13/16 in.)

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The Admiralty, Paris

1865 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image, including stray marks: 15.4 × 14 cm (6 1/8 × 5 9/16 in.); Plate: 16.5 × 14.4 cm (6 1/2 × 5 11/16 in.); Sheet: 39.8 × 28.6 cm (15 11/16 × 11 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Admiralty, Paris

1865 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image, including stray marks: 15.7 × 14.2 cm (6 3/16 × 5 5/8 in.); Plate: 16.8 × 14.6 cm (6 5/8 × 5 3/4 in.); Sheet: 44.8 × 32.5 cm (17 11/16 × 12 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Admiralty, Paris

1865 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image, including stray marks: 15.8 × 14.5 cm (6 1/4 × 5 3/4 in.); Plate: 16.2 × 14.5 cm (6 7/16 × 5 3/4 in.); Sheet: 26.3 × 21.7 cm (10 3/8 × 8 9/16 in.)

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Native Barns and Huts at Akaroa, Banks' Peninsula, 1845

1865 · Etching on ivory laid chine

Image: 14.1 × 24.3 cm (5 9/16 × 9 5/8 in.); Plate: 14.1 × 24.3 cm (5 9/16 × 9 5/8 in.); Sheet: 21.5 × 33.6 cm (8 1/2 × 13 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Bain-froid chevrier, dit "de l'École" (Chevrier's Cold-Bath Establishment, Sometimes called the "School-Baths")

1864 · etching on laid paper

image: 12 × 13.6 cm (4 3/4 × 5 3/8 in.) plate: 13.1 × 14.3 cm (5 3/16 × 5 5/8 in.) sheet: 34.3 × 49.9 cm (13 1/2 × 19 5/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Bain-froid chevrier, dit "de l'École" (Chevrier's Cold-Bath Establishment, Sometimes called the "School-Baths")

1864 · etching in black and gold on Hudelist laid paper

plate: 13 × 14.5 cm (5 1/8 × 5 11/16 in.) sheet: 34.3 × 33.1 cm (13 1/2 × 13 1/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Bain-froid chevrier, dit "de l'École" (Chevrier's Cold-Bath Establishment, Sometimes called the "School-Baths")

1864 · etching on wove paper

image: 12.1 × 13.7 cm (4 3/4 × 5 3/8 in.) plate (cut to plate mark): 12.5 × 14.5 cm (4 15/16 × 5 11/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Bain-froid chevrier, dit "de l'École" (Chevrier's Cold-Bath Establishment, Sometimes called the "School-Baths")

1864 · etching on laid paper

image: 12 × 13.6 cm (4 3/4 × 5 3/8 in.) plate: 13.1 × 14.3 cm (5 3/16 × 5 5/8 in.) sheet: 18.3 × 18 cm (7 3/16 × 7 1/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Collège Henri IV, Paris, ou Lycée Napoléon (Henry IV College or Napoleon School, Paris)

1864 · etching on laid paper

image: 22 × 41.3 cm (8 11/16 × 16 1/4 in.) plate (cut to platemark): 24.5 × 43 cm (9 5/8 × 16 15/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Collège Henri IV, Paris, ou Lycée Napoléon (Henry IV College or Napoleon School, Paris)

1864 · etching on laid paper

image: 22 × 41.2 cm (8 11/16 × 16 1/4 in.) plate: 29.7 × 48.2 cm (11 11/16 × 19 in.) sheet: 35.4 × 53.5 cm (13 15/16 × 21 1/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art