Artworks · Charles Méryon

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

1864 · etching on laid paper

plate: 29.7 × 48.1 cm (11 11/16 × 18 15/16 in.) sheet: 35.5 × 53.5 cm (14 × 21 1/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Chevrier's Cold Bath Establishment, Paris

1864 · Etching in black and gold on ivory laid paper

Image: 12 × 13.8 cm (4 3/4 × 5 7/16 in.); Plate image: 12.9 × 14.5 cm (5 1/8 × 5 3/4 in.); Plate verse: 5.1 × 8.2 cm (2 1/16 × 3 1/4 in.); Sheet: 34.6 × 34 cm (13 5/8 × 13 7/16 in.)

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Chevrier's Cold Bath Establishment, Paris

1864 · Etching in warm black on ivory laid paper

Image: 13 × 14.3 cm (5 1/8 × 5 11/16 in.); Plate: 13 × 14.3 cm (5 1/8 × 5 11/16 in.); Sheet: 33.9 × 45.5 cm (13 3/8 × 17 15/16 in.)

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Little Prince Dito

1864 · Etching with scraping on ivory laid paper

Image: 6.8 × 5.9 cm (2 11/16 × 2 3/8 in.); Plate: 16.8 × 12.8 cm (6 5/8 × 5 1/16 in.); Sheet: 42.4 × 30.5 cm (16 3/4 × 12 1/16 in.)

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Little Prince Dito

1864 · Etching with scraping on ivory laid paper

Image, including stray marks: 16.2 × 12.8 cm (6 7/16 × 5 1/16 in.); Plate: 16.9 × 12.8 cm (6 11/16 × 5 1/16 in.); Sheet: 38.1 × 29.5 cm (15 × 11 5/8 in.)

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Chevrier's Cold Bath Establishment, Paris

1864 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image: 13 × 14.4 cm (5 1/8 × 5 11/16 in.); Plate: 13 × 14.4 cm (5 1/8 × 5 11/16 in.); Sheet, folded: 33.2 × 44.9 cm (13 1/8 × 17 11/16 in.)

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Nouvelle Zélande, Presqu'ile de Banks (View of Collier's Point, New Zealand)

1863 · etching on laid paper

image: 11.9 × 29.5 cm (4 11/16 × 11 5/8 in.) plate: 15.5 × 32.7 cm (6 1/8 × 12 7/8 in.) sheet: 35.2 × 50.7 cm (13 7/8 × 19 15/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

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

1863 · etching on laid paper

plate (cut to platemark): 30 × 48.2 cm (11 13/16 × 19 in.)

National Gallery of Art

College Henri IV

1863 · graphite with red chalk additions on laid paper

overall: 12.8 x 16 cm (5 1/16 x 6 5/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Rébus: "Béranger ne fut véritablement fort, car il n'eut jamais la clef des champs" (Rebus: "Beranger was not really strong, for he never had the key of the fields")

1863 · etching on D&C Blauw paper

image: 29.1 × 12.5 cm (11 7/16 × 4 15/16 in.) plate (cut to platemark): 30.9 × 15.4 cm (12 3/16 × 6 1/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Nouvelle-Calédonie: Grande case indigène sur le chemin de Ballade à Poepo, 1845 (New Caledonia: Large Native Hut on the Road from Balade to Puebo, 1845)

1863 · etching on laid paper

image: 11.8 × 22.7 cm (4 5/8 × 8 15/16 in.) plate: 14.2 × 24.7 cm (5 9/16 × 9 3/4 in.) sheet: 19.7 × 30.6 cm (7 3/4 × 12 1/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Rébus: "Ci-gît la vendetta surannée" (Rebus: "Here Lies the Ancient Vendetta")

1863 · etching and engraving on wove paper

plate (cut to plate mark): 7.9 × 7.5 cm (3 1/8 × 2 15/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Océanie, ilots à Uvea (Wallis); Peche aux palmes, 1845 (Oceania: Fishing, Near Islands with Palms in the Uea or Wallis Group)

1863 · etching on laid paper

image: 11.6 × 29.3 cm (4 9/16 × 11 9/16 in.) plate: 15.8 × 33.8 cm (6 1/4 × 13 5/16 in.) sheet: 31.7 × 45.5 cm (12 1/2 × 17 15/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Collège Henry IV (or Lycée Napoléon), Paris

1863 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image: 22 × 41 cm (8 11/16 × 16 3/16 in.); Plate: 29.4 × 47.7 cm (11 5/8 × 18 13/16 in.); Sheet: 44.3 × 55.7 cm (17 1/2 × 21 15/16 in.)

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Collège Henry IV (or Lycée Napoléon), Paris

1863 · Etching on grayish ivory wove chine, laid down on ivory laid paper

Image, including stray marks: 23.9 × 41.7 cm (9 7/16 × 16 7/16 in.); Plate: 29.7 × 48.2 cm (11 3/4 × 19 in.); Primary support: 28.2 × 46.8 cm (11 1/8 × 18 7/16 in.); Secondary support: 43.5 × 55.1 cm (17 3/16 × 21 3/4 in.)

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Oceania: Fishing, Near Islands with Palms in the Uea or Wallis Group, 1845

1863 · Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper

Image: 11.7 × 29.8 cm (4 5/8 × 11 3/4 in.); Plate: 15.9 × 33.8 cm (6 5/16 × 13 5/16 in.); Sheet: 32.8 × 45.5 cm (12 15/16 × 17 15/16 in.)

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Seine Fishing off Collier's Point, Akaroa, Banks' Peninsula, 1845

1863 · Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper

Image: 15.5 × 32.5 cm (6 1/8 × 12 13/16 in.); Plate: 15.5 × 32.5 cm (6 1/8 × 12 13/16 in.); Sheet: 19.9 × 36.7 cm (7 7/8 × 14 1/2 in.)

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New Caledonia: Large Native Hut on the Road from Balade to Puépo, 1845

1863 · Etching and drypoint in warm black on ivory laid chine

Image: 14.3 × 24.6 cm (5 11/16 × 9 11/16 in.); Plate: 14.3 × 24.6 cm (5 11/16 × 9 11/16 in.); Sheet: 20.8 × 30.5 cm (8 1/4 × 12 1/16 in.)

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Rebus: Here Lies the Ancient Vendetta

1863 · Etching and engraving in black, with printing à la poupée in red ink on cream wove paper, laid down on ivory laid paper

Image: 6.2 × 6.4 cm (2 1/2 × 2 9/16 in.); Primary support: 7.6 × 7.6 cm (3 × 3 in.); Secondary support: 13 × 15.3 cm (5 1/8 × 6 1/16 in.)

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Rebus: Béranger was not Really Strong, for he Never had the Key of the Fields

1863 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image: 29.1 × 12.5 cm (11 1/2 × 4 15/16 in.); Plate: 30.6 × 15.1 cm (12 1/16 × 6 in.); Sheet: 45 × 29.7 cm (17 3/4 × 11 3/4 in.)

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Oceania: Fishing, Near Islands with Palms in the Uea or Wallis Group, 1845

1863 · Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper

Image: 11.9 × 29.8 cm (4 11/16 × 11 3/4 in.); Plate: 15.8 × 33.9 cm (6 1/4 × 13 3/8 in.); Sheet: 33.4 × 45.6 cm (13 3/16 × 18 in.)

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New Caledonia: Large Native Hut on the Road from Balade to Puépo, 1845

1863 · Etching with scraping, burnishing and drypoint in warm black, with graphite additions on ivory wove paper

Image: 11.5 × 22.8 cm (4 9/16 × 9 in.); Plate: 14.2 × 24.8 cm (5 5/8 × 9 13/16 in.); Sheet: 20.6 × 31.8 cm (8 1/8 × 12 9/16 in.)

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Rebus: Béranger was not Really Strong, for he Never had the Key of the Fields

1863 · Etching with burnishing on grayish ivory laid chine

Image: 30.4 × 15.2 cm (12 × 6 in.); Plate: 30.4 × 15.2 cm (12 × 6 in.); Sheet: 31.9 × 16 cm (12 9/16 × 6 5/16 in.)

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Collège Henry IV (or Lycée Napoléon), Paris

1863 · Etching on grayish ivory chine, laid down on ivory laid paper

Image, including stray marks: 23.7 × 42.6 cm (9 3/8 × 16 13/16 in.); Plate: 29.6 × 48 cm (11 11/16 × 18 15/16 in.); Primary support: 28.6 × 46.1 cm (11 5/16 × 18 3/16 in.); Secondary support: 32.3 × 49.2 cm (12 3/4 × 19 3/8 in.)

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Rebus: Béranger was not Really Strong, for he Never had the Key of the Fields

1863 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image: 29.1 × 12.4 cm (11 1/2 × 4 15/16 in.); Plate: 30.5 × 15 cm (12 1/16 × 5 15/16 in.); Sheet, folded: 44.7 × 33.7 cm (17 5/8 × 13 5/16 in.)

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Seine Fishing off Collier's Point, Akaroa, Banks' Peninsula, 1845

1863 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image: 15 × 32.4 cm (5 15/16 × 12 13/16 in.); Plate: 15 × 32.4 cm (5 15/16 × 12 13/16 in.); Sheet: 32.5 × 45.2 cm (12 13/16 × 17 13/16 in.)

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Oceania: Fishing, Near Islands with Palms in the Uea or Wallis Group, 1845

1863 · Etching with drypoint on ivory laid paper

Image, including stray marks: 13.5 × 32.6 cm (5 3/8 × 12 7/8 in.); Plate: 15.8 × 33.6 cm (6 1/4 × 13 1/4 in.); Sheet: 25.2 × 45.5 cm (9 15/16 × 17 15/16 in.)

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Oceania: Fishing, Near Islands with Palms in the Uea or Wallis Group, 1845

1863 · Etching and drypoint on grayish ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper

Image: 11.8 × 29.6 cm (4 11/16 × 11 11/16 in.); Primary support: 16.3 × 34.4 cm (6 7/16 × 13 9/16 in.); Secondary support: 27.5 × 45.3 cm (10 7/8 × 17 7/8 in.)

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New Caledonia: Large Native Hut on the Road from Balade to Puépo, 1845

1863 · Etching with burnishing, scraping and drypoint in warm black ink on ivory laid paper

Image: 11.6 × 22.7 cm (4 5/8 × 8 15/16 in.); Plate: 14.1 × 24.6 cm (5 9/16 × 9 11/16 in.); Sheet: 18.5 × 31.1 cm (7 5/16 × 12 1/4 in.)

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Collège Henry IV (or Lycée Napoléon), Paris

1863 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image, including stray marks: 31.3 × 43.3 cm (12 3/8 × 17 1/16 in.); Sheet: 34.5 × 49.7 cm (13 5/8 × 19 5/8 in.)

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Rebus: Béranger was not Really Strong, for he Never had the Key of the Fields

1863 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image: 29 × 12.4 cm (11 7/16 × 4 15/16 in.); Plate: 30.5 × 15 cm (12 1/16 × 5 15/16 in.); Sheet: 44.9 × 31 cm (17 11/16 × 12 1/4 in.)

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Oceania: Fishing, Near Islands with Palms in the Uea or Wallis Group, 1845

1863 · Etching and drypoint on grayish-ivory laid paper

Image: 11.7 × 29.9 cm (4 5/8 × 11 13/16 in.); Sheet: 16.5 × 34.1 cm (6 1/2 × 13 7/16 in.)

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Benjamin Fillon

1862 · etching in red and black on Japan laid paper

image: 9.7 × 8.1 cm (3 13/16 × 3 3/16 in.) plate: 12.7 × 11.1 cm (5 × 4 3/8 in.) sheet: 33.6 × 25.2 cm (13 1/4 × 9 15/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Armand Guéraud

1862 · etching and engraving in black and red on laid paper [printed from 2 plates]

plate: 16.2 × 13.2 cm (6 3/8 × 5 3/16 in.) sheet: 27.2 × 21.4 cm (10 11/16 × 8 7/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

La Rue des Chantres, Paris (Chantrey Street, Paris)

1862 · etching on laid Arches paper

image: 28.5 × 12 cm (11 1/4 × 4 3/4 in.) plate: 29.9 × 15.8 cm (11 3/4 × 6 1/4 in.) sheet: 51.1 × 33.7 cm (20 1/8 × 13 1/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Chantrey Street, Paris

1862 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image: 28.7 × 12 cm (11 5/16 × 4 3/4 in.); Plate: 30 × 14.9 cm (11 13/16 × 5 7/8 in.); Sheet: 45.2 × 32.3 cm (17 13/16 × 12 3/4 in.)

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Design for a Frame for the Portrait of Armand Guéraud

1862 · Etching in warm black with some printing à la poupée in copper ink, on ivory laid paper

Image, including stray marks: 16.6 × 13.1 cm (6 9/16 × 5 3/16 in.); Plate: 17 × 13.6 cm (6 3/4 × 5 3/8 in.); Sheet: 37.1 × 30.2 cm (14 5/8 × 11 15/16 in.)

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Rebus: Here Lies the Ancient Vendetta

1862 · Etching with engraving in warm black with the title printed à la poupée in red ink on cream laid paper

Image: 6.3 × 6.4 cm (2 1/2 × 2 9/16 in.); Plate: 8 × 7.5 cm (3 3/16 × 3 in.); Sheet: 26.7 × 20.7 cm (10 9/16 × 8 3/16 in.)

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Design for a Frame for the Portrait of Armand Guéraud

1862 · Etching with scraping and burnishing on grayish ivory laid paper

Image, including stray marks: 14.4 × 13.5 cm (5 11/16 × 5 3/8 in.); Plate: 18.7 × 14.9 cm (7 3/8 × 5 7/8 in.); Sheet: 20.2 × 16.5 cm (8 × 6 1/2 in.)

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Portrait of Benjamin Fillon, Writer and Historian

1862 · Etching with drypoint in black on ivory laid paper

Image: 9.7 × 8.2 cm (3 7/8 × 3 1/4 in.); Plate: 12.8 × 11.2 cm (5 1/16 × 4 7/16 in.); Sheet: 44.4 × 30.5 cm (17 1/2 × 12 1/16 in.)

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Design for a Frame for the Portrait of Armand Guéraud

1862 · Etching with burnishing, scraping, and foul biting, and graphite additions on grayish ivory chine, laid down on ivory board

Image: 14.5 × 13.2 cm (5 3/4 × 5 1/4 in.); Plate: 18.2 × 14.8 cm (7 3/16 × 5 7/8 in.); Primary support: 20.5 × 16 cm (8 1/8 × 6 5/16 in.); Secondary support: 23 × 18.8 cm (9 1/16 × 7 7/16 in.)

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Benjamin Fillon, homme de lettres

1862 · Etching, from a tin plate, on ivory laid China paper

Image: 12.8 × 11.1 cm (5 1/16 × 4 3/8 in.); Plate: 12.8 × 11.1 cm (5 1/16 × 4 3/8 in.); Sheet: 42.9 × 32.2 cm (16 15/16 × 12 11/16 in.)

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Chantrey Street, Paris

1862 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image, including stray marks: 28.7 × 13.4 cm (11 5/16 × 5 5/16 in.); Plate: 29.8 × 14.8 cm (11 3/4 × 5 7/8 in.); Sheet: 45.5 × 31.5 cm (17 15/16 × 12 7/16 in.)

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Rue des Chantres, Paris

1862 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image: 28.8 × 12.1 cm (11 3/8 × 4 13/16 in.); Plate: 30 × 14.9 cm (11 13/16 × 5 7/8 in.); Sheet: 31 × 15.9 cm (12 1/4 × 6 5/16 in.)

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Rue des Chantres, Paris

1862 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image: 28 × 12 cm (11 1/16 × 4 3/4 in.); Plate: 29.8 × 14.7 cm (11 3/4 × 5 13/16 in.); Sheet: 33.6 × 15.9 cm (13 1/4 × 6 5/16 in.)

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Le Grand Chatelet, Paris, vers 1780 (The Grand Chatelet, Paris, about 1780)

1861 · etching and drypoint on D&C Blauw laid paper

image: 17.5 × 24.9 cm (6 7/8 × 9 13/16 in.) plate: 23.3 × 29.7 cm (9 3/16 × 11 11/16 in.) sheet (irreg.): 36.4 × 50.6 cm (14 5/16 × 19 15/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Partie de la Cité vers la fin du XVIIe siècle (View of the City of Paris Towards the Close of the XVIIth Century)

1861 · etching on laid paper

image: 12.9 × 28.9 cm (5 1/16 × 11 3/8 in.) plate: 15 × 32.5 cm (5 7/8 × 12 13/16 in.) sheet: 29.7 × 44.8 cm (11 11/16 × 17 5/8 in.)

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L.J.-Marie Bizeul, a Breton Archaeologist

1861 · etching, engraving, and drypoint on wove paper

image: 12.2 × 10.5 cm (4 13/16 × 4 1/8 in.) plate: 17.1 × 12 cm (6 3/4 × 4 3/4 in.) sheet: 30.1 × 23.4 cm (11 7/8 × 9 3/16 in.)

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