Cover for a Voyage to New Zealand (1842-46)
Catalogue
- Year
- 1866
- Dimensions
- 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.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Charles Méryon
Artist
Painting
Charles Meryon was a French artist who worked almost entirely in etching, as he had colour blindness. Although now little-known in the English-speaking world, he is generally recognised as the most significant etcher of 19th century France. His most famous works are a series of views powerfully conveying his distinctive Gothic vision of Paris. He also had mental illness, dying in an asylum.
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1866 · Etching with scraping and burnishing in warm black ink with monogram printed à la poupée in reddish-brown ink on ivory laid paper
Rebus: 'No, Morny is not dead for he is marrying again'
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1866 · Etching and drypoint in warm black on ivory laid paper
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- Charles Méryon
- Year
- 1866
- Dimensions
- 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.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1866-065176
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
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- Status
- verified