Charles Meryon
Couverture du Voyage à la Nouvelle Zélande, 1842-46
1865
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Charles Meryon
Couverture du Voyage à la Nouvelle Zélande, 1842-46
1865
Physical Qualities
Etching, Sheet: 215 x 295 mm. (8 7/16 x 11 5/8 in.)
Plate: 154 x 238 mm. (6 1/16 x 9 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.48.10197
Cover for a proposed series of prints based on Meryon's voyage to the Pacific in 1842-46.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art,
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
Inscribed: Signed in plate: lower center "[Meryon's monogram]" Inscribed in plate: middle left "Uvéa / Les Mulgraves / Tonga"; center "DIVERSES PIECES GRAVÉES / COLLECTE, GAIN, BUTIN / DE / COURSES et de CHASSE. / faits au mouillage et a la mer pendant / VOYAGE À LA NOUVELLE ZÉLANDE / Accompli de MDCCCXLII à XLVI sur le / NAVIRE RHIN. / Sous les ordres de Mr. le Capitaine de Vaisseau, (mort contre-Amiral en 1852) / A. BÉRARD. / COMMANDANT LA STATION À AKAROA. / PRESQU'ILE DE BANKS / [Meryon's monogram] / 1862"; middle right "Ballade / Taiti / Oné[-]cke"; lower left "Paris"; lower right "C.M. imp. rue Duperré 20"
Markings: Collector's stamp: verso "M.I. / LUCAS / COLLECTION" (Lugt 1695c)
