Charles Meryon and Pierron
Oceania: Fishing, Near Islands with Palms in the Uea or Wallis Group, 1845
1862
Scroll
- Artist: Charles Meryon
- Publisher: Pierron
Oceania: Fishing, Near Islands with Palms in the Uea or Wallis Group, 1845
1862
Physical Qualities
Etching, Sheet: 345 × 508 mm. (13 9/16 × 20 in.)
Plate: 160 × 337 mm. (6 5/16 × 13 1/4 in.)
Image: 117 × 294 mm. (4 5/8 × 11 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.4
T. Harrison Garrett, Baltimore, purchased 1885 (Lugt supp. 2435b); James L. Claghorn, Philadelphia (Lugt supp. 555c).
Schneiderman, Richard S., The Catalogue Raisonné of the Prints of Charles Meryon, London: Garton & Co., 1990, no. 88. Burty, Philippe, Charles Meryon, Sailor, Engraver, and Etcher, A Memoir and Complete Descriptive Catalogue of His Works, London: Fine Art Society, 1879, no. 65. Wedmore, Sir Frederick, Meryon and Meryon's Paris, London, 1892, no. 41.
Delteil, Loys and Harold J.L. Wright, Catalogue Raisonné of the Etchings of Charles Meryon, New York: W.P. Truesdell, 1924, no. 68.
Inscribed: Recto: above image, upper right, in plate "Voyage du Rhin"; below image, lower left, in plate "C.M. f.t 1863"; below image, center, in plate "OCÉANIE / ILOTS a UVEA, (WALLIS) / Pêche aux Palmes / 1845"; below image, lower right, in plate "Imp Pierron r. Montfaucon, 1 Paris."; below image, lower left, in graphite circle with "7"; below image, lower left, in graphite circle with "84"; below image, center left, in graphite "[checkmark symbol] Wedmore p 67 no 41 2d state / Burty p 81. no 65 4th. / Del 4th state."; below image, center, in graphite "4th state"; below image, lower center right, in graphite "C Méryon"; below image, lower center right, in graphite diamond with "4957 / 8"
Markings: WM: "HUDELIST"
