Charles Meryon and Pierron
Oceania: Fishing, Near Islands with Palms in the Uea or Wallis Group, 1845
1863
Scroll
- Artist: Charles Meryon
- Publisher: Pierron
Oceania: Fishing, Near Islands with Palms in the Uea or Wallis Group, 1845
1863
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).
James D. Burke, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, 'Charles Meryon Prints & Drawings,' 1974-75, no. 93, p. 96-98. Paris Salon of 1864.
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.
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"
