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Artists›Charles Méryon

Charles Méryon

French, 1821–1868

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405

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435

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Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

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Artworks (405)

Portfolio

1890 · Portfolio lettered in ink and color

Closed: 45.7 × 32.2 × 0.2 cm (18 × 12 11/16 × 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

College Henri IV

1869 · graphite with red chalk additions on laid paper

overall: 12.8 x 12.4 cm (5 1/16 x 4 7/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Couverture du "Voyage à la nouvelle Zélande" (Cover for the Set of Etchings Entitled "A Voyage to New Zealand")

1866 · etching on brown wove paper

plate: 15.2 × 23.8 cm (6 × 9 3/8 in.) sheet: 29.5 × 35.5 cm (11 5/8 × 14 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Couverture du "Voyage à la nouvelle Zélande" (Cover for the Set of Etchings Entitled "A Voyage to New Zealand")

1866 · etching on Hudelist laid paper

plate: 15.3 × 23.8 cm (6 × 9 3/8 in.) sheet: 27.7 × 41.8 cm (10 7/8 × 16 7/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Frontispiece for the Catalogue of the Engravings of Thomas De Leu

1866 · Etching and engraving with burnishing on ivory laid paper

Image, including stray marks: 12.9 × 9.8 cm (5 1/8 × 3 7/8 in.); Plate: 15.3 × 10.8 cm (6 1/16 × 4 5/16 in.); Sheet: 34.3 × 24.2 cm (13 9/16 × 9 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Frontispiece for the Catalogue of the Work of Thomas De Leu

1866 · Etching and engraving on ivory laid paper

Image, including stray marks: 15.4 × 10.9 cm (6 1/8 × 4 5/16 in.); Plate: 15.4 × 10.9 cm (6 1/8 × 4 5/16 in.); Sheet: 26.3 × 20.2 cm (10 3/8 × 8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Swift-Sailing Proa, Mulgrave Archipelago, Oceania

1866 · Graphite on ivory laid paper

15.6 × 11.4 cm (6 3/16 × 4 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Admiralty, Paris

1866 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image: 16.6 × 14.5 cm (6 9/16 × 5 3/4 in.); Plate: 16.6 × 14.5 cm (6 9/16 × 5 3/4 in.); Sheet: 44.6 × 32.5 cm (17 9/16 × 12 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Swift-Sailing Proa, Mulgrave Archipelago, Oceania

1866 · Etching with drypoint, burnishing and scraping on ivory laid paper

Image: 14.5 × 8 cm (5 3/4 × 3 3/16 in.); Plate: 14.5 × 8 cm (5 3/4 × 3 3/16 in.); Sheet: 30.5 × 20.2 cm (12 1/16 × 8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Swift-Sailing Proa, Mulgrave Archipelago, Oceania

1866 · Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper

Image: 14.5 × 8 cm (5 3/4 × 3 3/16 in.); Plate: 14.5 × 8 cm (5 3/4 × 3 3/16 in.); Sheet: 24.6 × 16.1 cm (9 11/16 × 6 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Swift-Sailing Proa, Mulgrave Archipelago, Oceania

1866 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image: 14.1 × 8 cm (5 9/16 × 3 3/16 in.); Plate: 14.1 × 8 cm (5 9/16 × 3 3/16 in.); Sheet: 24.6 × 15.9 cm (9 11/16 × 6 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Old Soldier's Thatched Cottage, Akaroa, 1845

1866 · Etching and drypoint on grayish-ivory laid paper

Image: 8.1 × 7.7 cm (3 1/4 × 3 1/16 in.); Plate: 8.1 × 7.7 cm (3 1/4 × 3 1/16 in.); Sheet: 24 × 16 cm (9 1/2 × 6 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Swift-Sailing Proa, Mulgrave Archipelago, Oceania

1866 · Etching with drypoint in warm black with monogram printed à la poupée in red on ivory laid paper

Image: 9.4 × 7.4 cm (3 3/4 × 2 15/16 in.); Plate: 14.6 × 8 cm (5 3/4 × 3 3/16 in.); Sheet: 43.2 × 32.5 cm (17 1/16 × 12 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Lunar Law, No. 2

1866 · Etching in warm black with some printing à la poupée in red ink, on ivory laid paper

Image: 12.2 × 9 cm (4 13/16 × 3 9/16 in.); Plate: 12.2 × 9 cm (4 13/16 × 3 9/16 in.); Sheet: 15.8 × 10.9 cm (6 1/4 × 4 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Lunar Law, No. 2

1866 · Etching with chatter and scraping in warm black on ivory laid paper

Image: 12 × 8.2 cm (4 3/4 × 3 1/4 in.); Plate: 12.3 × 9.1 cm (4 7/8 × 3 5/8 in.); Sheet: 16.1 × 10.6 cm (6 3/8 × 4 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Cover for a Voyage to New Zealand (1842-46)

1866 · Etching on brown wove paper

Image: 14.4 × 23.4 cm (5 11/16 × 9 1/4 in.); Plate: 15.4 × 23.9 cm (6 1/8 × 9 7/16 in.); Sheet: 18.7 × 27.4 cm (7 3/8 × 10 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Cover for a Voyage to New Zealand (1842-46)

1866 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image: 15 × 23.6 cm (5 15/16 × 9 5/16 in.); Plate: 15.3 × 23.6 cm (6 1/16 × 9 5/16 in.); Sheet: 24.2 × 32.2 cm (9 9/16 × 12 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Old Soldier's Thatched Cottage, Akaroa, 1845

1866 · Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper

Image: 8 × 7.6 cm (3 3/16 × 3 in.); Plate: 8 × 7.6 cm (3 3/16 × 3 in.); Sheet, folded: 44.6 × 31.9 cm (17 9/16 × 12 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Lunar Law, No. 2

1866 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image: 7.8 × 6.8 cm (3 1/8 × 2 11/16 in.); Sheet: 23.3 × 16.5 cm (9 3/16 × 6 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Rebus: 'No, Morny is not dead for he is marrying again'

1866 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image: 15.1 × 7 cm (6 × 2 13/16 in.); Plate: 15.1 × 7 cm (6 × 2 13/16 in.); Sheet: 27.5 × 17.8 cm (10 7/8 × 7 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Rebus: 'No, Morny is not dead for he is marrying again'

1866 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image: 14.7 × 7.1 cm (5 13/16 × 2 13/16 in.); Plate: 14.7 × 7.1 cm (5 13/16 × 2 13/16 in.); Sheet: 30 × 18.1 cm (11 13/16 × 7 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Cover for a Voyage to New Zealand (1842-46)

1866 · Etching on brown wove paper

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.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Swift-Sailing Proa, Mulgrave Archipelago, Oceania

1866 · Etching with scraping and burnishing in warm black ink with monogram printed à la poupée in reddish-brown ink on ivory laid paper

Image: 14.5 × 8 cm (5 3/4 × 3 3/16 in.); Plate: 14.5 × 8 cm (5 3/4 × 3 3/16 in.); Sheet: 45 × 32 cm (17 3/4 × 12 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Old Soldier's Thatched Cottage, Akaroa, 1845

1866 · Etching and drypoint in warm black on ivory laid paper

Image: 8.1 × 7.6 cm (3 1/4 × 3 in.); Plate: 8.1 × 7.6 cm (3 1/4 × 3 in.); Sheet: 10.6 × 10 cm (4 3/16 × 3 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Cleveland Museum of Art

Etchings of Paris: Church of St. Stephen of the Mount (1852)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland Museum of Art

Etchings of Paris: The Little Bridge (1850)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland Museum of Art

An Arch of Pont Notre-Dame, Paris (1853)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

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