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Charles Meryon

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Etched interior of a Gothic hall with vaulted roofs, statues in wall niches, and a crowd walking on the stone floor.

The Antechamber of the Palais de Justice, Paris

1855

Etching of a winged gargoyle gazing over a city of rooftops and a Gothic tower, with birds flying in the sky.

The Vampire

1853

Pencil drawing of a stone house with a turret and spiral stair on a Paris street, with small figures at the entrance.

House with a Turret, rue de la Tixéranderie, Paris

1852

Etching of a watermill and stone bridge over a river with trees, grazing animals, and a hillside under a cloudy sky.

Watermolen aan rivier in omgeving van Saint-Denis

1850

Etching of a sailing ship and smaller boats on rough sea waves beside a cliff under a cloudy sky.

Zeegezicht met zeilschip of galjoot van Jan de Vyl uit Rotterdam

1850

Etched sheet with a handwritten French poem dedicated to Reinier Nooms (Zeeman), painter and etcher, signed by Charles Meryon

Gedicht opgedragen aan Reinier Nooms (Zeeman)

1854

Etching of sailing and rowing boats on calm water, with a large sail in the foreground and a harbor town in the distance.

Zeegezicht met visserboten op Zuiderzee

1850

Etching of a Gothic gatehouse with conical towers and a winged creature above, set within a radiating circular frame.

Oud poortgebouw van Palais de Justice in Parijs

1854

Etching of a winged gargoyle leaning on a parapet over Paris rooftops, a tall church tower, and birds in the sky.

Beeld van vampier als waterspuwer op toren van Notre Dame en vergezicht over Parijs

1853

Etching of the Petit Pont and Seine with Gothic cathedral towers, stone arches, a rowboat and figures on the quay.

Petit Pont over de Seine in Parijs

1850

Etching of a stone arch framing a river view with boats, wooden scaffolding and a bridge with towers beyond.

Boog van Pont Notre-Dame in Parijs

1853

Etching of an old Parisian street with a conical turret tower, smoking chimneys, ivy, and small figures on the cobbled street

Torentje in de Rue de la Tixéranderie in Parijs

1852

Etching of a Gothic gallery with slender columns and pointed arches opening onto a view of a city with rooftops and birds.

Zuilengalerij van Notre-Dame en vergezicht over Parijs

1853

Etching of the Tour de l'Horloge in Paris with a clock tower, turrets, a stone bridge and a barge on the river.

La Tour de l'Horloge

1850

Etching of an old Paris building with arched doorway, shuttered windows, two figures on the street, and handwritten verse abo

La rue des mauvais garcons

1850

Etching of Notre Dame's apse and towers across the Seine, with a stone bridge, a horse cart and rowboats in the foreground.

L'Abside de Notre Dame de Paris (The Apse of Notre Dame, Paris)

1850

Etching of a medieval gatehouse with two round conical towers, streaming banners, a bird overhead, and a hatched radiating sk

Ancienne Porte du Palais de Justice

1850

Etching of Pont Notre-Dame in Paris seen through a stone arch, with boats, timber scaffolding and figures on the river.

An Arch of Pont Notre-Dame, Paris

1853

Pencil sketch of a raven on a rail, with a separate study of a clawed foot and handwritten notes below.

A Raven Perched on a Rail

mid-19th century

Etching of a stone archway with two figures, beside a columned domed monument with a Corinthian capital and ruined walls.

Poort bij ingang van het klooster van franse Capucijnen in Athene

1854

Hand-coloured drawing titled Loi Lunaire, 1856, with a Napoleon medallion, a tripod brazier and a crescent moon in an ornate

Lunar Law

1856

Etched rebus print with a bird, table, fortress outline, barrel, hunter and signpost, with French text, 1863.

Rebus: Béranger was not Really Strong, for he Never had the Key of the Fields

1863

Etching of a thatched hut beside a palm tree, with rolling hills, tents and a distant mountain under cloudy skies.

La chaumière du colon vieux-soldat à Akaroa, 1845

1866

Small etched plate with chains, wine glasses and French verse around a pump house, mounted on cream paper.

The Notre-Dame Pump (small plate)

1854

Etching of a turreted stone building with a spiral staircase, ivy, smoking chimneys and figures in a street.

Tourelle, Rue de la Tixéranderie

1852

Etching of a Paris college complex with a bell tower, long roofed buildings, wooded hillside and small figures in the courtya

Collège Henry IV (or Lycée Napoléon), Paris

1863-64

Etching of thatched huts, a raised storehouse and figures by a fence, with trees and hills behind, at Akaroa.

Native Barns and Huts at Akaroa, Banks Peninsula, 1845, from "The Voyage to New Zealand (1842-46)"

1860

Etching of Paris riverside with tall buildings, smoking chimneys, a stone embankment with onlookers, and moored boats with la

The Mortuary, Paris (La Morgue)

1854

Etching of a ewe nursing a lamb beside a second lamb lying in grass, with shrubs at right.

The Ewe with Two Lambs

1850

Etching of sailing boats tossed by rough waves under a cloudy sky, with a distant shoreline on the horizon.

Haarlem Boats in Amsterdam

1850

Etching of a thatched hut with a carved finial, palm trees, figures near the entrance, and hills behind under an open sky.

New Caledonia: Large Native Hut on the Road from Balade to Puépo, 1845

1863

Etching of a small coastal settlement of houses beneath rolling hills, with clouds above and reeds and shrubs in the foregrou

The Little French Colony at Akaroa, 1845

1865