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Charles Meryon

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Etching of a bay with mountains, figures hauling a net on the shore, small boats, and a smoke plume at right.

Presqu'île de Banks, Pointe des Charbonniers, Akaroa

1863

Etching of a dirt road entering a town with smoking chimneys, travelers with pack animals, and a stone wall beside a field.

Toegangsweg tot de voorstad Saint-Marceau bij Parijs

1850

Etching of a ewe with two lambs in a grassy landscape, one lamb walking beside her and the other resting at right.

Schaap of ooi met twee lammeren

1850

Etching of a Paris street with the bell tower and rose window of Saint-Étienne-du-Mont, scaffolding and figures at work.

Kerk Saint-Etienne du Mont bij Collège Montaigu en Panthéon in Parijs

1852

Etching of a timber-supported water pump tower on the Seine in Paris, with Notre-Dame and rooftops behind and boats on the wa

Pompgebouw Notre-Dame bij Seine in Parijs

1852

Etching of a clock tower and turreted Palais de Justice above a stone bridge, with a barge passing under an arch.

Toren met uurwerk op hoek van Palais de Justice in Parijs

1852

Etching of a French poem framed by chains, with a small pump house at the bottom and wine glasses at the sides.

Gedicht met kleine versie van pompgebouw Notre-Dame en waterslangen

1854

Etching of the Château de Chenonceau built over arched bridge piers, with turrets, dormers and chimneys above flowing water.

Château de Chenonceau, No 1, after Ducerceau

1856

Etching of the Château de Chenonceau with turrets and steep roofs rising above an arched bridge over flowing water.

Château de Chenonceau, No 2 (Château de Chenonceau, No 2)

1856

Etching of a Gothic church apse with pointed-arch windows, tracery, and a balustraded roofline under a cloudy sky.

Chevet de St. Martin-sur-Renelle (The apse of the Church of St. Martin-sur-Renelle, Paris)

1860

Etching of a narrow medieval street with half-timbered houses, steep gables, smoking chimneys and small figures below.

La Rue des Toiles, Bourges

1853

Etched title page with French text in a decorative border of palms and nets, showing a canoe and fish over waves.

Cover to "The Voyage to New Zealand (1842-46)"

1866

The Breton archaeologist Louis Jacques Marie Bizeul

1861

Etched portrait of a seated bald man in a formal coat holding a top hat and cane, with a pocket watch chain.

Casimir le Conte, after Boulanger

1856

Printed page with brown decorative border and handwritten French poem titled The Pilot of Tonga, 1855.

The Pilot of Tonga, from "The Voyage to New Zealand (1842-46)"

1855

Etching of a large thatched hut with a carved finial, palm trees, hills, and figures in New Caledonia by Charles Meryon.

New Caledonia: Large native hut on the road from Balade to Puebo, 1845, from "The Voyage to New Zealand (1842-46)"

1863

Etching of a palm-covered island, a sailing ship on calm water, and figures fishing in shallow water in the foreground.

Océanie: Îlots à Uvea (Wallis): Pêche aux Palmes, 1845 (Oceania: Fishing, near islands with palms in the Uea or Walli…

1863

Etching of a panoramic bay with mountains, tree-lined shore, small boats on water, and a smoke plume under cloudy sky.

Presqu'île de Banks, Pointe des Charbonniers, Akaroa (Seine fishing off Colliers' Point, Akaroa, Banks Peninsula, 184…

1863 and later

Etching of the Collège Henri IV with a bell tower, garden trees, city rooftops and sailing ships in the distance.

College Henri IV (ou Lycée Napoléon)

1863-64

Etched rebus print by Charles Meryon with a bird, verse text, fortification, table, barrel, and a figure in a landscape.

Rebus: Béranger was not really strong, for he never had the key to the fields

1863

Etching of a sailboat with a large sail cutting through rough waves under a cloudy sky, with seagulls and a distant shoreline

Pro-Volant des Iles Mulgrave, from "The Voyage to New Zealand (1842-46)"

1866

Evariste Boulay-Paty

1861

Etching of a standing bearded man in a ruff collar and long cloak, holding a scroll, within an arched niche.

François Viète

1861

Etched oval portrait of a bearded man in a ruff collar and chain, framed by grapevines, crossed oars, and inscriptions.

The Colonist René de Laudonnière Sablais, after van de Passe

1861

Etched oval portrait of a bishop in clerical dress and biretta, framed by palm fronds and a coat of arms below.

Pierre Nivelle, Bishop of Luçon, after Lasne

1861

Etched bust portrait of a bearded man in a pleated ruff and cloak, with a dated plaque and coat of arms at upper right.

The historian John Besly, after Jaspar Isaac

1861

Etched portrait of a man with curly hair, mustache and goatee in an overcoat, labeled Benjamin Fillon.

Benjamin Fillon, after a photograph

1862

Small etched portrait of a bearded man with curly hair in a dark jacket, mounted on a larger sheet of paper.

Armand Guéraud of Nantes, printer and man of letters

1861

Small printed French poem dedicated to Eugène Bléry on a sheet with handwritten notes and a date of 1854.

Vers a Eugène Bléry, No 2 (Verses dedicated to Eugène Bléry, No 2)

1854

Etching with handwritten French text in a decorative border of towers, sunburst rays, and a flame on a stool.

La loi lunaire, No 1 (Lunar Law, No 1)

1856

Etched frontispiece with ornate border, allegorical figures, a horned mask fountain and title text for Thomas De Leu's catalo

Frontispiece for the Catalogue of the work of Thomas De Leu

1866

Etching of a kneeling man presenting a book to a seated king in a fleur-de-lis hall, with attendants around them.

The printer Valère Maxime being presented to King Louis XI, after an earlier miniature

1860

Etched bird's-eye view of the Collège Henri IV in Paris, showing its courtyard, gardens, church tower and surrounding rooftop

Collège Henri IV, Paris, ou Lycée Napoléon (Henry IV College or Napoleon School)

1863/1864

Etching of a stone turret with conical roof, ivy, smoking chimneys and figures in a busy old street.

Tourelle de la rue de la Tixeranderie

1852

Pencil sketch of a dredge boat with a tall smokestack and angled machinery beside a small rowboat on water.

A Dredge

n.d.

Pencil sketch of a lashed wicker and wooden float on water, with a woven hull and crossing pole frame.

A New Zealand Float

n.d.

Oval etched portrait of a bearded man in a ruff collar, framed by grapevines, crossed anchors and an inscribed motto.

Portret van Franse kolonist René de Laudonniere Sablais

1861

Portret van archeoloog Louis Jacques Marie Bizeul

1861

Etched bust portrait of a bearded man in a pleated ruff collar and embroidered doublet, with a cloak over one shoulder.

Portret van Théodore Agrippa d'Aubigné

1861

Vertical rebus print by Charles Meryon, 1863, with a bird, pillars, a fortification, a barrel and a figure above printed text

Rebus met acht objecten die samen de tekst Beranger ne fut veritablement fort car il n'eut jamais la clef des champs…

1863

Etching of a Paris riverside with stone quay, smoking chimneys, moored barges and townhouses, by Charles Meryon.

The Morgue, Paris

1854

Etching of the Pont-Neuf bridge over the Seine with stone arches, smoking chimneys, rooftops and a small rowing boat below.

Pont-Neuf over de Seine in Parijs

1853

Etching of a Paris Seine quay with a low building, moored barges, crowds on a wall and tall smoky buildings behind.

Lijkenhuis aan Seine in Parijs

1854

Etching of a narrow Paris street with a Gothic church spire at its end and a group of people in the foreground.

Rue des Chantres in Parijs

1862

Etching of the Louvre palace seen across the Seine, with moored boats, figures on the quay and a cloud-filled sky.

Louvre op de oever van de Seine in Parijs

1865

Etching of a narrow medieval street with half-timbered gabled houses, smoking chimneys, a tree, and figures under a cloudy sk

Straat Rue des Toiles in Bourges

1853

Etching of the Château de Chenonceau facade with turrets, dormers and arched bridge arches over water.

Kasteel van Chenonceau bij Chenonceaux

1856

Etched decorative frame design with blank central panel, surrounded by books, scrolls, coins, bread and grapes.

Frame project for the portrait of Armand Guerand

1862

Print with radiating sun rays and handwritten French words including Empereur, Roi, Soleil and La Loi Solaire.

La Loi Solaire

19th century

Etching of a kneeling man presenting a book to a seated crowned figure in a stone hall with fleur-de-lis drapery.

Presentation of Valerius Maximus to King Louis XI

1862

Etching of a stone arched bridge over a river, with smoking chimneys, old buildings, scaffolding and small boats.

Le Pont-Neuf

1853

Etching of the Pont-Neuf bridge in Paris with stone arches, wooden scaffolding, small boats on the river, and a cloudy sky.

Le Pont-Neuf

1861