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

1866

Charles Meryon

Associated Names
Charles Meryon

Artist, French, 1821 - 1868

This is a drawing of a title page for a historical maritime voyage. The image contains intricate line drawings that form an elaborate border around the text. The central text details a voyage to New Zealand, specifically an expedition entitled "Voyage à la Nouvelle Zélande," accomplished between the years 1842 and 1846 onboard the Navire Rhin. The text also mentions command under Captain A. Bérard. The surrounding border includes nautical and exploratory themes, such as depictions of native plant leaves, a fish, and nautical equipment. There is also a strong sense of design symmetry in the illustrated border, which features stylized flora and fauna and includes a date marked as 1866. The paper has a vintage appearance consistent with the historical context of the document's content.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on brown wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

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

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.6205

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schneiderman 1990, no. 100, State viii/viii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1924

  • Delteil, Loys and Harold J.L. Wright. Catalogue raisonne of the Etchings of Charles Meryon. New York: Winfred Porter Truesdell, 1924.

1990

  • Schneiderman, Richard S. The Catalogue Raisonne of the Prints by Charles Meryon. London: Garton & Co., 1990.

Inscriptions

"(Charles Meryon's monogram) / 1866" lower center composition, in plate. "C.M. imp rue Duperré 20" lower right margin, in plate. "Paris" lower left margin, in plate. "DIVERSES PIECES GRAVÉES / COLLECTE, GAIN, BUTIN / DE / COURSE et de CHASSE / Fairs au mouillage et à la mer; pendant / LE / VOYAGE À LA NOUVELLE ZÉLANDE / Accompli de MDCCCXLII à XLVI sur le / NAVIRE RHIN, / Sous les ordres de Mr le Capitaine de Vaisseau, (mort contre-Amiral en 1852) / A. BÉRARD / COMMANDANT LA STATION À AKAROA. / PRESQU'ILE DE BANKS." center composition, in plate. "Uvéa / Les Mulgraves / Tonga" center left composition, in plate. "Ballade / Taiti / Oné-cke" center right composition, in plate. "W.66 LD. 63 IV" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "c. 4299" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "1" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.

Markings

"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, stamped twice, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q65019232

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