Meryon, Charles 1821-1868 :Nouvelle-Zelande, Presqu'il de Banks, 1845. Pointe dite des charbonniers a Akaroa. Peche a la seine. C.M. del. et sculp. Pieron imp. 1863.

An extensive view of a bay at Akaroa, with hills in the background. A group of men is hauling in a purse-seine net on the left and two small fishing boats are at the water's edge. A European ship, possibly the artist's ship, Le Rhin, is moored in the stream in the middle distance. The bay depicted may be Takamatua just north of Akaroa township

No. S89 in Richard S. Schneiderman's catalogue raisonne. State iii/vii.

Other Titles - New Zealand. Banks Peninsula. Point known as the charcoal-burners' at Akaroa. Seine net fishing [Translation]. Ile. Pierron [Spelling correction]

The Library holds two other copies of this print, B-014-010, state iv/vii and B-014-012, state iii/vii.

Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s).

Physical Description: Etching, 118 x 295 mm on sheet 339 x 493 mm

Sheet is cropped, paper is moderately badly foxed.