IMAGE
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.
- Date
- 1863 - 1845
- By
- Meryon, Charles, 1821-1868
- Reference
- B-014-010
- Description
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 (German Bay) just north of Akaroa township
No. S89 in Richard S. Schneiderman's catalogue raisonne. State iv/vii. The Library holds two other copies of this print, both state iii/vii, at B-014-011 and B-014-012
Exhibited in 'A Meeting of Cultures: France and New Zealand' exhibition of early French views of New Zealand and of Katherine Mansfield manuscripts, translations into French and curios, held at Alexander Turnbull Library, 2 to 30 March 1999.
Other Titles - New Zealand. Banks Peninsula. Point known as the charcoal-burners' at Akaroa. Seine net fishing. [Translation] Ile. Pierron. [Spelling corrections]
Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s).
Physical Description: Etching, 118 x 295 mm on sheet 339 x 493 mm
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- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 b&w art print(s), Works of art, Etchings, Etching, 118 x 295 mm on sheet 339 x 493 mm, Watermark: No watermark.
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