It Rocks but is Not Sunk
Charles Meryon
1854
Medium
Woodcut in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 15.7 × 10.8 cm (6 3/16 × 4 5/16 in.); Sheet: 18.3 × 13.5 cm (7 1/4 × 5 3/8 in.)
Classification
woodcut
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
90870
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Charles Meryon · 1821–1868
Charles Meryon, born on November 23, 1821, in Paris, was the illegitimate son of English physician Dr. Charles Lewis Meryon and dancer Pierre-Narcisse Chaspoux (stage name Narcisse Gentil) at the Paris Opéra. His half-sister Fanny, from his mother's prior relationship with Viscount Lowther, remained in contact after their mother's death in 1838. Raised partly outside Paris before attending Pension...