Charles Meryon - Family papers [M595], 1818-1892
Charles Meryon - Family papers [M595], 1818-1892
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Date
Canberra : Australian Joint Copying Project, [19--]
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MAV/FM4/2567 Status: No longer available
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- French
- English
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microfilm reel 35 mm
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Contents
1) Letters in French 1821-37, of Meryon's mother, Pierre Narcisse Chaspoux, and Meryon himself to his father. 2) Letters of Charles Meryon to his father including several from Akaroa and the Pacific 1838-63, in French. Letters of others 1855-69, relating to Charles Meryon's insanity and death. 3) Correspondence 1892 of Lewis Meryon, nephew of Dr Me...
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Charles Meryon - Family papers [M595], 1818-1892
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Refer to the National Library of Australia’s AJCP Portal (https://www.nla.gov.au/content/australian-joint-copying-project) for information on Australian Joint Copying Project reels digitised in 2019/69...
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Etcher and officer in the French Navy. Sailed to New Zealand in 1842 on Le Rhin which had been sent to protect the French settlement at Akaroa. He spent four years in the South Pacific making a number of sketches. The rest of his life was spent in Paris where he worked on his famous series of etchings of the city
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MAV/FM4/2567 Status: No longer available
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1wN26wkn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1wN26wkn
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432515
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