Art, literature & historyNew Caledonia: Large Native Hut on the Road from Balade to Puépo, 1845
1863
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Etching with burnishing, scraping and drypoint in warm black ink on ivory laid paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 11.6 × 22.7 cm (4 5/8 × 8 15/16 in.); Plate: 14.1 × 24.6 cm (5 9/16 × 9 11/16 in.); Sheet: 18.5 × 31.1 cm (7 5/16 × 12 1/4 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1927.4400
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
New Caledonia: Large Native Hut on the Road from Balade to Puépo, 1845 — Charles Meryon. 1863.
Medium: Etching with burnishing, scraping and drypoint in warm black ink on ivory laid paper. Dimensions: Image: 11.6 × 22.7 cm (4 5/8 × 8 15/16 in.); Plate: 14.1 × 24.6 cm (5 9/16 × 9 11/16 in.); Sheet: 18.5 × 31.1 cm (7 5/16 × 12 1/4 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.