Etched heraldic emblem with a towered crown, a shield showing a rounded boat on water, laurel branches and ribbons, and the inscription MDCCCLIV below.

It Rocks but is Not Sunk, Charles Meryon, 1854

An etched heraldic emblem with a mural crown above a shield showing a pale, rounded boat-like form afloat on dark water beneath a light sky. Laurel branches and ribbons frame the shield, and the inscription MDCCCLIV appears below.

Artist: Charles Meryon
Date: 1854
Medium: Etching on ivory laid paper
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 843 × 1186 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1854).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth Hammond Stickney Collection

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