Ernest Charton (French, 1815-1877)
Ernest Charton
French, 1815-1877
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Charton was born in Lyon, France, into a family of artists. He studied in Paris and traveled to Italy and Spain before embarking on a career as a painter and photographer. In 1852, he crossed the Isthmus in Panama on his way to California. He spent much of his career traveling and working in Latin America.