Art, literature & historyOld Man with Mess Tin
1844
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Etching on light gray China paper laid down on cream wove paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 11.3 × 8.5 cm (4 1/2 × 3 3/8 in.); Chine: 13 × 10 cm (5 1/8 × 3 15/16 in.); Plate: 15.5 × 12.2 cm (6 1/8 × 4 13/16 in.); Sheet: 30.6 × 24.6 cm (12 1/16 × 9 11/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1887.506
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
Old Man with Mess Tin — Charles Émile Jacque. 1844.
Medium: Etching on light gray China paper laid down on cream wove paper. Dimensions: Image: 11.3 × 8.5 cm (4 1/2 × 3 3/8 in.); Chine: 13 × 10 cm (5 1/8 × 3 15/16 in.); Plate: 15.5 × 12.2 cm (6 1/8 × 4 13/16 in.); Sheet: 30.6 × 24.6 cm (12 1/16 × 9 11/16 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.