Art, literature & historySolar Law
1855
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Etching, from two plates, one printed in warm black and one in red ink, on ivory laid paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 11.9 × 8.2 cm (4 11/16 × 3 1/4 in.); Plate: 11.9 × 8.2 cm (4 11/16 × 3 1/4 in.); Sheet: 24.5 × 15.9 cm (9 11/16 × 6 5/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1909.195
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
Solar Law — Charles Meryon. 1855.
Medium: Etching, from two plates, one printed in warm black and one in red ink, on ivory laid paper. Dimensions: Image: 11.9 × 8.2 cm (4 11/16 × 3 1/4 in.); Plate: 11.9 × 8.2 cm (4 11/16 × 3 1/4 in.); Sheet: 24.5 × 15.9 cm (9 11/16 × 6 5/16 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.