Design for a Frame for the Portrait of Armand Guéraud

1862

Dating: Exact year
Held at: Art Institute of Chicago
Medium: Etching with scraping and burnishing on grayish ivory laid paper
Dimensions: Image, including stray marks: 14.4 × 13.5 cm (5 11/16 × 5 3/8 in.); Plate: 18.7 × 14.9 cm (7 3/8 × 5 7/8 in.); Sheet: 20.2 × 16.5 cm (8 × 6 1/2 in.)
Collection no.: 1909.197
Attribution: By the artist

About this artwork

Design for a Frame for the Portrait of Armand Guéraud — Charles Meryon. 1862.

Medium: Etching with scraping and burnishing on grayish ivory laid paper. Dimensions: Image, including stray marks: 14.4 × 13.5 cm (5 11/16 × 5 3/8 in.); Plate: 18.7 × 14.9 cm (7 3/8 × 5 7/8 in.); Sheet: 20.2 × 16.5 cm (8 × 6 1/2 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.

Artwork sources