Art, literature & historyLunar Law, No. 1
1856
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Etching with foul biting, hand-colored with watercolor, on ivory laid paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 13.2 × 22.9 cm (5 1/4 × 9 1/16 in.); Plate: 16.1 × 24.8 cm (6 3/8 × 9 13/16 in.); Sheet: 17 × 25.5 cm (6 3/4 × 10 1/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1909.192
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
Lunar Law, No. 1 — Charles Meryon. 1856.
Medium: Etching with foul biting, hand-colored with watercolor, on ivory laid paper. Dimensions: Image: 13.2 × 22.9 cm (5 1/4 × 9 1/16 in.); Plate: 16.1 × 24.8 cm (6 3/8 × 9 13/16 in.); Sheet: 17 × 25.5 cm (6 3/4 × 10 1/16 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.