Art, literature & historyThe Little French Colony at Akaroa, 1845
1865
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Etching with burnishing on grayish-ivory China paper
- Dimensions
- Image, including stray marks: 9.3 × 14.5 cm (3 11/16 × 5 3/4 in.); Plate: 13.9 × 15.4 cm (5 1/2 × 6 1/8 in.); Sheet: 15.9 × 21.3 cm (6 5/16 × 8 7/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1917.756
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
The Little French Colony at Akaroa, 1845 — Charles Meryon. 1865.
Medium: Etching with burnishing on grayish-ivory China paper. Dimensions: Image, including stray marks: 9.3 × 14.5 cm (3 11/16 × 5 3/4 in.); Plate: 13.9 × 15.4 cm (5 1/2 × 6 1/8 in.); Sheet: 15.9 × 21.3 cm (6 5/16 × 8 7/16 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.