Art, literature & historyThe Sickly Cryptogam
1860
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Etching with plate tone on blue-green laid paper with violet and red fibres
- Dimensions
- Image: 7.1 × 5.9 cm (2 13/16 × 2 3/8 in.); Plate: 7.1 × 5.9 cm (2 13/16 × 2 3/8 in.); Sheet: 19.3 × 15.1 cm (7 5/8 × 6 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1927.4399
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
The Sickly Cryptogam — Charles Meryon. 1860.
Medium: Etching with plate tone on blue-green laid paper with violet and red fibres. Dimensions: Image: 7.1 × 5.9 cm (2 13/16 × 2 3/8 in.); Plate: 7.1 × 5.9 cm (2 13/16 × 2 3/8 in.); Sheet: 19.3 × 15.1 cm (7 5/8 × 6 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.