Art, literature & historyBenjamin Fillon, homme de lettres
1862
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Etching, from a tin plate, on ivory laid China paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 12.8 × 11.1 cm (5 1/16 × 4 3/8 in.); Plate: 12.8 × 11.1 cm (5 1/16 × 4 3/8 in.); Sheet: 42.9 × 32.2 cm (16 15/16 × 12 11/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1927.4413
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
Benjamin Fillon, homme de lettres — Charles Meryon. 1862.
Medium: Etching, from a tin plate, on ivory laid China paper. Dimensions: Image: 12.8 × 11.1 cm (5 1/16 × 4 3/8 in.); Plate: 12.8 × 11.1 cm (5 1/16 × 4 3/8 in.); Sheet: 42.9 × 32.2 cm (16 15/16 × 12 11/16 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.