Solar Law
1855
Medium
Etching, from two plates, one printed in warm black and one in red ink, on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 11.9 × 8.2 cm (4 11/16 × 3 1/4 in.); Plate: 11.9 × 8.2 cm (4 11/16 × 3 1/4 in.); Sheet: 24.5 × 15.9 cm (9 11/16 × 6 5/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
63711
About the Artist
Charles Meryon · 1821–1868
Charles Meryon, born on November 23, 1821, in Paris, was the illegitimate son of English physician Dr. Charles Lewis Meryon and dancer Pierre-Narcisse Chaspoux (stage name Narcisse Gentil) at the Paris Opéra. His half-sister Fanny, from his mother's prior relationship with Viscount Lowther, remained in contact after their mother's death in 1838. Raised partly outside Paris before attending Pension...