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Art Institute of Chicago

5,127 works

Valentine card with gold monogram framed by pink watercolor roses and green ivy on embossed white lace paper.

Love (Valentine)

George Kershaw, c. 1850

Valentine card with lace border, a red butterfly above pink roses and blue forget-me-nots, and the words Love True.

Love True (Valentine)

George Kershaw, c. 1850

Valentine card with embossed border, painted flower sprigs, a central diamond panel of red blossoms, and handwritten verse.

As Pines the Dove It's Mate to See (valentine)

George Kershaw, c. 1850

Pen and ink sketch of a robed figure ascending through clouds with angels and kneeling onlookers below.

Ascension of Christ

Giulio Cesare Angeli, n.d.

Valentine with an oval wreath of painted roses, morning glory and chrysanthemum tied with blue ribbon, handwritten verse, emb

Believe My Love These Lines Are True (valentine)

George Kershaw, 1840/50

Valentine card with a watercolor bouquet in a blue and white vase, embossed floral border and handwritten verses.

It is Weakness thus to Dwell (Valentine)

George Kershaw, c. 1850

Valentine card with embossed border showing a blue vase holding red, pink and yellow flowers, with green handwritten verses.

Is it Weakness thus to Dwell (valentine)

George Kershaw, c. 1850

Brown wash drawing of a classical colonnaded hall with a seated ruler, crowds, and kneeling figures in the foreground.

Donation of Constantine

Giulio Pippi, called Giulio Romano, after, n.d.

Valentine card with a wreath of blue flowers, painted sprigs, lace paper border and handwritten verse about roses.

May Thy Path be Strewed with Roses (valentine)

George Kershaw, n.d.

Valentine card with lace border, blue vase of turquoise flowers, and handwritten script above and below.

Believe I am Sincere (valentine)

George Kershaw, c. 1850

Valentine card with lace border, pink flower wreath, blue fern sprigs, and handwritten brown script message.

Dearest, May My Love for Thee be Equaled by Thy Truth to Me (valentine)

George Kershaw, n.d.

Valentine card with a pink rose medallion, two birds with blue flower sprigs, and handwritten verse on embossed paper.

Forget Me Not Where'eer You Be (valentine)

George Kershaw, c. 1850

Victorian paper lace valentine with butterflies, doves, a blue-coated man and a verse reading forget me not, on purple.

Forget Me Not (valentine)

John Windsor, 1840/60

Valentine card with lace paper border, silver foliage, colorful flowers and a ribbon reading 'Wilt Thou Be My Bride'.

Wilt Thou Be My Bride (valentine)

David Mossman, 1847

Valentine card with a bouquet of red, yellow and pink flowers in a blue and white vase, embossed border and handwritten verse

Is it Weakness thus to Dwell (valentine)

George Kershaw, c. 1840

Valentine card with blue flowers and leaves in an oval wreath, a bird at top, red ribbon, and handwritten sentiments.

Believe My Heart Will Ever Prove (valentine)

George Kershaw, c. 1840

Victorian Valentine card with teal heart, silver doves, handwritten verse, and painted flower wreath within white lace border

Oh, Had We Only Met in Time (valentine)

George Meek, c. 1850

Victorian valentine with gilt embossed foliage, lace paper panels, a cameo portrait of a woman, and a bouquet of colorful flo

Affections Offering (Valentine)

John Windsor, c. 1850

Red chalk drawing of a seated female nude with black chalk studies of a hand and forearm on tan paper.

Seated Female Nude with Sketch of Hand and Sketch of Forearm

the elder Louis de Boullogne, n.d.

Valentine card with embossed border, lace diamond, painted yellow flowers, silver birds and handwritten verse in black ink.

Life Will Have No Charms for Me (valentine)

George Kershaw, c. 1850

Victorian-style valentine with embossed border, lace panel, central painted blue flowers, silver birds, black bows and blue h

Life is Sweet (valentine)

George Kershaw, c. 1850

Cut-paper valentine with white lace border of trees, a courting couple by a fence, and handwritten verse in an oval on blue.

To Esther (Valentine)

Joseph Mansell, c. 1850

Graphite and wash drawing of a long-haired seated woman holding a skull against her chest, on cream paper.

Female Saint Holding Skull

Possibly Bartolomé Estéban Murillo, n.d.

Black chalk and red chalk drawing of a standing draped figure with a trailing robe on cream paper.

Kneeling Draped Figure

Edward Burne-Jones, c. 1865-70

Black chalk and red chalk landscape of trees, a stream, a horse and cart, and buildings with a tower in the distance.

Landscape with Buildings by a Stream

Attributed to Thomas Gainsborough, 1782/86

Red chalk drawing of three allegorical figures in an arched frame, with a winged figure between two seated women holding frui

Allegorical Figure of Summer Flanked by Pomona and Ceres

Possibly Pierre Brèbiette, c. 1630

Red and black chalk drawing of a nude older bald bearded man seated and twisting, one arm raised, facing left.

Nude Old Man Seated, Leaning on His Forearm, Facing Left

Jacob Jordaens, c. 1640

Charcoal and chalk self-portrait of a man in a fur cap looking directly at the viewer against a dark background.

Self-Portrait in a Fur Cap

Joseph Wright of Derby, 1765/68

Brown watercolor of a rocky coast with cliffs, trees, crashing waves and a storm sky, with small figures on the rocks.

Coastal Landscape with Storm Approaching

Franz Innocenz Josef Kobell, c. 1800

Monochrome brown wash drawing of a grove of leafy trees standing along a pale open ground beneath a bare sky.

Grove of Leafy Trees

Franz Innocenz Josef Kobell, c. 1818