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Art Institute of Chicago

13,165 works

Black and white lithograph of a spired church tower above village houses, with a wrecked rowboat and seated figure by the wat

Nidan W. Neuchatel, from Picturesque Selections

James Duffield Harding, 1859

Lithograph of tall trees, a stone bridge, cattle and a thatched cottage in a rural English landscape.

Shipley Bridge, Devon, from Picturesque Selections

James Duffield Harding, 1859

Pen drawing of a seated hermit on a leafy pedestal beside tall pillars, with robed figures at left and a winged figure at rig

The Hermit; illustration for Oscar Wilde's 'The Teacher of Wisdom'

Charles Ricketts, c. 1890-1924

Sepia lithograph of three coastal scenes: upturned boats on a beach, a hut with seated figures, and a church above rowboats.

Mumbles, from Picturesque Selections

James Duffield Harding, c. 1859-60

Tonal sketch of a timber chalet with steep stairs, a woman on a stony path, and tall trees on a hillside.

Brunnen, from Picturesque Selections

James Duffield Harding, 1860

Monochrome lithograph of a thatched cottage and wooden barn beneath tall trees, with small figures seated on a dirt path.

At Dorking, from Picturesque Selections

James Duffield Harding, c. 1859-60

Two sketched views of rustic stone cottages with thatched roofs, one with a seated man and one with chickens and birds.

Port of Clwyd and South Brent, Devon, from Picturesque Selections

James Duffield Harding, 1860

Three tonal lithograph vignettes showing a wooden jetty, a chalet on a wooded slope, and overturned boats on a shore.

Lake of Uri and Brunnen, from Picturesque Selections

James Duffield Harding, 1859

Sepia lithograph of a snowy peak above a rocky gorge with a wooden bridge, waterfall, and small figures on the path.

Saint Gothard, W. Wasen, from Picturesque Selections

James Duffield Harding, 1860

Three stacked sepia landscape vignettes showing Pandy Mill cottage, a ruined stone cottage, and Church Pool river valley.

Pandy Mill, Church Pool, and one other subject, from Picturesque Selections

James Duffield Harding, c. 1860

Woodblock print of an actor in white and pink costume standing in snow beside a wooden fence at night.

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as Lady Shizuka (Shizkua Gozen) Disguised as Tamazusa in the Play Chigo Torii Tobiiri K…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1777

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a long kimono beside reeds, waves, and flying birds, with a wooden cage.

The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as the Courtesan Toyama in the Play Koi Nyobo Somewake Tazuna, Performed at the Nakamur…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1777

Plate Two, from A New Book of Ornaments

Simon Gribelin, 1704

Engraved ornament plate with acanthus scrollwork, flower rosettes and a central putto on a dark hatched ground.

Plate Three, from A New Book of Ornaments

Simon Gribelin, 1704

Engraved ornament plate with a central floral medallion, surrounding circular patterns and oval landscape cartouches.

Plate Four, from Book of Ornament

Simon Gribelin, 1704

Engraved ornamental plate with armor and weapons at top, a central mythological cartouche, cherubs, birds and acanthus scroll

Plate Nine, from A New Book of Ornaments

Simon Gribelin, 1704

Engraved ornamental plate with a central oval scene of classical figures flanked by draped female figures and acanthus scroll

Plate Ten, from A New Book of Ornaments

Simon Gribelin, 1704

Engraved ornamental plate with acanthus scrolls, reclining putti, and a small pastoral scene in a central cartouche.

Plate Eleven, from A New Book of Ornaments

Simon Gribelin, 1704

Engraved ornament plate with acanthus scrollwork, an octagonal medallion of a winged figure on clouds, and side trophies.

Plate Twelve, from A New Book of Ornaments

Simon Gribelin, 1704

Hand-colored caricature of a stout man in a top hat and blue coat splashing through a puddle with an umbrella.

Sad Sloppy Weather

James Gillray, published February 10, 1808

Hand-colored etching of a stout man in a top hat skating on cracked ice with snowy hills and birds behind him.

Fine Bracing Weather

James Gillray, published February 10, 1808

Hand-colored caricature of a man slipping on icy cobbles before a print shop window, with onlookers and a dog nearby.

Very Slippy Weather

James Gillray, published February 10, 1808

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono posed beside a snowy plum branch.

Actor Nakamura Noshio I as the Fox-Wife from Furui in “First Performance Day of the Izu Calendar” (“Izu-goyomi Shibai…

Katsukawa Shunshō, About 1772

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a floral kimono standing on a boat and holding a long pole over water.

The Actor Yoshizawa Iroha I as Princess Yosooi (Yosooi Hime) in the Play Kikujido Shuen no Iwaya, Performed at the Mo…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1775

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a kimono playing a bamboo flute beside a lattice screen and flowering branches.

The Actor Nakamura Noshio I as Misao Disguised as a Komuso in the Play Kosode-gura no Tekubari, Performed at the Mori…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1772

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono beside a round window with bamboo, c. 1779.

The Actor Tsuneyo II as Okaru in the Play Kanadehon Chushingura, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eighth Month,…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1779

Hand-colored engraving of a spring flower bouquet in an ornate urn, with numbered blossoms and a key below.

February, from Twelve Months of Flowers

Henry Fletcher, n.d.

Hand-colored engraving of a dense spring flower arrangement in a carved urn, with numbered key below.

March, from Twelve Months of Flowers

Henry Fletcher, n.d.

Hand-colored engraving of a flower bouquet in a stone urn with tulips, anemones and daffodils, labeled April.

April, from Twelve Months of Flowers

Henry Fletcher, n.d.

Hand-coloured engraving of a flower bouquet in a classical urn, with tulips, roses and ranunculus, labelled MAY.

May, from Twelve Months of Flowers

Henry Fletcher, n.d.