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Art Institute of Chicago

24,198 works

Watercolor drawing of a bust of Cleopatra in pale blue tones on a gold pedestal, with handwritten inscription below.

Agate Head of Cleopatra

Giuseppe Grisoni, n.d.

Watercolor drawing of a Roman bust with a blue face, gold cuirass with a Medusa relief, and a marble pedestal.

Head of Tiberius

Giuseppe Grisoni, n.d.

Watercolor design drawing of an ornate blue and yellow ewer with a scrolling handle and fluted body on a pedestal.

Pattern for Ewer

Giuseppe Grisoni, n.d.

Watercolor drawing of a blue cameo head of Medusa with golden snake hair in an oval gold frame with a topaz.

Head of Medusa (Sabbatini collection, Rome)

Giuseppe Grisoni, n.d.

Design drawing of a tall pale vase with gilded scrolls, blue panels and set gemstones on handles, neck and foot.

Monumental Jewelled Vase

Giuseppe Grisoni, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a rustic countryside cottage with a tall chimney, a large tree, a well and a small shed.

Countryside Cottage

Paul Sandby Munn, 1824

Pencil drawing of thatched farm buildings and a chimneyed house beneath trees, with a fence and pond in the foreground.

Farm Buildings

Paul Sandby Munn, 1822

Grey wash drawing of half-timbered houses with gabled roofs and chimneys along a street, inscribed Darlington.

Darlington

Henry Cave, 1805/10

Pencil sketch of two men working at a machine in a workshop, with a handwritten note about holding a plate with coarse cloth.

Two Men Working at a Machine

William Henry Pyne, n.d.

Pencil sketch of peasants with a laden pack animal, one figure gesturing and others crouched around the saddlebags.

Peasants with Pack Animal

William Henry Pyne, n.d.

Watercolor sketch of a lioness looking back over a pale carcass against a misty grey-brown background.

Lioness with her Family

Sawrey Gilpin, n.d.

Watercolor of a three-masted sailing ship with full white sails and an American flag sailing on choppy blue sea.

A View of the Constitution off Boston

Isiah Whyte, 1814

Red chalk drawing of the Virgin, an older woman gesturing, and two embracing children in a religious group scene.

Madonna and Child with Saints Elizabeth and John the Baptist

After Annibale Carracci, after 1606

Watercolor of a white castellated mansion beside a lake, with wooded hills and mountains behind it.

Leitch Castle

Style of William Leighton Leitch, 1840/50

Watercolor of a small stone chapel with a bell turret beside crumbling arched ruins on a grassy slope under cloudy skies.

Chapel Ruins

Charles John Hills, 1872

Ink sketch of a conductor with baton at a music stand, and a child playing trumpet below, on handwritten paper.

Sketches of Conductor and Trumpet Player

Attributed to Alfred Edward Chalon, 1840

Ink sketch of a bearded violinist standing with violin and bow, drawn over pencil on aged paper.

Nicolas Mori, Violinist

Attributed to Alfred Edward Chalon, c. 1840

Watercolor of a dusky landscape with dark trees, a glowing sunset horizon, and a fence line in the middle distance.

Landscape with Gate at Sunset

Hugh Huntington Howard, n.d.

Hand-colored caricature of an elderly woman with a fan and dog beside a man carrying boxes, captioned An Old Maid on a Journe

An Old Maid on a Journey - The Eccentric Miss Banks

M. Chevers, 1882

Brown wash landscape of a river with a large tree on the left, sailing boats on the water, and distant trees and hills.

River Scene with Boats

William Henry Stothard Scott of Brighton, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of a wooded landscape with dense trees, an open lawn, and a distant hill under a pale sky.

Wooded Landscape

Joseph Wright of Derby, 1754/97

Watercolor landscape of a wind-bent tree beside a river, with hills, a small building and a pale sky.

Windswept Landscape

Possibly attributed to Nicholas Pocock, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a woodsman raising an axe beside a fallen tree trunk on sloping ground.

Woodsman Axing Fallen Tree

William Henry Pyne, .d.

Brown wash drawing of a river with a masted sailing boat, wooded islands, low hills and a village on the left bank.

Landscape

William Henry Stothard Scott of Brighton, n.d.

Watercolor portrait of a seated man in a blue jacket holding a newspaper, with red drapery and bookshelves behind him.

Portrait of Seated Man with Newspaper

Attributed to Adolphus H. A. Wing, c. 1846

Watercolor of a Mediterranean harbor with sailing ships, a white lighthouse town, rocky cliffs and figures on a hillside path

Mediterranean Seascape with Port

Attributed to Nicholas Pocock, n.d.

Pencil and watercolor sketch of women with baskets, a seated man with a dog, and children near a doorway.

Figures near Doorway

David Wilkie, 1825/30

Pencil sketches of three river boats with sails on grey paper, with handwritten notes reading Dusseldorf and England.

Three Sketches of Dusseldorf River Boats

William Alfred Delamotte, n.d.

Watercolor of a red-coated officer standing under a stormy sky beside a woman with an infant and a child seeking shelter.

Officer Seeking Shelter with his Wife and Children from a Storm (recto); Sketch of Castle on Hill (verso)

After Richard Westall, c. 1800/20

Watercolor of a smiling man holding a lantern in a doorway, with an elderly woman peering from the dark room behind him.

Man with Lantern in Doorway

After Adriaen van Ostade, n.d.