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Art Institute of Chicago

5,127 works

Pen and ink comic sheet titled Sport, showing a plaid-suited hunter in a series of mishaps with birds, a dog, and a bull.

Sport

Percy Cruikshank, n.d.

Sol(?) Walker

II George Dance, n.d.

Pencil drawing of mountains above a loch with sailboats, a rowing boat, and figures on rocks in the foreground.

Coast of Argyllshire

William Daniell, n.d.

Pencil and chalk sketch of a Gothic church spire, rooftops, and a stone bridge arch beside a riverbank with bare trees.

Saint Mary's Bridge, Derby

Augustus Oakley Deacon, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a dense battle scene with nude and armored figures, rearing horses, and a faint squared grid.

Battle Scene

called il Cosci Giovanni Balducci, c. 1589

Pencil and wash drawing of a man in a top hat gazing at a wall painted REFORM BILL, with a speech bubble asking if it means h

The Handwriting on the Wall

Attributed to or after John Doyle, n.d.

Caricature in brown ink and wash of a man with an oversized head seated at a piano, smiling, on gray paper.

Caricature of Piano Player

John Doyle, n.d.

Pencil sketch of St. George on a rearing horse lancing a dragon below, with a small figure at the right edge.

St. George and the Dragon

called Raphael School or imitator of Raffaello Sanzio, n.d.

Pen and brown ink drawing of seated and standing figures before columns and trees, set within a ruled border.

Joseph Interpreting His Dreams to his Brothers

Style of Giuseppe Diamantini, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of a sculpted bust of a man with long curled hair, labeled Milton, in an arched niche.

Bust of Milton

Possibly John Michael Rysbrack, n.d.

Drawing of a seated woman in a crown and fur-trimmed gown, with an arched colonnade and curtain behind her.

Joanna of Aragon

After Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael, n.d.

Pen and ink sketches of a reclining female nude, an embracing couple, and fragmentary leg and torso studies on aged paper.

Sketches of Reclining Female Nude and Amorous Couple

William Etty, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of armored Roman soldiers seizing a bearded man, with crowded figures and helmets behind.

Roman Soldiers Arresting Saint Peter (?)

After Polidoro Caldara, called Polidoro da Caravaggio, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a female figure pulling aside a curtain, with drapery drawn above and around her standing form.

Female Figure Pulling Aside Curtain

William Etty, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a pale ghostly figure with outstretched arm above two dark figures beside a column.

Hamlet and His Father's Ghost

John Faed, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a Resurrection scene with armored soldiers, a central doorway, and a distant landscape with city.

Resurrection

After workshop of Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a calm river with a sailing boat, rowing boat, tall ship, rocky headland and cloudy sky.

Dunbarton Looking from the Clyde

Anthony Vandyke Copley Fielding, n.d.

Pen and brown ink sketch of a standing male nude seen from behind, with handwritten notes and a collector's stamp at right.

Standing Male Nude

After Andrea del Sarto, 1680/99

Pen drawing of a bearded man's bust with curly hair and a banded headband, shown frontally against a cream background.

Bust of Bearded Man

John Flaxman or possibly after, n.d.

Graphite and wash drawing of a nude figure reclining asleep with arms raised behind the head on a cut sheet.

Nude Girl Asleep

II John Flaxman, n.d.

Pen drawing of a winged cupid beside three draped classical women, one seated in a chair, on a tan sheet.

Cupid and Three Women

II John Flaxman, n.d.

Charcoal drawing of a nude young man holding a cross-topped staff in a rocky, wooded landscape.

St. John the Baptist

Circle of Bartolomé Estéban Murillo, n.d.

Ink caricature of a mouse-like woman in a ruffled gown, an elephant in a top hat with a cane, and a small dog.

Caricature of Man, Woman and Dog

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1869

Grey-blue wash drawing of a cloaked male figure drawing a bow above a fallen lion on rocky ground.

Apollo Killing Lion

Possibly Guido Reni, n.d.

Ink sketch of a draped shrouded figure on a pedestal, with handwritten inscription about an autograph request below.

Visiting Card with Draped Monument, Artist's Inscription

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1852

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate pedestal with a relief of a woman in a chariot pulled by big cats, flanked by lions.

Pedestal with Relief of the Triumph of Ariadne

the Younger Giuseppe Maria Mazzuoli, n.d.

Pen and ink sketch of a reclining satyr beside a nymph with crossed legs on draped cloth, on tan paper.

Nymph and Satyr

Follower of Luca Cambiaso, after 1560

Pen line drawing of two riders in flowing drapery on galloping horses, copied from a classical frieze.

Copy of Calvary from the Parthenon Frieze

Possibly John Flaxman, II, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a fortified citadel on a cliff above a river, with an arched stone bridge and moored boats.

Citadel at Namur

Attributed to George Arthur Fripp, n.d.

Ink sketch of two muscular warriors with large round shields fighting, one raising a fist high, on pale paper.

Combat of Two Greeks

Henry Fuseli, c. 1805