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Art Institute of Chicago

755 works

Hand-colored print of a busy 1864 Chicago street corner with a brick bank building, horse carriages and pedestrians.

Corner of Lake and La Salle Streets, Chicago, Marine Bank Building in the Year 1864

Raoul Varin, 1927

Japanese woodblock print with panels of moon and flowers, a seated woman, a pier, a sailboat, and a large tuna fish.

Eitai Bridge, Nihon Bridge, Susaki, Flower Garden, and Dokan Hill (Eitaibashi, Nihonbashi, Susaki, Hanayashiki, Dokan…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1852

Woodblock print of a wooden bridge over a blue river with pedestrians, a log raft, pines, blossoms and green hills.

Togetsu Bridge at Arashiyama in Yamashiro Province (Yamashiro Arashiyama no Togetsukyo), from the series "Unusual Vie…

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1833/34

Etching of St. Peter's church with a tall steeple and pedestrians on a tree-lined street in Philadelphia.

St. Peter's, From Pine Street, Philadelphia

Joseph Pennell, 1920

Woodblock print of a loaded sailboat on a river with boatmen, reeds, a long white building and a bridge behind.

Nakasu at Ohashi (Ohashi Nakasu no zu), from the series "Exceptional Views of Edo (Koto shokei)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1835/39

Coloured lithograph of a Gothic doorway with carved arches, a lantern, and three boys sitting by the wall, 1842.

Doorway, Temple, frontispiece to Original Views of London as It Is

Thomas Shotter Boys, 1842

Watercolor of a street with brick gateway, gabled buildings, tree-lined road and pedestrians in Victorian dress under cloudy

High Street, Eton

George Pyne, c. 1845

Woodblock print of a red arched bridge in snowfall, with umbrella-holding figures, boats on blue water, and snowy Mount Fuji.

Nihon Bridge in Snow (Nihonbashi setchu), from the series "Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1842/44

Lithograph of a ruined stone arched bridge beside a tree-lined road, with a wayside cross and distant town.

Landscape with Bridge

Achille Etna Michallon, 1817

Etching of a fisherman casting a line by a rocky cliff, with a multi-arched stone bridge spanning the gorge in the distance.

Bridge at Hautville

Adolphe Appian, 1870

Woodblock print of a timber bridge framing boats on a river under a full moon at twilight.

Twilight Moon at the Ryogoku Bridge (Ryogoku no yoizuki), from the series "Famous Views of the Eastern Capital (Toto…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1831

Etching of a tall Egyptian obelisk with hieroglyphs in a Roman square, flanked by a palace and ancient ruins under clouds.

Egyptian Obelisk. This was erected by Pope Sixtus V in the Piazza of St. John Lateran, from Views of Rome

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1750/59

Brown ink and wash drawing of a hilly landscape with a winding road, trees, and ruined arched structures on the horizon.

View of Rome, with via Appia

after Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi, n.d.

Woodblock print of white egrets over a blue river with reeds, boats, pine trees and thatched houses on the far bank.

Ferry Crossing at Sakasai (Sakasai no watashi), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Etching of St. Peter's Basilica's exterior with a large dome, apses, surrounding buildings, and figures and columns in the st

View of the exterior of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, from Views of Rome

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1750/59

Monochrome lithograph of tall weathered rock formations with trees and a small figure on a ledge, Brimham Rocks, Yorkshire.

Brimham Rocks, near Pateley Bridge Yorkshire

Francis Nicholson, 1821

Woodblock print of cherry blossom trees with strolling visitors, a pond, and a hillside pavilion with stone steps.

The Flower Pavilion on Dango Slope, Sendagi (Sendagi Dangozaka Hanayashiki), from the series "One Hundred Famous View…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1856

Etching of a steel truss bridge over a river, with a rowboat, moored boats, a boathouse and riverside houses.

The Bridge at Fournay, from the Side

Gustave Leheutre, 1895

Watercolor of misty Venetian canal with gondolas and standing gondoliers, pale blue sky and faint distant boats.

Gondolas, Grand Canal, Venice

Robert Frederick Blum, n.d.

Woodblock print of a river with rafts and a ferry, willows and pines in the foreground, and a temple on a wooded hill.

Zenkoji Temple and the Ferry at Kawaguchi (Kawaguchi no watashi Zenkoji), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views o…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Lithograph of comic street-sweepers in winter coats holding brooms, with a caption giving instructions on holding the broom.

School for Street-Sweepers

Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, 1822

Etching of a rural landscape with a wedding procession on a dirt road, trees, thatched cottages and plowing oxen in a field.

How Cities are Born (Wedding in the Village)

Charles-François Daubigny, 1840

Woodblock print of a man with a large oar on a rooftop, overlooking a blue bay with boats, kites and pine trees.

Mount Atago, Shiba (Shiba Atagoyama), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Etching of the Holy Family on a donkey beside a city wall, with a shepherd and sheep at left and God the Father in clouds abo

The Holy Family Walking Along a City Wall. On the left, a Shepherd with his Flock and God the Father, plate eight fro…

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1753

Watercolor landscape of a steep eroded cliff with a distant city skyline and domed building under a cloudy sky.

View of Paris, from Meuden

Paul Huet, n.d.

Woodblock print of travelers crossing a wooden arched bridge over a winding river, with green hills and pine trees beyond.

Furukawa River, Hiroo (Hiroo Furukawa), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1856

Etching of the Holy Family arriving at a city gate, with a donkey, a crowd of figures, and a hanging lantern under an arch.

The Holy Family Arriving at a City Gate, plate 27 from The Flight into Eypt

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1753

Small etching of a Seville street with figures beside a dark doorway and a lone robed figure by a pale wall.

A Street in Seville

Mariano Fortuny Marsal, n.d.

Woodblock print of a waterfall, cherry blossoms and pines beside a rippling pond, with figures on a rocky islet.

Chiyogaike Pond, Meguro (Meguro Chiyogaike), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1856

Brown wash drawing of a stone arched bridge with pinnacles, houses and a distant town beneath a cloudy sky.

Bridge at Croyland

John Ruskin, c. 1860-69