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Art Institute of Chicago

24,198 works

Engraved print of a seated woman and a helmeted armored figure with spear and shield, framed by a vine border, with the word

Invicta

Richard Dadd, 1842

Hand-colored 1792 print of a crowded tree-lined promenade with fashionable figures, seated patrons and overturned chairs.

La Promenade Publique (The Public Promenade)

Philibert-Louis Debucourt, 1792

Lithograph of a crowded wagon of soldiers pulled by two harnessed horses, with a cane-carrying man at left.

Wagon Laden with Wounded Soldiers

Théodore Géricault, 1818

Pencil elevation drawing of two building facades with arched windows and a central entrance archway on tan paper.

Board of Trade Building, Kansas City, Missouri, Front Elevation Study

Burnham & Root, c. 1887

Pencil drawing of a soldier in a shako standing on a caisson, pointing forward beside a fallen horse and mounted troops.

The Artillery Caisson

Théodore Géricault, 1818

Lithograph of three draft horses in harness leaving a brick archway, led by two men with a whip, cobbled street.

Entrance to the Adelphi Wharf, plate 11 from Various Subjects Drawn from Life on Stone

Théodore Géricault, 1821

Lithograph sheet music cover of two cadets in uniform beside a river landscape, framed by a decorative vine border.

Design cover for West Point Song of the Graduates

James McNeill Whistler, 1852

Etching of a low coastline with a sailboat, surrounded by small sketched portrait heads, by James McNeill Whistler.

Sketches on the Coast Survey Plate

James McNeill Whistler, 1854/55

Pen and ink sketch of a butterfly with hatched wings and handwritten margin notes on pale paper.

Butterfly

James McNeill Whistler, 1898/99

Etching of a uniformed sergeant standing beside a seated clerk writing at a table in a sparse interior room.

The Sergeant Reporter

Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier, 1862

Pen and ink sketch with blue wash of a club lying across a tasseled cushion, with a handwritten size note beside it.

A Club on a Cushion

James McNeill Whistler, 1898/99

Engraved oval portrait of a man with long curled hair, lace collar and sash, framed by inscription and coat of arms.

Louis Phélypeaux de la Vrillière

Robert Nanteuil, 1662

Pen and wash drawing of a dim theatre interior with seated audience members and gas lamps glowing on the walls.

The Old Bedford (recto); The Gallery of the Old Bedford (verso)

Walter Sickert, c. 1894

Large Female Head

the Younger Gilles Antoine Demarteau, c. 1788

Print of a woman in a white headscarf turning over her bare shoulder, rendered in soft chalk-like tones against a dark backgr

Large Female Head

the Younger Gilles Antoine Demarteau, c. 1786

Engraving of a seated youth touched by a draped woman, with winged figures, putti, books and a rooster among stone blocks.

Allegory of Art: A Youth Inspired by the Spirit of Art

Karl Russ, 1810

Engraving of the Holy Family at home: Joseph teaching a boy to read, Mary feeding pigeons, angels above, and Elizabeth enteri

The Holy Family Busy at Home: Joseph Teaches the Boy Jesus to Read. Mary Feeds the Pigeons. Elizabeth Enters the Room…

Karl Russ, 1809

Engraving of a robed woman instructing Egyptian figures among palms and grain, with a seated giant figure in the background.

Isis Instructing the Egyptians

Karl Russ, 1809

Etching of two bald men wrestling over a comb on a stone pavement under an arch, watched by a draped figure and onlookers.

The Two Bald Men Fighting Over a Comb

Karl Russ, 1809

Engraving of a woman mourning a dead nude man beside a helmeted figure on a rock, with ships and tents on a distant shore.

Alcemene, Hercules, and Hermes Mourning the Death of Amphityron

Karl Russ, 1809

Monochrome print of Diogenes in his tub facing Alexander and armored generals before a distant city and hills.

Diogenes in His Tub with Alexande and His Generals

Karl Russ, 1810

Engraved allegorical dedication with a tree of names, a resurrection scene, angels, and Gothic niches with statues.

Dedication

Ferdinand Olivier, 1823

Engraved Gothic-framed print with a central crucifix on a column, vines, reclining figures, and the inscription selig sind di

Coping-stone

Ferdinand Olivier, 1823

Sketch after "Arrangement in Brown and Black: Portrait of Miss Rosa Corder"

James McNeill Whistler, c. 1879

Hand-colored 1788 print of a man kissing a woman's hand in a garden with a cupid statue and fountain, with French verse below

Le Main (The Hand)

Philibert-Louis Debucourt, 1788

Hand-colored 1788 print of a man kneeling to offer a rose to a seated woman in a garden beside a Cupid statue.

La Rose (The Rose)

Philibert-Louis Debucourt, 1788

Etching of Luxembourg Gardens in Paris with a domed building, a tall column, a pond, strolling figures and leafy trees.

Luxembourg Gardens, Paris

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan, 1900

Old Man with Spectacles, from Life-Sized Heads

Thomas Frye (, 1760

Print of Dante swooning as Virgil stands beside him, with the souls of Paolo and Francesca and a swirling crowd rising above.

Dante Swoons before the Soaring Souls of Paolo and Francesca, Virgil at his Side

Henry Fuseli, c. 1818

Hand-colored print of Spanish peasants dancing the bolero beneath a vine pergola, with guitarists and seated onlookers.

Spanish Peasants Dancing the Bolero

John Frederick Lewis, 1836