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Art Institute of Chicago

755 works

Painting of a white lattice bridge over a stream, framed by pale green spring trees and shrubs along the bank.

The White Bridge

John Henry Twachtman, after 1895

Painting of a sunlit Venetian canal with a gondola, a gondolier, green trees and brick buildings under blue sky.

Canal in Venice

Martín Rico y Ortega, 1880s

Painting of a woman in a yellow skirt walking through a snowy park with a uniformed man, carriage and wooded hill behind.

New York Street

Childe Hassam, 1902

Painting of a crowded sunlit street and square in a Spanish town, with pastel buildings, market awnings, and trees.

El Zocodover, Toledo, Spain

Childe Hassam, 1910

Woodblock print of a plum garden in bloom with dark gnarled branches, white blossoms, a pink sky, and small strolling figures

Plum Garden at Kameido (Kameido Umeyashiki), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Etching of a ruined multi-arched stone bridge over a river, with a round tower, boats and fishermen in the foreground.

View of Ponte Lugano on the Anio, from Views of Rome

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1763, published 1800-07

Pen and wash drawing of a wooded Italian landscape with tall trees, a rocky cliff, a wooden bridge and a distant mountain.

Italian Landscape with a Bridge

Jan Both, 1642/52

Woodblock print of figures with umbrellas crossing a snowy arched bridge over a river, with falling snow and pine trees.

Drum Bridge and Yuhi Hill at Meguro (Meguro Taikobashi Yuhi-no-oka), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Etching of the Villa Pamphili with a formal garden, palace facade, strolling figures and umbrella pines.

Villa Pamphili outside Porta S. Pancrazio, from Views of Rome

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1776, published 1800-07

Etching of a seaside town at Royan with rowboats on the water, a bluff lined with houses, and a tall mast at right.

The La Plataine Bridge at Royan

Maxime Lalanne, 1876

Etching of Cannon Street Station seen from the river, with barges and a rowing boat in the foreground.

Cannon Street Station, from the River

Joseph Pennell, 1905

Ink architectural drawing of a classical exposition entrance with elevation, section, and floor plans, 1893.

World's Colombian Exposition 60th Street Entrance, Chicago, Illinois, Plan and Elevation

Peter J. Weber, 1893

Woodblock print of a river mouth with thatched houses, sailboats, rowing boats and reed beds under a pale sky.

Mouth of the Naka River (Nakagawa guchi no zu), from an untitled series of famous views of the Edo suburbs

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1839/40

Etching of moored sailing ships and their reflections on calm water, with a city skyline in the distance.

Below Chestnut Street Bridge, Philadelphia

Joseph Pennell, 1884

Hand-colored 1819 print of a stone arched bridge over a river, with a boat, cattle, swans and villas on a wooded hill.

View of Richmond from the Bridge

Thomas Sutherland, 1819

Etching of a village street corner with steep-roofed houses, chimneys, and bare trees on the right.

Street Corner in a Village

Henri-Emile Lessore, n.d.

Etching of a crowded Fleet Street with a Gothic church tower, carriages and pedestrians between stone buildings.

St. Dunstan's, Fleet Street

Joseph Pennell, 1903

Etching of a standing young boy with hands in pockets, rendered in loose hatched lines on a pale background.

A Young Street Urchin

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, 1874

Etching of gabled riverside houses, a stone arch and small boats with figures along a river quay.

View of Part of the City of Paris toward the Close of the XVII Century

Charles Meryon, 1861

Etching of a busy city street with an elevated railway, tram tracks, pedestrians and tall buildings under smoky skies.

Forty-Second Street

Joseph Pennell, 1904

Etching of four men on a stone bridge over a river, with large trees, a rowing boat, and a man walking a dog.

Four Men on a Stone Bridge

Anthonie Waterloo, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a canal beneath a stone arch bridge, with rowing boats, a waterwheel and brick buildings.

City Canal

George Hadfield, 1778

Etching of St Paul's Cathedral dome and columned west front seen down a narrow London street between tall buildings.

Saint Paul's, Fleet Street, London

Joseph Pennell, 1905

Etching of a forest path with tall trees leading to a small wooden footbridge over a pond, with a distant village.

The Entrance to the Forest by the Little Wooden Bridge

Anthonie Waterloo, n.d.

Woodblock print of a crowded ferry on a river with a wooden bridge and Mount Fuji in the distance at dusk.

Viewing Sunset over the Ryogoku Bridge from the Onmaya Embankment (Onmayagashi yori Ryogokubashi sekiyo o miru), from…

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1830/33

Etching of Tower Bridge at dusk with a steamship and masts silhouetted on the Thames under a glowing cloudy sky.

The Tower Bridge, Evening

Joseph Pennell, 1905

Grey wash drawing of a ruined stone bridge over a river with a boat carrying barrels and standing figures in the foreground.

Figures Crossing Stone Bridge Above Boat Ferrying Barrels

After Andries Dirksz Both, n.d.

Etching of a curving canal with an arched bridge, boats, figures, and old buildings lining the waterfront.

The Bridge, Santa Marta

James McNeill Whistler, 1879/80

Etching of New York harbor seen from above, with several suspension bridges, ships on the water, and dense city rooftops.

The Bridges

Joseph Pennell, 1908

Ink sketch of Ryogoku Bridge with braced piers, boats with passengers on the river, and Mount Fuji in the distance.

Sketch of Ryogoku Bridge

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 19th century