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Art Institute of Chicago

798 works

Etching of two harnessed horses beside a wooden cart on a furrowed field, drawn in loose black hatching.

Two Horses

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan, 1906

Lying Dog

Charles Émile Jacque, 1843

Lithograph of a mounted Royal Guard chasseur in fur shako riding a horse with a town skyline behind.

Royal Guard, Norman Mounted Light Infantryman and Horse, No. 4

Carle Vernet, c. 1818

Etching of the Lion Column in Venice with a winged lion on top, a domed church and trees beyond, and figures below.

Lion Column, Venice

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan, 1900

Etching of two horses grazing near a wooden fence beside a dense wooded area, with birds flying over an open sky.

Two Horses in a Wood

Charles Émile Jacque, 1845

Detail of Horse's Head, Enlarged to Triple Size, Norman Royal Guard, No. 4

Carle Vernet, c. 1818

Pen and wash drawing of a dark cat sitting on brick steps beside a doorway with a wooden railing.

Cat on Doorstep

Henry Stacy Marks, n.d.

Japanese woodblock print of two green birds flying above blue hydrangea blossoms and dark leaves.

Green birds and hydrangeas

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1830s

Lithograph of a Royal Guard dragoon in plumed helmet riding a prancing grey horse, by Carle Vernet, c. 1818.

Royal Guard, Norman Mounted Dragoon and Horse, No. 5, First Limoges Horse

Carle Vernet, c. 1818

Etching of ruined Roman arches with figures, ladders, and ivy in the foreground, by Piranesi.

View of the upper storey of the Cages for Wild Animals built by the Emperor Domitian, associated with the Flavian Amp…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1750/59

Woodblock print of a small bird perched on a pink chrysanthemum with green leaves and a second bloom below.

Bird and chrysanthemums

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1830s

Lithograph of a horse's head in ornate bridle and harness, with flowing mane, numbered 5 in the upper right.

Detail of Horse's Head, Enlarged to Triple Size, Norman Royal Guard, No. 5, First Limoges Horse

Carle Vernet, c. 1818

Red chalk and wash sketch of a seated man with a dog, a reclining figure, and small figure studies on pale paper.

Two Sketches: Man with Dog, Group of Figures

School of Alessandro Magnasco, n.d.

Etching of Paris street boys playing with a spinning top beside a wooden shed and water wheel, 1770.

Horse Shoes, from The Games of the Urchins of Paris

Jean-Baptiste Tilliard, 1770

Detail of Horse's Head, Enlarged to Triple Size, Hussard, Royal Guard, No. 6

Carle Vernet, c. 1818

Etched landscape of a hunter with two dogs on a road, a tall tree at right, and a village with church spire beyond.

Landscape with Sportsman and Dogs

Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1648

Etching of a black cat crouching with an arched back on a ledge, its tail curling to the right, against a pale background.

Cat Arching Its Back

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, 1898

Charcoal drawing on grey paper of a man beside a cow and calf in a farmyard with a barn and fence.

Farmyard with Man and Cattle

Constant Troyon, n.d.

Lithograph of a young woman with a bird on her hand, leaning on a balustrade beside climbing roses and a column.

Young Girl with Bird

Dominique Vivant Denon, c. 1820

Etching of two cats curled together on a cushion, one dark and one light, with fine hatched lines.

Two Cats on a Cushion

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, 1914

Lithograph of hunters with a horse-drawn cart, hunting dogs, and a whitewashed farmhouse with a smoking chimney.

Hunters

Horace Vernet, n.d.

Etching of two horses grazing near farm buildings, trees and a wooden fence under a cloudy sky, signed Whistler 1859.

Landscape with Horses

James McNeill Whistler, 1859

Lithograph of a doctor treating a monkey on a stool, with a dog, birds in cages and medicine bottles in a cluttered room.

An Animal Hospital (plate 20)

Charles Émile Jacque, 1843

Lithograph of a mounted hunter in a top hat with rifle and hounds on a road, a figure behind a fence at left.

Caught

Horace Vernet, n.d.

Etching of a crowded Thames wharf with ships, rowboats, and a seated man leaning on a rail in the foreground.

Black Lion Wharf, from A Series of Sixteen Etchings of Scenes on the Thames (the "Thames Set")

James McNeill Whistler, 1859, published 1871

Two fishermen on a boat with a shrimp basket, poling through shallow water with distant boats and a smokestack.

Shrimpers

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1895

Engraving of a donkey carrying a laden basket past thatched cottages, with a windmill and farmer in the distant landscape.

The Donkey Laden with Food, from Emblematic Figures of Animals

Adrian van de Venne, 1633

Pen and ink drawing of two tall cranes, a stocky bird and a small songbird among birch trunks beside water.

Four Birds in Landscape

Henry Stacy Marks, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of a blind beggar in a wide hat holding a sign, with a dog sitting beside him.

Blind Beggar and Dog

Philipp William May, 1894

Sepia print of a cat stretched out and reclining on a cushion, head resting on its paws, against a dark background.

Reclining Cat Stretched Out from Left to Right

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, February 1903