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Art Institute of Chicago

798 works

Pencil sketch of a long-necked standing bird facing right, with faint grid lines and a crest of feathers on its head.

Standing Bird

Henry Stacy Marks, n.d.

Green chapbook page: left, a list of children's tales; right, a cover showing a man and boy with staffs beside a lion and toa

Little Rosen, the Lions, and the Toad. A Tale

José Guadalupe Posada, n.d.

Striped tabby cat with yellow eyes lying on a pink cushion against a grey background, in a 1909 print by Steinlen.

Winter: Cat on a Cushion

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, 1909

Prince shooting a bow and princess on horseback hunting blackbuck antelope across a green hillside.

Prince and Princess Hunting Blackbuck

Unknown artist, Mid-18th century

Woodcut broadside showing a man gesturing at three infants on a table, a woman in bed, and four scorpion-like creatures on th

A Woman Who Gave Birth to Three Children and Four Animals

José Guadalupe Posada, n.d.

Lithograph of a striped tabby cat lying on a wooden railing before a background of leafy foliage in brown tones.

Summer: Cat on a Balustrade

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, 1909

Blue-gray woodcut of fishermen in two boats on a lake, a robed man gesturing, with mountains in the distance.

The Miraculous Draught of Fishes

Niccolò Vicentino, c. 1540-1550

Title page of The Air with a small colored illustration of a bird in flight against a pale blue cloud.

Air Bird

George Baxter, 1835

Pen and brown wash drawing of gesturing men, a horse, and classical columns, with a putto at lower left.

Fragment of a Composition with People Gesturing and Horses in the Background

After Pietro Buonaccorsi, called Perino del Vaga, n.d.

Woodblock print of two blue birds on a flowering camellia branch against a yellow-green background, with calligraphy.

Birds on camellia branch

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1830s

Title page of Spring with a hand-colored vignette of a bird perched on a bare tree over a pale green landscape.

A Bird of Spring

George Baxter, 1837

Woodblock print of a small teal-headed bird hanging upside down from branches with red ivy leaves and calligraphy.

Small bird and ivy

Utagawa Hiroshige II, c. 1843/47

Woodblock print of a long-tailed bird perched on a bamboo stalk, in blue-green ink on cream paper.

Long-tailed bird and bamboo

Utagawa Hiroshige, n.d.

Title page with a colored vignette of two red-breasted birds feeding in snow beneath a leaded window.

Winter Bird

George Baxter, 1837

Engraved ornament print of curling scrollwork with an owl at lower center and small birds among the foliage.

Ornament with Owl Mocked by Day Birds

Master F.V.B., c. 1480

Etching of a bird shop doorway with caged birds on shelves above and a woman holding a child standing in the shadows.

Bird Shop - Seven Dials

James McNeill Whistler, 1888

Print of a striped tabby cat napping on a grassy mound while mice watch nearby.

Puss Napping

George Baxter, 1856

Woodblock print of two hobby-horse dancers and three female shamisen musicians in kimono, with captions above.

Musicians from Tamaya Yahachi and hobby-horse dancers from Daimon Fujiya, from the series "Comic Performances by the…

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1776/81

Hand-colored print of a woman and children kneeling by a hedge to look at a bird's nest beside hollyhocks and a stone urn.

The Bird's Nest

Charles Knight, n.d.

Sepia print of Christ in a boat directing fishermen hauling a net of fish, with cranes on the shore and a town on the hills.

The Miraculous Draught of Fishes, from The Raphael Cartoons

George Baxter, 1855

Hand-colored caricature of two hunters in a landscape, one waving his hat at a hare beneath a tree while a dog watches.

Cockney Sportsmen Finding a Hare

James Gillray, published November 12, 1800

Hand-coloured print of a rider in red coat leaping a bank on a grey horse, with hounds and riders in the countryside.

Swishing at a Rasper, plate six from Indispensable Accomplishments

Robert Frankland, published June 24, 1811

Two St. Bernard dogs stand over a man lying in snow, with a monastery and monks on a mountain in the distance.

The Dogs of St. Bernard

George Baxter, n.d.

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of a hawk on a blossoming plum branch, with a small bird fleeing below and bamboo at the ba

Hawk on Plum Branch Looking Down at Fleeing Bird

Attributed to Isoda Koryusai, c. 1775

Hand-colored print of a red-coated rider leaping a hedge on a dark horse while hounds and riders follow across a field.

Going In and Out Clever, plate four from Insidspensable Accomplishments

Robert Frankland, published June 24, 1811

Colored print of a marble dog fighting a serpent on a red pedestal, with visitors in an exhibition hall under a FRANCE sign.

The Dog and the Serpent (The Defence)

George Baxter, 1854

Black and white lithograph of a spiked-suited hunter beside a man inside a wire cage with a rifle, satirising lion hunting.

A New Outfit for the Lion's Hunt, plate 395 from Actualités

Honoré Daumier, 1857

Hand-colored print of a rider in a red coat galloping a brown horse across countryside with hounds, published 1811.

Going Along a Slapping Pace, plate one from Indispensable Accomplishments

Robert Frankland, published June 24, 1811

Etching of three cats: a dark cat lying at left, a cat under a chair at upper right, and a curled cat at lower right.

The Cats

Édouard Manet, 1868-69

Head of a New Holland Dog

Charles Meryon, 1860