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Art Institute of Chicago

24,211 works

Etching of a valley view with a hilltop town, rocky cliff and trees on the left, and a small seated figure in the foreground.

View of Ariccia

George Loring Brown, 1853

Etched panoramic view of a crowded street with townhouses, carriages, horsemen and a coat of arms cartouche at top.

The Carrière, or Rue Neuve, at Nancy (The New Street)

Jacques Callot, 1626

Brown wash drawing of figures grieving in an ornate interior with a patterned wall and hanging lamp.

Jesus in the House of Jairus

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1790/1804

Engraving of an old rat catcher with a feathered hat, holding a staff of dead rats, beside a boy and a dog.

La mort aux rats (The Rat Catcher)

Pierre François Basan, c. 1750-1790

Black and white woodcut of two men in a dark study with bookshelves, a mantel clock, and a bird flying between them.

The Cogent Reason, plate four from Intimacies

Félix Edouard Vallotton, 1898

Lithograph of a paralytic woman in a wheeled chair pushed by a man, with a girl and child walking past a barred brick wall.

A Paraleytic Woman, plate 9 from Various Subjects Drawn from Life and on Stone (The English Suite)

Théodore Géricault, April 1821

Lithograph of a man in a turban embracing a grey Arabian horse in a desert landscape with palm trees and a tent.

An Arabian Horse, plate 8 from Various Subjects Drawn from Life and on Stone (The English Suite)

Théodore Géricault, March 1821

Lithograph of three harnessed horses led by a whip-carrying man through a dark brick archway onto a cobbled street.

Entrance to the Adelphi Wharf, plate 11 from Various Subjects Drawn from Life and on Stone (The English Suite)

Théodore Géricault, May 1821

Lithograph of two galloping horses with a rider in a cap in a brick-walled courtyard, by Géricault, 1821.

Horses Exercising, plate 6 from Various Subjects Drawn from Life and on Stone (The English Suite)

Théodore Géricault, February 1821

Lithograph of a farrier in a cap lifting a horse's hoof in a stable, with a second horse behind in stalls.

A French Farrier, plate 12 from Various Subjects Drawn from Life and on Stone (The English Suite)

Théodore Géricault, 1821

Grey lithograph of a mounted life guard in a plumed helmet speaking with a standing soldier, with a column of horses behind.

A Party of Life Guards, plate 5 from Various Subjects Drawn from Life and on Stone (The English Suite)

Théodore Géricault, February 1821

Lithograph of a coal wagon piled with sacks, pulled by a team of draft horses under a stormy sky with a carter on top.

The Coal Wagon, plate 7 from Various Subjects Drawn from Life and on Stone (The English Suite)

Théodore Géricault, February 1821

Lithograph of a farrier heating a horseshoe at a forge while a man and child hold a grey horse in a stable.

The Flemish Farrier, plate 4 from Various Subjects Drawn from Life and on Stone (The English Suite)

Théodore Géricault, February 1821

Lithograph of horses on a rocky road, with a woman riding a grey horse and a man leading another past a stone pillar.

Horses Going to a Fair, plate 3 from Various Subjects Drawn from Life and on Stone (The English Suite)

Théodore Géricault, February 1821

Lithograph of an elderly man in a top hat seated on a step with a dog, beside a shop window and a dim street scene.

Pity the Sorrows of a Poor Old Man!... plate 2 from Various Subjects Drawn from Life and on Stone (The English Suite)

Théodore Géricault, February 1821

Lithograph of a bagpiper in a top hat and long coat playing beside a small white dog near a brick wall.

The Piper, plate 1 from Various Subjects Drawn from Life and on Stone (The English Suite)

Théodore Géricault, February 1821

Title page print of a horse-drawn wagon with a large barrel, a standing woman, and lettering reading Various Subjects Drawn f

A Horse-Drawn Wagon, Title Page for Various Subjects Drawn from Life and on Stone (The English Suite)

Théodore Géricault, 1821

Chalk drawing of a seated woodman in a wide hat resting on a bundle of faggots, with white highlights on tan paper.

A Woodman Seated on a Bundle of Faggots

Thomas Gainsborough, 1787

Engraving of an elderly king on a throne gesturing at a woman while courtiers, a dog, and a second woman look on.

Lear Casting out his Daughter Cordelia

Richard Earlom, 1792

Engraved landscape of a farmer plowing with horses beside a windmill, under a dramatic cloudy sky with a tree at left.

Spring

David Lucas, 1830

Mezzotint of an autumn sunset over fields, with a large tree, walking figures, horses, haystacks and birds in the sky.

Autumnal Sun Set

David Lucas, 1831

Monochrome print of an open landscape with a large oak, grazing sheep, a shepherd, and dramatic clouds.

Noon

David Lucas, 1830

Mezzotint of a wooden pier under stormy clouds, with sailboats on choppy water and a horse and cart on the beach.

Yarmouth, Norfolk

David Lucas, 1832

Mezzotint of a summer landscape with sunbeams through clouds, a figure with cows, a plough, and a distant church tower.

Summer Morning

David Lucas, 1831

Mezzotint landscape of cattle grazing in a field under a dramatic evening sky with a crescent moon and trees.

Summer Evening

David Lucas, 1831

Dark engraved woodland dell with gnarled trees, a wooden footbridge over a stream, and a grazing cow at lower left.

A Dell, Helmingham Park, Suffolk

David Lucas, 1830

Tonal print of a stormy heath landscape with a horse and cart in the foreground and a farmhouse on a hill.

A Heath

David Lucas, 1831

Engraved seabeach scene with breaking waves, beached sailing boats, figures on shore and a cloudy sky.

A Seabeach

David Lucas, 1830

Monochrome print of a church tower beside cottages under a stormy sky, with large trees on the right and a figure on a path.

Stoke by Neyland, Suffolk

David Lucas, 1830

Dark tonal print of a riverside cottage, large trees, a rowboat with figures, and a river under cloudy sky.

Mill Stream

David Lucas, 1831