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Art Institute of Chicago

13,165 works

Etching of a winged gargoyle gazing over a city of rooftops and a Gothic tower, with birds flying in the sky.

The Vampire

Charles Meryon, 1853

Pastel drawing of a woman embracing a sleepy child who rests against her shoulder, against a blue hatched background.

Sleepy Nicolle

Mary Cassatt, c. 1900

Charcoal and white chalk sketch of a ballet dancer in a tutu, one arm raised high, on tan paper.

Dancer Turning

Edgar Degas, c. 1876

Pencil drawing of a stone house with a turret and spiral stair on a Paris street, with small figures at the entrance.

House with a Turret, rue de la Tixéranderie, Paris

Charles Meryon, 1852

Woodblock print of travelers on a wooden bridge, a man holding a fish basket overhead, with rooftops and boats in the backgro

Nihonbashi, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)"

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1806

Etching of a city street with a tall building, a hair cutting saloon sign, an arched passage, and pedestrians in top hats.

The Barber Shop

Joseph Pennell, 1905

Etching of Chelsea Church tower with clock and weathervane, pedestrians and old brick houses along a street.

Chelsea Church Tower

Joseph Pennell, 1905

Woodblock print of travelers and a horse on a sandy shore, with a boat on the river and a green wooded bank beyond.

Kawasaki, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)"

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1806

Etching of a rooster on a vase, a ladder, a VIA CRUCIS wall, crossed beams and a crown of thorns before a hill.

Frontispiece to Stations of the Cross

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, c. 1748, published 1749

Etching of the Cumberland Gate arch in Regent's Park with Corinthian columns, a central opening, trees, and a small figure.

Cumberland Gate, Regent's Park

Joseph Pennell, 1905

Engraving of St. John the Evangelist writing on Patmos, gazing at a radiant Virgin and Child, with an eagle and a tree.

St. John the Evangelist on Patmos

Martin Schongauer, c. 1480

Etching of Euston Station's colonnaded entrance with a busy crowd, carriages, and a man in a top hat in the foreground.

Euston

Joseph Pennell, 1886

Woodblock print of figures seated in a room overlooking the sea, with boats on the water and a bamboo painting on the wall.

Kanagawa, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)"

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1806

Etching of an ornate Gothic guild hall with a tall central spire and small pedestrians in the street below.

The Guild Hall

Joseph Pennell, 1905

Woodblock print of a horseman and two travelers by a river with thatched huts, a wooden bridge, and pink clouds.

Hodogaya, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)"

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1806

Etching of a stone archway with classical columns above, flanked by trees and small figures walking nearby.

King's College, Embankment Gate

Joseph Pennell, 1906

Etching of a narrow old London street with timber-framed gabled houses, cobbles and small figures near shop fronts.

Last of Old London, Cloth Fair

Joseph Pennell, 1907

Etching of a churchyard with weathered gravestones in front of tall old gabled houses and a distant spire.

St. Bartholomew's Churchyard

Joseph Pennell, 1904

Etching of the Theatre Royal Haymarket facade with columns and a crowd of pedestrians in the street below.

Royal Haymarket Theatre

Joseph Pennell, 1906

Woodblock print of travelers on a road beside thatched houses, with a large golden Buddha and pink clouds behind them.

Totsuka, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)"

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1806

Etching of a tall church tower with a slender spire between ornate Gothic buildings, with small figures at street level.

St. Augustine's and St. Faith's

Joseph Pennell, 1906

Color woodblock print of a woman in a straw hat with camellias, holding a cane and parasol among irises.

In The Mood for a Walk (Yuho ga shitaso), from the series "Thirty-two Aspects of Women (Fuzoku sanjuniso)"

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1888

Hand-colored woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a pink and yellow patterned kimono with a black obi, c. 1723.

Ogino Isaburo, from "A Triptych of Young Kabuki Actors: Kyoto, Center (Iroko sanpukutsui: Kyo, naka)"

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1723

Woodblock print of a standing kabuki actor in a black kimono with floral patterns and crests, c. 1723.

Sanjo Kantaro, from "A Triptych of Young Kabuki Actors: Edo, Right (Iroko sanpukutsui: Edo, migi)"

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1723

Etching of St. Paul's Cathedral seen across the Thames, with a bridge, barges and a rowboat in the foreground.

St. Paul's from the River

Joseph Pennell, 1906

Hand-colored woodblock print of a kabuki actor in patterned kimono holding a large umbrella and sword.

Actor Ichikawa Danjuro II as Sukeroku

Okumura Masanobu, c.1740

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors in red and yellow robes standing before a theater with black calligraphic banners.

The Actors Sanjo Kantaro II as Osome and Ichikawa Monnosuke I as Hisamatsu

Okumura Toshinobu, 1720

Woodblock print of travelers with oxen on a shore, Mount Fuji rising over the sea, Hokusai's Fujisawa station.

Fujisawa, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)"

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1806

Woodblock print of two women in kimono approaching a shrine with a stone lantern, a kneeling worshipper, and a Buddhist statu

Visiting the Shrine of Enmei Jizo, from the series "Eight Precincts of Kinryuzan Temple in Asakusa (Asakusa Kinruzan…

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1782

Etching of a carved stone archway framing a busy street with pedestrians and a shop sign reading SWAN.

Swan at Leadenhall

Joseph Pennell, 1903