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Art Institute of Chicago

24,211 works

Hand-colored etching of a stout tailor struggling against a high wind on a cliff, hats and umbrella flying, sea below.

A Tailor in a High Wind

George Cruikshank, published March 31, 1819

Hand-colored etching of a crowded street with a Savoyard hurdy-gurdy player, violinist, vendors and onlookers.

The Savoyards

George Cruikshank, published September 18, 1818

Woodblock print of tall fishing nets on a bay shore with Mount Fuji and flying birds in the background.

Tago Bay in Suruga Province (Suruga Tago-no-ura), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fuji sanjurokkei)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1852

Black and white Japanese print of elegant women in kimono under cherry blossoms, with a child reaching up beside them.

Flirtation under the Cherry Tree

Attributed to Sugimura Jihei, c. 1684/98

Woodblock print of a sparrow perched on a hanging planter among teal and pink leaves, with trailing vines and pine.

Sparrow on a hanging planter

Utagawa Hiroshige, n.d.

Black and white woodblock print of a flower-viewing party under a cherry tree, with court ladies and seated men on a platform

Flower-Viewing Party with Crest-Bearing Curtain, from the series "Flower Viewing at Ueno (Ueno hanami no tei)"

Hishikawa Moronobu, c. 1681/84

Woodblock print of a Japanese white-eye perched on a branch among pink blossoms and green leaves.

Japanese white-eye on flowering branch

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1830s-1840s

Woodblock print of a black rooster on a snowy green hillside, with falling snow and calligraphy on a yellow background.

Rooster on a hillside in winter

Utagawa Hiroshige, mid-1830s

Black-and-white woodblock print of a man and woman seated on a veranda with a round latticed window and flowering plant.

Dalliance

Attributed to Sugimura Jihei, c. 1685

Black-and-white woodblock print of two seated women in patterned kimono, one reading a long letter in an interior with screen

Reading a Letter

Furuyama Moroshige, c. 1688

Three white birds with grey wings swim on blue rippling water beside green reeds, with Japanese calligraphy at left.

Oystercatchers

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1833/34

Woodblock print of a goose with dark head and mottled grey-brown body on a green riverbank, with blue water and calligraphy.

Goose on riverbank

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1833/34

Hand-colored print of a sleeping woman in pink and an old man in a blue coat leaning on a cane beneath trees.

Cymon and Iphigenia

James Gillray, published May 2, 1796

Caricature print of five men in period dress and wigs seated in a row, each showing a sulky expression.

The Sulky Club

Henry William Bunbury, published March 18, 1794

Sepia engraving of an 18th-century interior with figures drinking tea by a fireplace, servant holding a tray, guns on wall.

Tea Drinking

Henry William Bunbury, published September 1, 1794

Pencil architectural drawing of a church front elevation with a tower and rose window beside an interior section.

Saint Gabriel's Church, Chicago, Illinois, Elevation and Section

Burnham and Root, c. 1886

Hand-colored caricature of two men riding goats through hills, one holding a pedigree scroll, titled On a Journey to a Courts

On a Journey to a Courtship in Wales

Richard Newton, published June 16, 1795

Four-panel hand-colored caricature showing a couple moving from affection to fighting to weary resignation in marriage.

Four Stages of Matrimony

after Richard Newton, published May 15, 1811

Hand-colored print of a gesturing man in yellow coat declaiming before a seated gentleman, with a servant carrying tea in an

Manager and Spouter

Thomas Rowlandson, published July 1, 1809

Hand-colored caricature of two women in exaggerated feathered hats and pink gowns, one tall and thin, one stout, with satiric

Following the Fashion

James Gillray, published December 9, 1794

Hand-colored caricature of armored men and turbaned figures scrambling over gold coins and money sacks in a street scene.

Carlo the Great, Running Away with the East Indes

Charles Williams, published June 1806

Hand-colored satirical etching of giants attacking heaven while gods in clouds look on, with a Treasury sign above.

Confederated Coalition

James Gillray, published April 24, 1804

Hand-coloured caricature of men in period dress in a room, a dagger on the floor, with speech balloons of text.

The Dagger Scene

James Gillray, published December 30, 1792

Hand-colored caricature by James Gillray showing politicians tumbling from a tower of pamphlets above a sand hill of oppositi

Overthrow of the Republican-Babel

James Gillray, published May 1, 1809

Hand-colored Gillray caricature of men burning Magna Carta and Bill of Rights scrolls in a bonfire beside a burning Parliamen

True Reform of Parliament

James Gillray, published June 14, 1809

Hand-colored caricature of men smuggling flour, sheep and cattle onto boats on a coast, with a French ship offshore.

The Real Cause of the Present High-Price of Provisions

James Gillray, published May 11, 1795

Hand-colored etching of a chaotic dinner party in a grand hall, with crowded guests, a violinist, and overturned furniture.

The New Union Club

George Cruikshank, published July 19, 1819

Hand-coloured caricature of men at a feast in a large money bag balanced on a lever, with a figure with scissors on a rock.

Political Mathematician's, Shaking the Broad Bottom'd Hemispheres

James Gillray, published January 9, 1807

Hand-colored caricature of a rowdy club of men drinking and toasting, with flying hats, chairs, and glasses, by James Gillray

The Union Club

James Gillray, published January 21, 1801

Woodblock print of a temple beside a canal with pedestrians crossing a wooden bridge under pine trees.

Myoken Temple in Yanagishima (Yanagishima Myoken), from the series "Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1837/38