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Art Institute of Chicago

24,211 works

Etching of an older woman in a bonnet and shawl standing beside a young girl against a dark hatched background.

Bohemians

James McNeill Whistler, 1901

Small etched portrait of a seated young child with shoulder-length hair and a white collar, on a wide cream sheet.

Little Arthur

James McNeill Whistler, 1857/58

Woman in yellow kimono beating cloth with a mallet on a pink wooden block, inside a circular frame beside a shoji screen.

Fulling Cloth

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1765

Etching of men seated at café tables under an awning, with wine bottles and glasses, by James McNeill Whistler.

Soupe à trois sous (Soup for three sous)

James McNeill Whistler, 1859

Woodblock print of a woman in a yellow kimono standing in a doorway beside a sliding screen and wooden steps.

Parody of Kawachi-goe from "Tales of Ise"

Attributed to Suzuki Harunobu, 1765

Woodblock print of a water vendor in a conical hat carrying wooden buckets on a pole across his shoulders.

A water vendor

Suzuki Harunobu, 1765

Etching of an ornate building facade with a carved pediment, dark doorway with steps, and small pedestrians in the street.

House of the Swan, Brussels

James McNeill Whistler, 1887

Woodblock print of two women in a boat, one reaching for pink lotus flowers among green leaves on a pond.

Gathering Lotus Flowers

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1765

Engraving of a noble painter at an easel painting a portrait, with a standing man, a boy and a crowded studio interior.

The Noble Painter

Abraham Bosse, 1642

Etching of a narrow street with a sign reading Entrance to the Exhibition Clothes Exchange and women in long dresses.

Fleur-de-lys Passage

James McNeill Whistler, 1887

Woman in a checkered red kimono seated on a bamboo bench beside a fan, with reeds behind her, in a Japanese woodblock print.

By the Stream

Attributed to Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1765

Etching of a shadowed stone doorway with a standing figure, a figure at an upper left doorway, and loose hatched lines.

Doorway, Stables - Loches

James McNeill Whistler, 1888

Woodblock print of a fan peddler in patterned robes carrying a pole loaded with decorated round fans.

The Fan Peddler

Attributed to Suzuki Harunobu, 1765

Etching of a narrow street with old houses, dormer windows, a cathedral tower behind, and small figures in the distance.

Under the Cathedral, Blois

James McNeill Whistler, 1888

Light etching of a beach with small figures, a lighthouse, and masted ships on the horizon by Whistler.

Dieppe

James McNeill Whistler, 1885

Etching of a calm river at evening with tall poplars, dark trees, a small boat, and reflections on the water.

Evening

Francis Seymour Haden, 1864

Etching of a stone bridge and cottages across water, with a man leading two horses in the foreground.

Wareham Bridge

Francis Seymour Haden, October 1877

Etching of a tall tree group at right with an open misty landscape and distant fields stretching to the left.

Early Morning, Richmond Park

Francis Seymour Haden, 1859

Etching of a dim workshop interior with a worker at a bench, machinery in the foreground, and light from a window.

The Workshop

David Young Cameron, 1905

Etching of a dim church interior with a stone font, robed figures, and a bright doorway opening onto a street.

Church Interior, Venice, plate sixteen from the North Italian Set

David Young Cameron, 1896

The Stalk - Moulin Rouge

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1894

Engraved studio scene with painters at easels, a knight and dragon panel, a bust, and apprentices working among vessels and s

The Invention of Oil Painting, from Nova Reperta

Theodoor Galle, c. 1591

Engraving of a 16th-century print workshop with workers inking plates, operating a press, and hanging finished prints.

The Invention of Copper Engraving, from Nova Reperta

Theodoor Galle, c. 1591

Etched portrait of a seated woman in a bonnet and lace collar, holding a parasol, with cross-hatched background.

Woman with a Parasol (Mrs. Friedrich Christian Glume, Sister-in-Law of the Artist)

Johann Gottlieb Glume, 1749

Etching of two figures under an umbrella walking with a dog on a wet road toward a country house with a fence and urns.

Country Neighbors

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, 1878

Etching of Westminster Palace and Big Ben across the Thames, with boats in the foreground and a decorative sketched border.

Westminster Palace, London

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, 1884

Etching of a dark figure with a bundle and pole walking across a wet shore under a stormy sky with flying birds.

The Painter of Seascapes

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, n.d.

Etching of an ornate urn on a stone pedestal among ruins and trees, with a rocky cliff opening onto the sky.

Antique Ruined Statuary

Jean-Laurent Legeay, 1767/70

Watercolor of an ornate arched stone doorway with gilded columns, a decorated dark door, and carved figures.

The Madame B Album

Marie-Blanche Hennelle Fournier, 1870

Pencil sketch on tan paper of a seated man with long hair and a draped cloak, head bowed in quiet pose.

H.C. Pollitt

James McNeill Whistler, 1896