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Art Institute of Chicago

5,126 works

Watercolor of a lakeside villa with rowboats and a sailboat on calm water, with mountains behind under a cloudy sky.

Majolica, Lake Como

Elizabeth Murray, September 1841

Watercolor of a brick doorway opening into a rustic storeroom with a basket, chair, broom, shovel and hanging garlic.

Brick Wall with Open Door and Shovel

Elizabeth Murray, 1852

Watercolor of two fishermen mending nets beside a rowboat on a beach, with a thatched cottage and sailboat under cloudy skies

From Barnard's Book on Coloring

Elizabeth Murray, 1855

Watercolor portrait of a young girl with curled hair in a wide hat with blue ribbon and feathers, on tan paper.

Portrait of Florence Seymour

Elizabeth Murray, n.d.

Watercolor of a young girl with a crop and cricket bat beside a stone balustrade and flowering urn.

Young Girl with Crop and Cricket Bat

Elizabeth Murray, n.d.

Portrait of Selina (Quin) Markham

Elizabeth Murray, 1850

Watercolor portrait head of a young girl with curled blonde hair on a cream sheet, shoulders faintly sketched.

Portrait Head of a Young Girl

Elizabeth Murray, n.d.

Pencil and watercolor sketch of a blond child asleep on pillows under a light blanket, signed and dated 1847.

Child Asleep (recto), and Fishermen on Dock (verso)

Elizabeth Murray, 1847

Bust Portrait of Child

Elizabeth Murray, n.d.

Watercolor and ink sketch of a curly-haired girl in a green skirt leaning over a table in a kitchen.

Little Girl Cooking

Dupenvant, n.d.

Watercolor of a river curving past houses and hills, with a sailboat, rowboats, and a donkey with figures in the foreground.

On the Rhine (recto), and Mother and Child (verso)

Elizabeth Murray, 1841

Watercolor of a seated woman holding a child in pink while a toddler in blue stands beside a rose armchair.

Hugh and Florence, Ashford

Elizabeth Murray, 1848

Watercolor of a white country manor with red roof and tower, surrounded by trees, a stone wall and wooded hills.

Country Manor House

Elizabeth Murray, n.d.

Watercolor portrait of a seated woman with curled dark hair, lilac dress, yellow shawl and red fan, in an arched frame.

Lady Georgina Murray

Elizabeth Murray, 1843

Pencil sketch of figures around a fish market with baskets of fish and a barrel in the foreground.

Fishmarket Scene

William Henry Pyne, n.d.

Oval chalk portrait of a man in a powdered wig and grey coat, with a red accent at the shoulder, looking toward the viewer.

Portrait of a Man

Hugh Douglas Hamilton, 1770

Portrait Bust of a Lady

Hugh Douglas Hamilton, 1770

Pen and watercolor drawing of a woman watching a man climb a tree while a seated child looks up nearby.

Autumn Nutting

William Hamilton, n.d.

Pen and watercolor drawing of girls in bonnets walking down a country lane past a fence and cottage.

Girls Going Down a Lane

Attributed to Kate Greenaway, n.d.

Brown ink drawing of two girls in frilled dresses having tea at a small garden table, with a house and trees behind.

Tea Party for Two Outside

Attributed to Kate Greenaway, n.d.

Brown ink vignette of two girls in bonnets and long dresses holding hands, framed by an oval vine border.

Vignette of Two Girls (recto); Athena (verso)

Attributed to Kate Greenaway, n.d.

Reddish-brown line drawing of a girl in a bonnet and period dress seated on a chair, holding a teacup.

Seated Girl Holding Tea Cup

Attributed to Kate Greenaway, n.d.

Brown ink drawing of a small boy in overalls and bonnet holding hands with a woman in a long dress and bonnet.

Little Boy and Girl

Attributed to Kate Greenaway, n.d.

Brown ink sketch of a girl in a bonnet and long dress carrying a basket through a grassy landscape with flowers.

Girl with Basket

Attributed to Kate Greenaway, n.d.

Pencil and wash drawing in an oval of a young woman resting her head on her arms over a chair back.

Allegory of Hope

Attributed to Francesco Bartolozzi, 1796

Pen and wash drawing of a woman riding a donkey led by another woman with an infant, with resting men and ruins nearby.

Travelers Resting for Nourishment

possibly Michelangelo Cerquozzi, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a bow-bearing goddess and nymphs in a wooded glade with a dog, pond and stone wall.

Diana and Actaeon

Attributed to Jean Jacques de Boissieu, n.d.

Pen and grey wash design of an oval medallion with a crowned bearded king, labeled ÆLFRED, above crossed swords and laurel.

Design for Medallion of King Alfred

the younger Robert Smirke, n.d.

Pen and watercolor drawing of Venus and a winged Cupid in an oval vignette with a blue-grey background.

Venus and Cupid

Style of William Hamilton, n.d,

Brown wash drawing of a seated lioness turning her head, set against dark rocky forms and a pale sky.

Lioness and Cubs

Possibly Sawrey Gilpin, n.d.