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Art Institute of Chicago

755 works

Sepia ink and wash drawing of the Adoration of the Shepherds with the Virgin, Christ Child and haloed figures.

Adoration of the Shepherds (recto); Three Sketches: Buildings by Canal with Boats, Landscape with Buldings on Hillsid…

Francesco Guardi, c. 1770

Pencil sketch of a London riverfront with a domed church, stone bridge, and rowing boats on the Thames.

Study for View of London from the Thames

Augustus Charles Pugin, c. 1809

Oval drawing of a garden with a stone bridge, classical columns, and women bathing beneath an arch among trees.

View of the Park at Versailles: Women Bathing Beneath a Bridge

Pierre Antoine Mongin, n.d

Pencil sketch of a street with timber-framed gabled houses, tall chimneys, two seated men by a Wines doorway, and a figure wi

Foregate Street, Chester

Thomas Webster, 1827

Pencil study of a showroom interior with a round table of ceramics, display cabinets, columns, and sketched figures of women.

Study for Wedgwood and Byerly, York Street, St James' Square from London in Miniature (recto); Sketches of Women, Cab…

Augustus Charles Pugin, c. 1809

Watercolor of Venice at sunset with a bell tower, arcaded palace and gondolas on a green lagoon.

View of Venice

G. Saetta, n.d.

Watercolor of boys peering into a peepshow box held by a man on a city street, with a church spire behind.

Boys at Peepshow in Street

Clarkson Frederick Stanfield, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a crowded interior with figures, a chandelier, a bust on the wall, and a raised platform.

Study for Bow Street Office, from Microcosm of London

Augustus Charles Pugin, c. 1808

Street in Bologna

John Ruskin, 1845

Sepia drawing of a small wooden bridge over a stream, with windswept trees and hills under a cloudy sky.

Mountain Stream with Small Bridge I

Elizabeth Murray, c. 1855

Pencil drawing of an ornate interior hall with columns, vaulted ceiling, chandeliers, and a crowd of figures.

Study for Freemason's Hall, Great Queen Street, from Microcosm of London

Augustus Charles Pugin, c. 1808

Charcoal drawing of a stone arched bridge with ornate lampposts, domed buildings and trees behind it.

The Bridge of Toledo, Madrid, from Castilian Days

Joseph Pennell, 1903

Brown wash landscape of a small wooden bridge over a rushing stream, with misty mountains and pine trees behind.

Mountain Stream with Small Bridge II

Elizabeth Murray, c. 1855

Pencil perspective drawing of a two-level library reading room with bookshelves, a long table, chairs, and a staircase.

Study for Royal Institution, Albemarle Street, from Microcosm of London

Augustus Charles Pugin, c. 1809

Charcoal drawing of a shadowed Toledo street with arched doorways, stone walls and a tall central tower.

Toledo Streets, from Castilian Days

Joseph Pennell, 1903

Brown wash landscape of a stone arch bridge over a river, with tall trees, a rowboat, and mountains in the distance.

Stone Bridge in Mountains

Elizabeth Murray, c. 1855

Woodblock print of a crowded wooden bridge over a river at dusk, with boats, pedestrians and pink clouds in the sky.

Evening Glow at Ryogoku Bridge (Ryogoku sekisho), from the series "Eight Views of Edo (Edo hakkei)"

Utagawa Toyohiro, c. 1804/18

Charcoal drawing of a narrow street under a stone arch with figures walking and sunlit buildings beyond.

Toledo, Street of the Arch, from Castilian Days

Joseph Pennell, 1903

Young Girl Pouring Tea and Profile Sketch (recto), and Sketch of Italian City Street (verso)

Elizabeth Murray, n.d.

Etching of a sloping Stirling street with tall stone buildings, a central column and small figures in the square.

Broad Street, Stirling

David Young Cameron, 1899

Charcoal drawing of a hilltop city with spires and a stone arched bridge over a river, by Joseph Pennell, 1903.

The Towering City, Toledo, from Castlian Days

Joseph Pennell, 1903

Brown wash drawing of a narrow rustic street with timber houses, a carved balcony, arched doorway and two figures.

Rustic Street Scene

Elizabeth Murray, 1831

Etched landscape of a garden path beside a stone wall, tall trees, a balustrade and reclining figures at lower left.

The City of Conti in Frascati

Louis Chaix, n.d.

Pencil sketch of an empty stone street leading toward church spires and a tower, with reflections on the wet pavement.

Its Streets are Wide and Silent, from Castilian Days

Joseph Pennell, 1903

Wood engraving of St Barnabas House with women and children at a long table, a doorway inscribed Peace be to this House, and

New York Charities - St Barnabas House, 304 Mulberry Street

Winslow Homer, published April 18, 1874

Etching of a wooded landscape with a wooden footbridge, two windmills on the horizon, and two figures on a bank.

Landscape with Little Bridge

Gillis Neyts, n.d.

Etching of the ruined interior of the Colosseum with arches, tall overgrown piers and small figures among the stones.

Interior view of the Colosseum, from Views of Rome

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1766, published 1807-35

Watercolor elevation of a three-story Gothic-style bank facade with arched windows, brick walls, and a sign reading Dry-Dock

Dry Dock Savings Bank, New York City, New York, Competition Design Drawing

Peter Bonnett Wight, 1858

Engraving of a stone bridge over a river, shepherds with sheep, a large pine tree, and distant mountains.

Bridge of Salaro

Jacob Wilhelm Mechau, 1793

Etching of the Arch of Constantine in Rome with figures and goats in the foreground and ruins beyond.

View of the Arch of Constantine, from Views of Rome

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1771, published 1800-07