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Art Institute of Chicago

13,158 works

Hand-colored caricature of a butcher offering meat to a startled man beside a chopping block with price lists.

The British Butcher, Supplying John Bull with a Substitute for Bread

James Gillray, published July 6, 1795

Etching of a smiling bearded old man wearing a dark beret and cloak, turned toward the viewer.

Smiling Old Man

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1770

Hand-colored caricature of a French tailor fitting a stout man in a green coat before a mirror, standing on a Nouveaux Costum

French-Tailor, Fitting John Bull with a "Jean de Bry"

James Gillray, published November 8, 1799

Hand-colored print of a kneeling man praying before an altar with a red liberty cap, tablets, busts and winged heads.

Shrine at St. Ann's Hill

James Gillray, published May 26, 1798

Hand-colored 1815 caricature of a horned devil on a rocky island addressing a sun with labeled rays, by George Cruikshank.

Boney's Meditations on the Island of St. Helena

George Cruikshank, 1815

Black-and-white print of a man's brooding face beside a pale nude figure, rendered in bold, expressive dark marks.

Man's Head with Nude

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1908

Hand-colored etching of a stout woman in yellow waltzing with a slim young man in green, with other couples dancing in a room

Waltzer au Mouchoir

James Gillray, published January 20, 1800

Hand-colored caricature of a woman in a yellow gown raising an opera glass in a theatre box, with spectators behind her.

May I Die if There is'nt Sir George!!

George Cruikshank, published August 9, 1817

Hand-colored etching of a woman in a green dress and plumed hat singing at a piano with sheet music.

"Here's Songs of Love and Maids Forsaken"

James Gillray, published March 30, 1793

Hand-colored print of an elderly man kneeling before a smiling seated woman in a pink gown holding a fan.

Oh! Listen to the Voice of Love

James Gillray, published November 14, 1799

Hand-colored caricature of a dandy in a blue coat and white trousers, with food labels on his clothing and face.

A Nice Gentleman

Isaac Robert Cruikshank, published September 12, 1818

Hand-colored caricature of a woman dressed in fishing net, shells and fish, with a sign reading Beware of men Traps.

A Nice Lady or an Incomparable!!!!

George Cruikshank, published October 20, 1818

Hand-colored 1819 caricature of a stiff gentleman in a top hat striding past a woman tumbled upside down in a park.

Undeviating Rectitude

George Cruikshank, published April 5, 1819

Hand-colored print of a woman in a sheer white gown and tall feathered headdress holding a fan in a decorated room.

Ladies Dress, As it Soon Will Be

James Gillray, published June 20, 1796

Hand-colored etching of a gentleman with a cane walking past a frosty column, railings, and a snow shovel on Pall Mall.

Maecenas, In Pursuit of the Fine Arts

James Gillray, published May 9, 1808

Hand-colored print of a fashionable woman in a plumed turban beside a nursemaid holding an infant in an elegant room.

The Fashionable Mamma, or, The Convenience of Modern Dress

James Gillray, published February 15, 1796

Hand-colored caricature of two men boxing in a room, one knocked down and bleeding, with a startled onlooker and a dog nearby

Voila-t-on Mort!!!

George Cruikshank, published July 17, 1819

Hand-colored etching of a stout man asleep in a chair, head tilted back, beside a table with a newspaper and jug.

Fast Asleep

James Gillray, published November 1, 1806

Japanese woodblock print of a woman and child catching fireflies at night beside irises and reeds.

Catching Fireflies

Eshōsai Chōki, c.1790s

Hand-colored caricature of a startled stout man in a wig and blue coat, arms raised, beside a fireplace and two cats.

Wide Awake

James Gillray, published November 1, 1806

Tan paper sheet with creases above a grey field, part of a scanned architectural design sketch.

Mills Building, San Francisco, California, Design Sketch

Burnham & Root, c. 1890

Color lithograph of two women in a room, one in a green hat and cape, the other in a striped blue dress, with a mirror behind

So You are Experienced?

after Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, published January 9, 1897

Hand-colored caricature of human-faced pigs plunging off a cliff into the sea while a farmer with a pitchfork shouts at them.

The Pigs Possessed

James Gillray, published April 18, 1807

Hand-colored caricature by James Gillray: a robed figure drops a mantle to kneeling men on an altar, facing a winged dark spi

Disciples Catching the Mantle

James Gillray, published June 25, 1808

The Sphinx

Odilon Redon, 1883

Hand-colored caricature of a gilded statue with a Budget scroll on a tax-labeled pedestal, with onlookers.

The Brazen Image Erected on a Pedestal Wrought by Himself

Charles Williams, published May 29, 1802

Charcoal drawing of a glowing nebula-like orb with radiating rays and stars in a dark night sky above a horizon.

Le Nebuleuse

Odilon Redon, 1875/80

Vision

Odilon Redon, 1895/97

Drawing of a young man in a powdered wig and white collar, one hand on an open book at a table.

The Little Abbot Reading the Ramayana

Odilon Redon, 1883

Charcoal drawing of a pale face with large eyes atop a curved stem, dark petals behind it, and fallen leaves on the ground.

Strange Flower (Little Sister of the Poor)

Odilon Redon, 1880