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Art Institute of Chicago

3,362 works

Embossed white lace-patterned card with scrolling motifs and an oval panel bearing handwritten brown ink inscription.

Untitled Valentine (Gold Ship in Wreath)

Joseph Mansell, 1845/50

Die-cut paper lace valentine with painted purple and yellow pansies, a small bird, and floral sprigs in the corners.

Untitled Valentine (Large Purple and Yellow Flowers)

Dobbs Kidd, 1815/30, inscribed 1865

Valentine of white cut-paper lace on green with a framed portrait of a bearded man and a floral wreath.

Forget Me Not (valentine)

George Meek, c. 1857

Embossed valentine card with painted roses, forget-me-nots, a gold heart, blue ribbon rosettes and a 'Don't Forget Me' banner

Don't Forget Me (valentine)

Joseph Mansell, 1845/50

Decorative paper lace valentine with three hearts, painted red roses, gold bows, and green sprigs on a cream ground.

Untitled Valentine (Three Hearts)

Berlin and Jones, c. 1865

Political cartoon: a man in a dark suit whips a lion wrapped in a Union Jack while caricatured men in striped hats hold back.

The Man Who Dares - and the Men who Dare N't, from Puck

C. Jay Taylor, published September 5, 1888

Lace-edged paper valentine with a central round medallion of red and turquoise cutwork and a black ribbon bow below.

Untitled Valentine (Wreath with Rope Tie)

Joseph Mansell, c. 1850

Brown ink drawing of kneeling figures praying at an altar fire while a figure rises in clouds above, with animals and trees i

Noah's Sacrifice, plate IX from The Creation and Early History of Man

Johannes Wierix, 1606

Lithograph of a cloaked man lunging with a dagger at a seated man in a ruff reading, in an ornate draped interior.

Henri III Assassinated by Jacques Clément, plate eight from La Henriade

Horace Vernet, 1825

Etching of a wooded landscape with a waterfall, two figures on a rock pointing toward a distant town.

Tobias and the Angel, from Six Landscape Subjects from the Old Testament

Anthonie Waterloo, 1650/60

Plate Two, from A New Book of Ornaments

Simon Gribelin, 1704

Hand-coloured print of Dublin's Parliament House with columns, carriages and pedestrians on a street.

The Parliament House - Dublin

James Malton, published November 1793

Etching of a large tree on a mound with a forest, winding river, distant town and small figures resting in the foreground.

The Unfaithful Prophet of Judah, from Six Large Upright Landscapes with Scenes from the Old Testament

Anthonie Waterloo, n.d.

Engraved ornament plate with acanthus scrollwork, flower rosettes and a central putto on a dark hatched ground.

Plate Three, from A New Book of Ornaments

Simon Gribelin, 1704

Etched ornamental design of a tapering goblet with scrolls, foliage, a central face, and fruit clusters at the base.

Plate 9, from twenty ornamental designs for goblets and beakers

Master A.P., 1604

Etching of a dense forest with large oak trees, a sleeping child, a winged angel and a seated woman on a path.

Hagar Comforted by the Angel, from Six Large Upright Landscapes with Scenes from the Old Testament

Anthonie Waterloo, n.d.

Engraved ornament plate with a central floral medallion, surrounding circular patterns and oval landscape cartouches.

Plate Four, from Book of Ornament

Simon Gribelin, 1704

Engraved ornamental design for a goblet with a winged female figure, scrolls, foliage and grape clusters, numbered 10.

Plate 10, from twenty ornamental designs for goblets and beakers

Master A.P., 1604

Etching of a wooded landscape with a large tree, a dirt path, and small figures walking toward distant hills.

Hagar's Departure, from Six Landscape Subjects from the Old Testament

Anthonie Waterloo, 1650/60

Engraved ornament plate with cherubs, a central cartouche, circular medallions and foliate borders, by Simon Gribelin II, 170

Plate Five, from Book of Ornament

Simon Gribelin, 1704

Engraved ornamental design with scrollwork, a central mermaid riding a sea creature, and grotesque masks, from a goblet desig

Plate 19, from twenty ornamental designs for goblets and beakers

Master A.P., 1604

Title Page, Portrait of Giandomenico Tiepolo, Profile of an Old Man, and Old Man with a Turban

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1775

Engraved ornament plate with two pairs of circular medallions, putti, scrollwork friezes, and heraldic emblems.

Plate Six, from Book of Ornament

Simon Gribelin, 1704

Engraved ornamental design plate numbered 12 showing a winged female figure among scrolls, foliage, and fruit for a goblet.

Plate 12, from XX Stuck zum (ornamental designs for goblets and beakers)

Master A.P., 1601

Seated Man Facing Left

Antonio Piccinni, 1874

Engraved plate of oval and round ornamental cartouches with scrollwork, cherubs and horizontal strapwork bands, numbered seve

Plate Seven, from Book of Ornament

Simon Gribelin, 1704

Engraved plate 14 showing a goblet-like ornamental design with scrolls, rosettes, and a cherub head, dated 1601.

Plate 14, from XX Stuck zum (ornamental designs for goblets and beakers)

Master A.P., 1601

Old Woman Facing Right

Antonio Piccinni, 1874

Etched plate of ornamental roundels, pendants and decorative bands with scrollwork, putti and masks by Simon Gribelin II.

Plate Eight, from Book of Ornament

Simon Gribelin, 1704

Ornamental goblet design with a cherub head, scrolling foliage and grotesque masks, numbered 15, dated 1601.

Plate 15, from XX Stuck zum (ornamental designs for goblets and beakers)

Master A.P., 1601