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Art Institute of Chicago

24,211 works

Sepia lithograph book cover showing a seated man in a top hat beside the title La Tribu d'Isidore, 1897.

Cover for La Tribu d'Isidore

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1897

Etching of the Pompe Notre-Dame pumping station on the Seine with timber supports, tower, and Notre-Dame behind.

La Pompe Notre-Dame, Paris

Etienne Leguay, 1852

Book cover with loose sketches of men and women around the title Les Pieds nickelés, published in Paris in 1895.

Les Pieds nickelés

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1895

Lithograph cover of Jouets de Paris showing a standing clown figure in a ruffled costume beside bold black lettering.

Cover for Jouets de Paris

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1900, published 1901

Etching of a shadowed Gothic church nave with stone columns, a rose window, and small figures gathered in light at the far en

Tewkesbury Abbey

David Young Cameron, 1915

Etching of a shadowy rocky gorge with tree roots and shrubs, a sunlit cliff opening at center.

Environs of Metz

Charles-André Malardot, 1867

Etching of a thatched hut with a carved finial, palm trees, figures near the entrance, and hills behind under an open sky.

New Caledonia: Large Native Hut on the Road from Balade to Puépo, 1845

Charles Meryon, 1863

Etching of a small coastal settlement of houses beneath rolling hills, with clouds above and reeds and shrubs in the foregrou

The Little French Colony at Akaroa, 1845

Charles Meryon, 1865

Panoramic etching of San Francisco's hills, rooftops and harbor with ships, with a title cartouche at the bottom center.

San Francisco

Charles Meryon, 1855-56

Etched title page with ornate border of palm trees, nets, and flags framing text about a voyage to New Zealand, with a canoe

Cover for a Voyage to New Zealand (1842-46)

Charles Meryon, 1866

Etching of a coastal bay with mountains, rocky cliffs, fishing figures on shore and small boats on calm water.

Seine Fishing off Collier's Point, Akaroa, Banks' Peninsula, 1845

Charles Meryon, 1863

Portrait of Louis Jacques Marie Bizeul, the Breton Archaeologist

Charles Meryon, 1861

Etched bust portrait of a bearded man with tousled hair and a cravat, labeled Benjamin Fillon, 1862.

Benjamin Fillon, homme de lettres

Charles Meryon, 1862

Etched head-and-shoulders portrait of a bearded man with curly hair, wearing a dark jacket and cravat, on a light sheet.

Portrait of Armand Guéraud of Nantes, Printer and Man of Letters

Charles Meryon, 1861-62

Printseller's address card with red decorative border, Gothic church, bridge with statue, and text reading Estampes anciennes

Address-Card of the Printseller, Rochoux

Charles Meryon, c. 1855

Etching of a medieval-style court scene with a kneeling man presenting a book to a seated noble, attendants nearby.

The Printer Valère Maxime being Presented to King Louis XI

Charles Meryon, 1860

Etching with stacked vignettes of a cliff, a shore with a boat, an interior, and seated sailors around a mast in an oval.

Rebus: 'No, Morny is not dead for he is marrying again'

Charles Meryon, January 1866

Etching of a grazing sheep on a dark hillside, with a shepherd leaning on a staff in the distant field.

A Sheep Grazing

Jean-François Millet, 1849

Etching of three women bending to glean in a harvested field, with haystacks, an ox cart and workers in the distance.

The Gleaners

Jean-François Millet, 1855-56

Etching of a seated woman in a headscarf carding wool beside a spinning wheel in a dim interior.

The Wool-Carder

Jean-François Millet, 1855-56

Mrs. Cotton II

Anders Zorn, 1901

Woodblock print of a skeletal ghost with long hair rising from a red-railed boat over dark blue water.

Kohada Koheiji, from the series "One Hundred Ghost Tales (Hyaku monogatari)"

Katsushika Hokusai, 1831-32

Pen and wash drawing of a kneeling friar with a book, crucifix and skull, sketched studies at the margins.

Saint Francis Praying

Possibly after Bartolomé Estéban Murillo, n.d.

Woodblock print of the pale ghost Oiwa with long black hair beside a lantern, reeds and a dark blue night sky.

Oiwa (Oiwa-san), from the series "One Hundred Ghost Tales (Hyaku monogatari)"

Katsushika Hokusai, 1831-32

Woodblock print of a pale ghostly woman with long black hair and smoke rising from her mouth above a wooden well at night.

The Mansion of the Plates (Sara yashiki), from the series "One Hundred Ghost Tales (Hyaku monogatari)"

Katsushika Hokusai, 1831-32

Woodblock print of a laughing demoness with fangs holding a severed head by the hair against a blue background.

The Laughing Demoness (Warai Hannya), from the series "One Hundred Ghost Tales (Hyaku monogatari)"

Katsushika Hokusai, 1831-32

Japanese print of a coiled snake beside a memorial tablet, bowl with a leaf, and folded white paper on blue ground.

Memorial Anniversary (Shunen), from the series "One Hundred Ghost Tales (Hyaku monogatari)"

Katsushika Hokusai, 1831-32

Japanese woodblock print of samurai outside a thatched house with a bare tree, a figure on the veranda and a lantern inside.

No. 6: Ise no Saburo Swears Loyalty to Ushiwakamaru (Rokukai, Ise no Saburo ga kakurega ni yadorite Ushiwakamaru shuj…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1832/34

Woodblock print of a man reading a scroll on a veranda at night, a woman with a lantern, full moon and geese overhead.

No. 7: Ushiwakamaru Reading Kiichi Hogan's Secret Scroll (Nanakai, Ushiwakamaru hisoka ni Kiichi Hogan no hisho o mir…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1832/34

Woodblock print of a leaping youth with a sword above an armored warrior on a red bridge at dusk.

No. 9: Ushiwakamaru Defeats Musashibo Benkei at Gojo Bridge (Kyukai, Gojo no hashi ni Ushiwakamaru Musashibo Benkei o…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1832/34