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Art Institute of Chicago

24,212 works

Hand-coloured print of visitors among marble statues, including Cupid and Psyche, in an iron-roofed exhibition hall.

Gems of the Great Exhibition No. 1

George Baxter, 1852

Small oval print of a couple dancing the tarantella outdoors while seated onlookers and a standing man watch under trees.

La Tarantella Needle Box, also called The Small Tarantella

George Baxter, c. 1850

Mezzotint portrait of a young woman with curled hair, dark dress and white shawl, one hand raised to her cheek, with a dog.

Miss Julia MacDonald

Samuel Cousins, 1830/31

Pastel drawing of ballerinas in pink tutus on a stage, with dark audience silhouettes in the foreground and a green backdrop.

Ballet at the Paris Opéra

Edgar Degas, 1877

Print of rural harvest scene with women and children resting under trees, a dog, and workers with horses in a cornfield.

Needle Box with an impression of The Corn Field

George Baxter, 1857

Hand-colored print of people waving and raising hats in rowing boats on a crowded harbor with ships.

Needle Box decorated with The Regal Set

George Baxter, 1850

Colour print of a woman in a yellow gown helping a young child read an alphabet book in a carved armchair.

The First Lesson

George Baxter, 1855

Hand-colored caricature of musicians and onlookers in a room, with a woman at a keyboard, a candle, and a dog.

Playing in Parts

James Gillray, published May 15, 1801

Colour print of a still life with peaches, grapes, plums and cherries in a wicker basket on a white tablecloth.

Fruit No. 1

George Baxter, 1856

Colour print of a still life with pineapple, grapes, plums, peaches and vine leaves on a wooden ledge.

Fruit No. 2

George Baxter, 1856

Woodblock print of a woman in an orange kimono beside a sleeping child, a writing desk, and flowering plum branches.

Zhuangzi (Japanese: Soshi), from the series "Shunshoku ressenkyo"

Attributed to Teisai Hokuba, c. 1801/18

Woman in yellow kimono holding a tray beside a seated figure preparing herbs under pine branches, Japanese woodblock print.

Preparing Seven Herbs on the Seventh Day of the New Year

Kubo Shunman, 1798

Woodblock print of a turner at a lathe with an assistant in a kimono, with vertical calligraphy at left.

A turner and his assistant, from the series "Thirty-six Poets as Craftsmen (Shokunin sanjurokuban)"

Katsushika Hokusai, 1802

Mezzotint portrait of Sir Joshua Reynolds in a wide hat and gown beside a bust on a pedestal, 1780.

Sir Joshua Reynolds

Valentine Green, 1780

Pen and brown ink sketch of a seated nude woman on a rock holding a bundle, with handwritten inscriptions on the paper.

The Nymph of Capri

Attributed to Pier Leone Ghezzi, n.d.

Brown ink caricature of an elderly bald man with a large nose leaning on a walking stick, with handwritten inscription above.

The Duke of Capodichino

Attributed to Pier Leone Ghezzi, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of a nude woman seen from behind, holding a billowing veil, with a signature at lower right.

Standing Nude Woman Holding a Veil

Attributed to Pier Leone Ghezzi, n.d.

Woodblock print of a woman in kimono with a child and a cat, beside a potted plant and vertical calligraphy text.

Snake (Mi), from the series "Parody of the Twelve Signs of the Zodiac (Mitate juni shi)"

Hotei Gosei, early 19th century

The Duchess of Noia

Attributed to Pier Leone Ghezzi, n.d.

Japanese woody print of a woman seated at a low table beside flowers, a kettle, and lacquered boxes on shelves.

Blue Shell (Aogai), from the series "Five Colors (Goshiki no uchi)"

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, c. 1820

Etching of a woman in a white dress and feathered hat in a carriage, with a standing coachman and horses in a wooded park.

Promenade

Edgar Chahine, 1902

Woodblock print of a woman in kimono and a pipe-smoking attendant at a shrine gate with rope and streamers.

Woman and attendant at entrance gate of Enoshima

Totoya Hokkei, 1810s/1820s

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a kimono on a red balcony, with calligraphy and a floral border.

The Yang Guifei Cherry Tree (Yokihisakura), from the series "Cherry Trees for the Katsushika Circle (Katsushika sakur…

Yashima Gakutei, c. 1821/22

Black woodcut print of oxen moving past women in headdresses beside a shrine, with hills in the background.

Wayside Shrine in Brittany, from the Suite of Late Wood-Block Prints

Paul Gauguin, 1898/99

Black and white woodblock print of a pensive seated woman with her head in her hands, a pale dog and a dark animal nearby.

Human Miseries, from the Suite of Late Wood-Block Prints

Paul Gauguin, 1898/99

Print of a sleeping man on rocks while angels ascend and descend through clouds toward a figure in the sky.

Jacob's Dream

Niccolò Vicentino, mid 16th c.

Lithograph poster of a bound prisoner beside a scaffold, guarded by soldiers and a priest, with the Le Matin masthead.

Au Pied de l'Echafaud

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1893

Graphite sketch of a standing male nude with one arm raised behind his head, with faint plant sketches at the base.

Male Nude

Edward Burne-Jones, 1885

Japanese triptych print of three women in kimono walking through falling snow, one holding a parasol, with snowy pines behind

Parody of Liu Bei (J: Gentoku) Visiting Zhuge Liang (J: Komei) in Wind and Snow (Gentoku fusetsu ni Komei o tazureru)

Utagawa Kunisada I, c. 1844

Pastel of a ballerina in a pale tutu with coral bodice standing on stage, with dancers behind her.

The Star

Edgar Degas, 1879/81