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Art Institute of Chicago

24,213 works

Caricature lithograph of a thin man reading the palm of a turbaned robed figure, with French caption below.

The Emperor of Morocco in Consultation With the Famous Magician Desbarolles. “- This small line here indicates to me…

Honoré Daumier, 1859

Lithograph of a robed figure swinging an umbrella against an armored knight with a shield and sword in a comic duel.

A Unusual Battle Between El Cid and the Emperor of Morocco, plate 117 from Actualités

Honoré Daumier, 1859

Daumier lithograph of a crowded Paris omnibus with a woman raising her arm and passengers watching, 1862.

The Madeleine-Bastille Bus Line. A trifle, a nothing... and the bus is full

Honoré Daumier, 1862

Sepia lithograph of a man floating on his back in shallow water among frogs and lilies, with hills and a tree behind him.

Philosophical Contemplations of a Lover of Silent Pleasures. To float on the back for an hour in a quiet tributary of…

Honoré Daumier, 1864

Black and white woodcut of a bull with angular, simplified forms and curved horns on a dark background.

The Bull

Franz Marc, 1912

Lithograph of a shirtless worker raising a hammer while a second worker swings a pole at a building in the background.

The Wreckers

Paul Signac, 1896

Hand-colored print of horse riders in a steeplechase, jumping a hedge and water ditch, with a fallen horse in the foreground.

Saint Albans Grand Steeple Chase

after James Pollard, n.d.

Hand-coloured print of travellers in cloaks and top hats gathered in a cottage kitchen by a fire, with a lantern and a fallen

Cottagers' Hospitality to Travellers or The Coach Broke Down

James Pollard, published March 27, 1819

Hand-colored print of stagecoach passengers eating breakfast in a crowded inn dining room, with a coach visible outside the w

Stage Coach Passengers

James Pollard, n.d.

Hand-colored print of a stagecoach with four horses passing a roadside inn, with sheep, travelers and rolling countryside.

A View on the Highgate Road

Charles Hunt, n.d.

Hand-colored print of the Reading Telegraph coach drawn by four horses, passengers aboard, with a castle on a hill behind.

The Reading Telegraph Coach

Robert Havell, n.d.

Etching of large trees framing an open field with dense foliage and a hazy distant landscape beyond.

The Holly Fields

Francis Seymour Haden, 1860

Watercolor of a busy harbor with moored sailing ships, figures on the quay, and white cliffs behind the town.

Dover Harbor

John Gendall, c. 1820

Etching of a large tree over a landscape, with a robed figure, a group of people, a donkey, and a hilltop town in the distanc

Christ on the Morning of Palm Sunday

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1918

Hand-colored winter print of a snowy farmyard with cows in a barn, a man carrying hay, and a farmhouse.

A Snowy Morning

Fanny F. Palmer, 1864

Etching of two men on a night street looking up at a figure on a balcony beside a winged lion column.

Owake! What Ho! Brabantio!plate 1 (act 1, scene 1) from Othello

Théodore Chassériau, 1844, printed 1900

Etching of Othello seated in a turban, gesturing toward a veiled woman standing beside a balcony in an architectural setting.

She Thank’d Me, plate 2 (act 1, scene 3), from Othello

Théodore Chassériau, 1844, printed 1900

Etching of Othello standing before seated nobles in a columned hall, with a kneeling figure and armed attendants nearby.

She Lov’d Me for the Dangers I Had Pass’d, plate 3 (act 1, scene 3) from Othello,

Théodore Chassériau, 1844, printed 1900

Etching of Othello in a turban gesturing to Desdemona beside Iago in an interior with columns.

Honest Iago, Desdemona Must I Leave to Thee, plate 4 (act 1, scene 3), from Othello

Théodore Chassériau, 1844, printed 1900

Etching of Othello embracing Desdemona on a rocky shore beside a flag bearer and soldiers, from Chassériau's Othello series.

O My Fair Warrior!, plate 5 (act 2, scene 1) from Othello

Théodore Chassériau, 1844, printed 1900

Etching of Desdemona gesturing to Cassio beside a companion, with a castle by the sea behind them, from Othello plate 6.

Therefore be Merry Cassio, plate 6 (act 3, scene 3) from Othello

Théodore Chassériau, 1844, printed 1900

Etching of Othello grasping a kneeling woman's arm in a richly furnished room while a veiled woman stands nearby.

Away!, plate 7 (act 3, scene 4) from Othello

Théodore Chassériau, 1844, printed 1900

Green chiaroscuro woodcut of a muscular nude Hercules overpowering a struggling figure in a cave with cattle and skulls.

Hercules Killing Cacus

Hendrick Goltzius, 1588

Engraving of an elderly bearded man and a young woman seated outdoors beside a horse, with a castle in the background.

The Ill-Assorted Couple (The Offer of Love)

Marcantonio Raimondi, c. 1506

Etching of covered barges and workers along a riverbank, with a cathedral and domed buildings across the water.

The Large Apple Market

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1891

Japanese woodblock print of a figure in pink robes with a white horse beneath plum blossoms, and a seated woman beside a scre

The Harugoma Dance

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767/68

Sepia-toned print of a busy 1860s Chicago street corner with a stone post office, carriages, and pedestrians.

N.W. Corner of Dearborn and Monroe Streets, Chicago, Showing the Post Office Building in the Year 1865

Raoul Varin, 1927

Hand-colored satirical print of a startled man in bed facing a pale ghost, with speech scrolls and smoke-wreathed figures.

Nightly Visitors at St. Ann's Hill

James Gillray, published September 21, 1798

Hand-colored print of a man in a green coat and a woman pushing a carrot-laden wheelbarrow past a bookshop on a city street.

Sandwich-Carrots!-Dainty Sandwich-Carrots

James Gillray, published December 3, 1796

Hand-colored caricature of a whale attacking a boat of men, with a barrel tossed in the waves and a sunburst behind.

A Tub for the Whale!

James Gillray, published March 14, 1806