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Art Institute of Chicago

13,165 works

Ink sketch of a conductor with baton at a music stand, and a child playing trumpet below, on handwritten paper.

Sketches of Conductor and Trumpet Player

Attributed to Alfred Edward Chalon, 1840

Ink sketch of a bearded violinist standing with violin and bow, drawn over pencil on aged paper.

Nicolas Mori, Violinist

Attributed to Alfred Edward Chalon, c. 1840

Hand-colored caricature of an elderly woman with a fan and dog beside a man carrying boxes, captioned An Old Maid on a Journe

An Old Maid on a Journey - The Eccentric Miss Banks

M. Chevers, 1882

Watercolor portrait of a seated man in a blue jacket holding a newspaper, with red drapery and bookshelves behind him.

Portrait of Seated Man with Newspaper

Attributed to Adolphus H. A. Wing, c. 1846

Pencil sketches of three river boats with sails on grey paper, with handwritten notes reading Dusseldorf and England.

Three Sketches of Dusseldorf River Boats

William Alfred Delamotte, n.d.

Watercolor of a red-coated officer standing under a stormy sky beside a woman with an infant and a child seeking shelter.

Officer Seeking Shelter with his Wife and Children from a Storm (recto); Sketch of Castle on Hill (verso)

After Richard Westall, c. 1800/20

Watercolor of a smiling man holding a lantern in a doorway, with an elderly woman peering from the dark room behind him.

Man with Lantern in Doorway

After Adriaen van Ostade, n.d.

Chalk drawing on blue paper of a man's head and shoulders seen from behind, head bowed, with white highlights.

Head and Shoulders of a Man seen from the Back

Attributed to Oliver Isaac, the elder, n.d.

Watercolor of two women in a sunlit interior, one seated with a plumed hat, one standing by a window with a fan.

The Lady and the Queen Wasp

Attributed to Francis Wheatley, 1780/90

Pencil and watercolor sketch of a man in a striped cap and clogs carrying an anchor over his shoulder.

Dutch Sailor, Carrying an Anchor

Attributed to George Chambers, 1820/1830

Watercolor of a bald man in a blue coat seated on a trunk, leaning on a cane with his head bowed.

Bald Man Seated on Belongings (recto); Lady in a Yellow Gown (verso)

Attributed to George Cattermole, n.d.

Watercolor of a sleeping woman in a pale dress and rose crown, seated in an armchair beside a mirror.

Woman in Evening Dress Asleep in Armchair

Attributed to Alfred Edward Chalon, c. 1840

Black and red chalk drawing of an elderly bearded man looking upward with wild, curling hair on tan paper.

Head of King Lear

Attributed to Giovanni Battista Cipriani, 1747-1785

Woodblock print of a figure in a black bamboo-patterned kimono and floral sleeve beneath drooping willow branches.

The Actor Yamashita Mangiku I as Lady Yuya (Yuya Gozen) (?) in the Play Heike Hyobanki (?), Performed at the Nakamura…

Katsukawa Shunsen, c. 1789

Sepia-toned print of a woman in a smock carrying a large sack, with small sketches of figures and buildings in the margins.

The Laundresses

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1894

Brown wash drawing of a weeping female figure leaning on a column beside a sleeping putto on a stone ledge.

Weeping Allegorical Female Figure with Putto

Attributed to or after Richard Earlom, 1770/79

Pen and ink sketch of a helmeted muscular warrior seated with his chin on his hand, resting on a large shield.

Seated Warrior (recto); Striding Warrior (verso)

Follower of Henry Fuseli, n.d.

Watercolor of a Gothic cathedral tower behind ivy-covered walls, with a professor, a woman, a child and a dog in the foregrou

Professor, Woman, Child and Dog in Cathedral Close

Joseph Nash, 1860/65

Watercolor of half-timbered Tudor houses with red tiled roofs and brick chimneys along a dirt road.

Tudor House Fronts

Attributed to John Sell Cotman, late 19th century

Pen and ink sketch of East End gin shop with barrels labeled Gin and Rum, a girl and women in shawls in the foreground.

London East End: Sketch in an East End Gin Shop

Philipp William May, 1899

Watercolor of two men in period dress with a seated woman in gold, a greyhound, and red drapery in an interior.

Francis I and the Duchess d'Étampes

After Richard Parkes Bonington, n.d.

Watercolor sketch of a seated woman in peasant costume with a dark headscarf and red bodice on an oval sheet.

Sketch of Seated Woman in Peasant Costume

After John Frederick Lewis, n.d.

Ink sketch of a man in a hat beside a horse, with loose diagonal hatching in black and grey.

Man with Horse

Anders Zorn, n.d.

At the Wall, Commune Episode

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1893

Etching of a crowded cabaret audience facing a blank white screen framed by an ornate decorative arch.

At the Chat Noir

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1893

Dark sketch of Segovia's tall arched aqueduct over a street, with two cloaked figures in the foreground and pedestrians below

Segovia, The Aqueduct from Market, from Castilian Days

Joseph Pennell, 1903

Charcoal drawing of a vaulted gallery with framed paintings on the walls and small figures walking on the floor.

The Long Gallery, Prado, from Castilian Days

Joseph Pennell, 1903

Pencil sketch of a sunlit Spanish-style street with stone buildings, a weathervane, church towers, and small figures.

Tall and Stately Churches, from Castilian Days

Joseph Pennell, 1903

Dark sketch of Toledo's hilltop skyline with pale Gothic spires, a stone bridge and a dark fortified wall.

Its Lanes of Palaces Terraced Round the Slope, Toledo, from Castilian Days

Joseph Pennell, 1903

Charcoal drawing of San Martín church in Segovia with a tall spire, arched arcade, fountain and small figures in the street.

San Martín, Segovia, from Castilian Days

Joseph Pennell, 1903