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24,149 works

Etching of a shop interior with women and a child beside hanging clothes and wooden beams.

After the Sale, Clothes Exchange, Houndsditch

James McNeill Whistler, 1887

Etching of a vaulted prison interior with two lions, pulleys, scaffolding and small figures among towering arches.

The Lion Bas-Reliefs, plate 5 from Imaginary Prisons

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1761

Etching of a young girl in a wide-brimmed hat and ruffled dress, with two small children sketched beside her.

The Little Nurse, Grays Inn

James McNeill Whistler, 1887

Pen sketch of a columned double doorway with a pediment, small figures in the doorway and a seated group at right.

Double Doorway, Sandwich

James McNeill Whistler, 1887

Etching of a butcher's shop window with figures inside, a doorway, street facades, and pedestrians on the right.

Butcher's Shop, Sandwich, Kent

James McNeill Whistler, 1887

Etching of a wide field with a rider on a bucking horse, small figures, a wooden structure, and distant hills.

The Bucking Horse, Wild West

James McNeill Whistler, 1887

Etching of vaulted prison-like halls with scaffolding, cranes, and smoke rising in the center, with tiny figures.

The Smoking Fire, plate 6 from Imaginary Prisons

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1761

Etching of a harbor with industrial sheds, smokestacks, a dense row of masts, and a sailing ship reflected in the water.

Dry Docks, Southampton

James McNeill Whistler, 1887

Etching of a seated woman in a fur tippet and feathered hat, drawn with loose hatched lines.

The Fur Tippet: Miss Lenoir

James McNeill Whistler, 1887

Etching of a nude woman stooping forward with hands on the ground, sketched loosely beside a tree trunk.

Model Stooping

James McNeill Whistler, 1887/88

Etching of a harbor quay with masted boats, a waterfront building, and two women standing in the foreground.

Fishing Quay, Ostend

James McNeill Whistler, 1887

Etching of a vast imaginary prison interior with a drawbridge, staircases, arched galleries, ropes, and small figures.

The Drawbridge, plate 7 from Imaginary Prisons

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1761

Architectural ground plan of a lumber dryer with red-highlighted beams, dimension lines, and joist spacing notes on aged pape

J.M. Brunswick and Balke Company Lumber Dryer, Chicago, Illinois

Adler & Sullivan, c. 1883

Architectural drawing of a boiler room addition and dust bin, with plans, sections and elevations in ink on tracing paper.

J.M. Brunswick, & Belke Co., Chicago, Illinois, Addition

Adler & Sullivan, c. 1883

Etching of a vast vaulted prison interior with a grand staircase, wooden walkways, hanging cloth, and small figures below.

The Staircase with Trophies, plate 8 from Imaginary Prisons

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1761

Sketched lithograph of a woman in a dark fur wrap leaning forward on a tan background, by James McNeill Whistler.

La Belle Dame paresseuse

James McNeill Whistler, 1894

Etching of a riverside quay with market stalls, awnings, strolling figures and faint buildings above.

Quai de Montebello

James McNeill Whistler, 1888

Etching of a tree-lined Paris boulevard with two men seated on a bench at right and buildings with awnings behind.

Boulevard Poissonière, Paris

James McNeill Whistler, 1897

Etching of a shaded garden terrace with stone urns, chairs, seated figures, trees and a palm, by James McNeill Whistler.

Little Terrace, Luxembourg Gardens

James McNeill Whistler, 1889/90

Etching of a giant wheel and stone blocks in a vaulted prison space, with small figures atop the masonry.

The Giant Wheel, plate 9 from Imaginary Prisons

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1761

Etching of moored boats and a sailing barge on a river beside a wooden pier, with a town skyline under a hatched sky.

Battersea Dawn (Cadogan Pier)

James McNeill Whistler, 1861

Etching of a vast vaulted prison interior with tiered walkways, arches, and figures on a platform beside a hanging chain.

Prisoners on a Projecting Platform, plate 10 from Imaginary Prisons

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1761

Etching of vast vaulted prison interior with arches, staircases, ropes, scaffolding, and small figures in deep shadow.

The Arch with a Shell Ornament, plate 11 from Imaginary Prisons

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1761

Etching of a vaulted imaginary prison with arches, a staircase, scaffolding, and small figures by Piranesi.

The Sawhorse, plate 12 from Imaginary Prisons

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1761

Etching of a narrow Brussels street with tall buildings, a shop window, and small figures of pedestrians and children.

Petite Rue au Beurre, Brussels

James McNeill Whistler, 1887

Etching of a courtyard with a tree, inn building, lamp, and chickens pecking on the ground, with a figure at right.

Hôtel de la Croix Blanche

James McNeill Whistler, 1888

Etching of an imaginary prison interior with arches, staircases, balconies and tiny figures beneath a dark timbered ceiling.

The Gothic Arch, plate 14 from Imaginary Prisons

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1761

Etching of a monastery courtyard with arched arcades, tall windows, hanging laundry and small figures walking below.

Court of the Monastery of St Augustine, Bourges

James McNeill Whistler, 1888

Pencil sketch of two seated figures at a piano beside a tall window, with loose shading and bare paper.

The Duet, No. 2

James McNeill Whistler, 1894

Etching of a huge vaulted prison interior with a stone pier, lamp, chains, and tiny figures on stairways and balconies.

The Pier with a Lamp, plate 15 from Imaginary Prisons

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1761