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Art Institute of Chicago

24,146 works

Lithograph of a sleeping woman in a long dress reclining in a chair, sketched in loose gray lines.

La Belle Dame endormie

James McNeill Whistler, 1894

Foundation and basement plan of a factory building with a grid of square column footings and dimension lines.

Brunswick Balke Collender Company Factory Building, Chicago, Illinois, Foundation Plan and Basement Plan

Adler & Sullivan, Architects, 1891 Destroyed by fire on April 15, 1989

Pencil sketch of a standing woman in a headwrap, draped in flowing cloth that spreads out to either side.

Figure Study

James McNeill Whistler, 1894

Pencil sketch of a man standing barefoot with arms raised to his head, beside a chair, on cream paper.

Study

James McNeill Whistler, 1894

Etching of a vaulted imaginary prison interior with chains, stairs, arches, columns and small figures by Piranesi.

The Pier with Chains, plate 16 from Imaginary Prisons

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1761

Sketch of a curved theatre facade with a horse-drawn cart and pedestrians on the street in the foreground.

Back of the Gaiety Theatre

James McNeill Whistler, 1895

Loose pencil sketch of a seated man in a headscarf holding a cup, with dark shading behind him on pale paper.

The Master Smith

James McNeill Whistler, 1895

Loose charcoal sketch of a blacksmith at an anvil in a workshop with hanging tools and a standing figure at left.

The Sunny Smithy

James McNeill Whistler, 1895

Pencil architectural drawing of a domed exposition building with arcades and turrets, elevations on tracing paper.

Proposed Fine Arts Museum, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, Elevation Sketches

John Wellborn Root, c. 1890/91

Watercolor perspective of a domed stone museum with arcaded wings, a central arched entrance and small figures on the path.

World's Columbian Exposition Fine Arts Museum, Chicago, Illinois, Perspective

John Wellborn Root, c. 1890-1891

Loose lithograph sketch of two men seated in a dim interior, drawn in soft crayon shading on pale paper.

The Strong Arm

James McNeill Whistler, 1895

Etching of St. Peter's Basilica and piazza in Rome with obelisk, colonnades, dome, carriages, and figures in the foreground.

View of St. Peter's Basilica and Piazza in the Vatican, from Views of Rome

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1748

Loose lithograph of a seated man with a mustache in a dark coat, hands resting on his lap, in an armchair.

Portrait of Dr. Whistler, No. 2

James McNeill Whistler, 1894

Sketches of Miss Philip and Mr. A. Studd

James McNeill Whistler, 1895

Red chalk and ink sketch of a seated Virgin and Child, a baptism scene, and standing male figures with angels.

Sketches: Virgin and Child; Virgin and Child with Two Saints; Saint Baptizing Kneeling Figure

Giovanni Baglione, n.d.

Watercolor of a crowded outdoor picnic under trees with long tables, an American flag, and people in period dress.

Anti-Slavery Picnic at Weymouth Landing, Massachusetts

Susan Torrey Merritt, c. 1845

Loose pencil sketch of a bearded man in a jacket, head turned, on a pale peach paper ground.

Stephane Mallarmé, No. 2

James McNeill Whistler, 1892

Printed sheet with a grid of twelve numbered panels showing white branching textures on dark lines, within a dark border.

Study for Share Certificates in a Fraudulent Franco-Californian Company, No. 1

Charles Meryon, 1855

Mirrored tombstone-style print with a skull, Meryon inscription, leafy branch, and a ship with striped sails.

Impression of the Plate on Meryon's Tombstone

Félix Bracquemond, 1868

Watercolor genealogical family chart in a red heart shape, framed by roses, with a cherub and a verse at the base.

A Genealogical Family Piece

Lydia Smith, 1811

Hand-colored German birth and baptism certificate with two angels, verses, birds on branches, and an eagle emblem.

Birth and Baptism Certificate

printed by Heinrich Ebner, 1814

Black chalk drawing of the crucified Christ with head bowed and arms outstretched on a cross, on grey paper.

Christ on the Cross

Circle of Corrado Giaquinto, after 1730

Lithograph of Mephistopheles flying with dark wings over a silhouetted Gothic city skyline beneath a pale moon.

Mephistopheles Flying, from Faust

Eugène Delacroix, 1828

Brown ink landscape drawing of a steep cliff with a fortified tower, a road with walking figures and a cart, and houses.

Landscape with Figures and Horses in the Foreground

Gillis Neyts, 1638/87

Two grasshoppers with tan, green and dark blue wings and long antennae, painted in watercolor on pale paper within a brown bo

Two Grasshoppers

Herman Henstenburgh, c. 1685

Lithograph of a standing cloaked figure speaking to a bearded scholar at a desk in a cluttered study with skulls on shelves.

Mephistopheles Appearing to Faust

Eugène Delacroix, 1828

Lithograph of a seated robed figure speaking to a young man in a draped interior with skulls on the mantel.

Mephistopheles Receiving the Student

Eugène Delacroix, 1828

Etching of a man in a wide hat fishing from a log beside a leaning tree, with reeds and distant bushes behind.

The Fisher

Emmanuel Phelippes-Beaulieu, 1863

Etching of a shaded country path winding between dense trees toward a bright clearing, by Felix Bracquemond.

Le Chemin de Coutures, à Sèvres

Félix Bracquemond, 1871

Etching of two women in hats at a fence watching pheasants and birds on grass beneath trees.

At the Zoological Gardens, second plate

Félix Bracquemond, 1873