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Art Institute of Chicago

24,211 works

The Man in the Street

Philipp William May, n.d.

Brown ink drawing of a sailor in a short jacket gripping the arm of a gentleman in a curled wig and long coat.

Sailor and Gentleman

Philipp William May, n.d.

Pencil and grey-blue wash sketch of rolling hills and a small building under a pale sky, mounted in a layered frame.

Hilly Landscape

Attributed to Richard Wilson, n.d.

Graphite and white chalk drawing of a river landscape with a bridge, grazing cattle, and a large tree on the right.

Banks of the River Dee near Eaton Hall, Cheshire

Richard Wilson, c. 1759

Pencil sketch of a mustached man in a flat hat playing guitar, with the handwritten caption 'the modern troubadour'.

Drunken Man

Philipp William May, n.d.

British Seaman on Shoreleave

Philipp William May, n.d.

Shawled London Character

Philipp William May, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of an Italianate landscape with bathers by a river, trees, and classical buildings on the far bank.

Italianate Landscape with Bathers

Possibly Richard Wilson, n.d.

Pencil sheet of caricature sketches of men in top hats and frock coats, a stout man, a woman in a hat, and heads.

Caricatures of Gentlemen

Philipp William May, n.d.

Pencil drawing with red chalk of a shepherd boy resting in woods beside lambs and a standing sheep.

Shepherd Boy with Lambs in Woods

George Morland, n.d.

Pencil sketch of Rome's skyline with the dome of Saint Peter's rising above distant buildings and trees.

View of Saint Peter's from the Palace of the Caesars, with Circus Maximus Below

Richard Wilson, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a woman in a bonnet washing clothes at a wooden tub, with a kneeling figure beside her and a lattice trellis

Woman Washing Clothes

George Morland, n.d.

Pencil sketch on blue-grey paper of a rocky landscape with trees, a ruined column and a small standing figure.

Rocky Landscape with Standing Figure

Attributed to Richard Wilson, n.d.

Pencil sketch on blue-grey paper of ruins in a mountainous landscape with rocky hills, mounted in a multi-line border.

Ruins in a Mountainous Country

Attributed to Richard Wilson, n.d.

Pencil sketch of three men, one holding a dog and one kneeling beside a dog, with a faint head study at right.

Three Men with Dogs

After George Morland, n.d.

Pencil and wash drawing of a rocky grotto interior with classical statues, a stone bench, and an arched cavern ceiling.

Interior of a Grotto

Possibly Richard Wilson, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of a helmeted warrior seated on rocks, leaning on a spear in a shadowy cave setting.

Helmeted Warrior

John Hamilton Mortimer, n.d.

Pencil sketch of two men, one curly-haired and smiling, pointing at a lottery slip, with a caption below.

Joy with Tranquility

George Woodward, n.d.

Pencil sketch of two bearded male faces with curly hair and hands holding a small object, titled Veneration.

Veneration

George Woodward, n.d.

Pen and brown ink drawing of a turbaned soldier with spear and shield kneeling by a stone wall, attributed to James Durno.

A Turkish Soldier

Attributed to James Durno, n.d.

Anger

George Woodward, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a screaming man with wild hair beside a faint skull-like ghost face on pale paper.

Terror or Fright

George Woodward, n.d.

Pen and brown wash architectural drawing of a domed lantern with cross finial, cut away to show interior structure.

Lantern of Cupola, St. Peter's, Rome

Christopher Wren, n.d.

Pen and brown wash study of a bearded man with a staff, a young woman, a kneeling figure, and angels and cherubs in clouds ab

Original Studies for Shakespeare's Tempest

John Massey Wright, 1824/29

Pen and grey wash drawing of a turreted castle with a central gatehouse, stepped gables, and bare trees.

Gemert Castle

Valentin Klotz, 1675

Half-Length Portrait of George Michael Moser

Attributed to George Dance, II, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of an old man and a kneeling woman leaning over a basket beside a bowl and wicker container.

Peasant Couple Looking in a Basket

After Jacopo Bassano, n.d.

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of a standing young woman in a long skirt, head turned to the left, on tan paper.

Girl

Attributed to William Mulready, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a goat standing with head turned back, set among rocks, shrubs and a bare tree in a landscape.

Goat

Attributed Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of a large twisting tree with two men with a walking stick at left and misty trees behind.

Landscape with Two Male Figures

After Gilbert Stuart Newton, n.d.