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Art Institute of Chicago

238 works

Lithograph of a man struggling with a large eagle beside a stone tower, with ruins and smoke in the background.

The Hunters of Eagles' Nests

Gustave Doré, 1857

Pen and ink study on grey paper of a seated curly-haired boy with sheep, goats and a dog, after an antique relief.

Study after antique Bas-Relief with Seated Boy Holding Falcon and Accompanied by Dog, Sheep, and Goats

John Downman, 1774

Daumier lithograph: a portly man in a top hat and a boy watch a duck fall from the sky while a hunter aims in the distance.

Mr. Prudhomme: “There you are again, my son... another innocent victim of the murderous lead.... poor little duck...…

Honoré Daumier, 1858

Pen and brown wash drawing of two horsemen with a falcon and hunting dogs beneath trees and clouds.

Falcon Hunt

Possibly after Bernard van Orley, n.d.

Woodblock print of a grosbeak perched on a branch beside pink marvel of Peru flowers and blue-green leaves.

Japanese Grosbeak and Marvel of Peru (Ikaru, oshiroi no hana), from an untitled series of flowers and birds

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1834

Woodblock print of a yellow-brown bird perched on a dark branch with blue-green wisteria leaves and vertical calligraphy.

Bird on silky wisteria

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1830s-1840s

Pen and wash drawing of a pastoral landscape with seated couples and a nude man hunting under billowing clouds and trees.

Pastoral Scene: Men Hunting Birds, Couples Seated on Ground

Possibly after Bernard van Orley, n.d.

Woodblock print of three women and a child with a parasol walking past a tree in a rural landscape with fields.

Parrot Komachi, from the series The Fashionable Seven Komachi (Furyu nana Komachi)

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1788

Japanese woodblock print of two birds on autumn maple branches, one black and white, one rust-red, with calligraphy.

Two birds on maple branch

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1830s

Woodblock print of a woman with a yellow parasol walking in snow beneath a willow tree, wearing a white hooded robe.

The Heron Maiden

Torii Kiyotsune, 1770s

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono with a child beside a white parrot on a branch near a screen.

Parrot Komachi (Omu Komachi), from the series The Seven Fashionable Aspects of Komachi (Furyu yatsushi nana Komachi)

Suzuki Harunobu

Woodblock print of two swallows flying near hanging wisteria blossoms, with a yellow bird perched on a branch above.

Swallow, yellow bird, and wisteria

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1830s-1840s

Etching of a marsh with reeds, a group of ducks on the water, and birds flying over an open horizon.

Marsh with Ducks

Charles-François Daubigny, 1862

Four evangelists in painted niches framed by a gold border of flowers, birds, and insects, with a papal coat of arms below.

The Four Evangelists, within a Border of Flowers, Birds, and Insects

Circle of Giulio Clovio, 1572

Japanese woodblock print of a small bird on a branch beneath hanging blue wisteria blossoms and green leaves.

Bird and wisteria

Utagawa Hiroshige, n.d.

Pencil sketches of two birds on tan paper with handwritten notes in the margins.

Sketches of Birds

Henry Stacy Marks, c. 1888

Etching of a central dragonfly surrounded by butterflies, moths, ladybirds and flies arranged on a pale background.

A Dragonfly, Ladybirds, and Butterflies, from Diversae Insectorum...Figurae

Wenceslaus Hollar, after 1646

Woodblock print of a blue bird perched on a branch beside red maple leaves, with Japanese calligraphy.

Blue bird on maple branch

Utagawa Hiroshige, n.d.

Lithograph of two figures on a riverbank beside a mooring post, watching a drifting boat on the water.

“- Our boat let go the anchor and has drifted away.... we're stuck on this lonely island like Robinson Crusoe... and…

Honoré Daumier, 1843

Lace Valentine card with two children embracing beside a swan, dark birds, and painted pink and blue flowers.

Untitled Valentine (Children, Swans, and Butterflies)

John Windsor, 1860/69

Woodblock print of a songbird perched on a maple branch with autumn leaves against a blue gradient sky.

Bird on maple branch

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1830s-1840s

Woodblock print of a long-tailed bird above pink peach blossoms on a branch, with calligraphy and a red seal.

Long-tailed bird and peach blossoms

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1830s

Victorian lace paper Valentine with gold ribbon bow, religious figure, flaming red heart and painted flower garland.

Untitled Valentine (Antique Figures and Birds)

John Windsor, c. 1860

Woodblock print of three trout in a stream, a dark duck and green bush clover with red blossoms on the right.

Trouts, duck, and bush clover

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1840

Woodblock print of two mandarin ducks with falling leaves, with Japanese calligraphy and a red seal at upper left.

Mandarin ducks crossing icy pond amid falling leaves

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1830s

Woodblock print of a mandarin duck with a crested head on a snowy reed bank above blue water, with calligraphy at top.

A Mandarin Duck on a Snowy Bank

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1830s

Woodblock print of a yellow bird in flight beside pink begonia blossoms and green leaves on a blue background.

Yellow bird and begonia

Utagawa Hiroshige, n.d.

Woodblock-style print of red-crowned cranes standing on a grassy bank and flying across a pale sky, with reeds at left.

Herons Among Grasses

Utagawa Hiroshige, 19th century