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Art Institute of Chicago

13,165 works

Hand-colored etching of two women with a basket beside a fence, a third figure behind the railing, and trees in the backgroun

Beggar Women

Camille Pissarro, c. 1894, printed 1930

Brown ink and wash drawing of a standing draped female figure with curled hair and classical folds of cloth on tan paper.

Standing Draped Female Figure

Attributed to Girolamo Sellari, called Girolamo da Carpi, c. 1550

Pen and ink drawing of the seated Virgin and Child with kneeling saints and a standing young figure with a staff.

Seated Virgin and Child with Bishop Saint and Monastic Saint, and Saint John the Baptist

After Bernardino Campi, n.d.

Blue wash drawing of Perseus on a winged horse Pegasus, holding a sword and Medusa's head.

Perseus Holding the Head of Medusa, with Pegasus in the Background

After Paolo Farinati, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a standing man in a long coat with hands in pockets, shaded background, on pale paper.

Study for Portrait of Thomas Way

James McNeill Whistler, 1896

Lithograph of a corner building with balcony and street figures, drawn in soft black crayon on cream paper.

The Manager's Window, Gaiety Theatre

James McNeill Whistler, 1896

Loose monochrome sketch of a seated woman with folded hands in a long dress, against a cream paper background.

Portrait Study: Mrs. Philip

James McNeill Whistler, 1896

Sketch of a standing man in a dark suit and bow tie holding a hat and cane, drawn in loose grey hatching on paper.

Portrait Study: Mr. Herbert C. Pollitt

James McNeill Whistler, 1896

Grey lithograph of a river bridge, city tower and trees, with two figures on a stone embankment in the foreground.

Savoy Pigeons

James McNeill Whistler, 1896

Lithograph of a woman lying in bed beside an open window with a balcony overlooking a distant city skyline.

By the Balcony

James McNeill Whistler, 1896

Loose lithograph sketch of a tall church tower with spire, bare trees and small figures near the base.

St. Anne's, Soho

James McNeill Whistler, 1896

Loose lithograph sketch of a bearded man in a dark coat, head turned, one hand raised near his chest.

Sketch of William E. Henley

James McNeill Whistler, 1896

Loose black crayon-like sketch of a standing man in a long coat and hat against a dark shadowed background.

Count Robert de Montesquiou, No. 2

James McNeill Whistler, 1894

Pen sketch of a draped standing figure with bowed head and loose robe, on pale paper.

Draped Figure, Standing

James McNeill Whistler, 1891

Pen and watercolor landscape of a large tree over a path, with buildings and a tower on a hill in the distance.

Tivoli, Showing Rome in the Distance

Francis Towne, c. 1781

Hand-colored Japanese woodblock print of a bearded rider in a yellow fan headdress on a red horse, with a child.

The “Chinese” Quartermaster

Komatsuya Hyakki, 1765

Engraving of a workshop with artists at easels and a man holding a lamp, above diagrams of copperplate engraving tools.

Copperplate Engraving, from Encyclopédie

A. J. Defehrt, 1762/77

Engraved encyclopedia plate showing etching tools, a bench, a heating lamp, and a landscape sample with figures.

Etching: Biting the Plate, from Encyclopédie

A. J. Defehrt, 1762/77

Engraved technical plate showing views of an etching machine with gears, levers, a cylinder, and a plate bed.

Etching, "Balotter" Machine, from Encyclopédie

Robert Bénard, 1762/77

Engraved plate showing numbered mezzotint tools, grid diagrams, and a shaded sphere study.

Mezzotint, from Encyclopédie

A. J. Defehrt, 1762/77

Encyclopédie plate of engraving tools, stippled and hatched texture samples, and two ear studies in crayon manner.

Crayon-Manner Engraving, from Encyclopédie

A. J. Defehrt, 1762/77

Engraved plate of a wood engraving workshop with workers above and numbered diagrams of engraving tools below.

Wood Engraving, Tools, from Encyclopédie

A. J. Defehrt, 1762/77

Engraved plate of numbered wood-engraving diagrams and ornamental blocks, with an obelisk scene at lower right.

Elements of Wood Engraving, from Encyclopédie

A. J. Defehrt, 1762/77

Engraved plate showing a gem engraver at a workbench, a lathe in the room, and two technical diagrams below.

Gem Engraving, from Encyclopédie

Benoît-Louis Prévost, 1762/77

Engraved plate of seven numbered gem engraving tools and devices, including lathes, clamps, a handle and a spindle.

Gem Engraving, from Encyclopédie

A. J. Defehrt, 1762/77

Engraved plate of seal engraving tools and a workshop scene with two craftsmen in an interior.

Seal Engraving, from Encyclopédie

Benoît-Louis Prévost, 1762/77

Engraved plate of seal engraving tools including files, gravers, blocks, tweezers and a burnisher, labeled Gravure en Cachet.

Seal Engraving, from Encyclopédie

A. J. Defehrt, 1762/77

Engraved plate of a medal engraver's workshop above labeled diagrams of medal-making tools and molds.

Medal Engraving, from Encyclopédie

Benoît-Louis Prévost, 1762/77

Medal Engraving, from Encyclopédie

A. J. Defehrt, 1762/77

Engraved page with three topographic town maps above, engraved tools and devices in the middle, and musical notation staves b

Topographic, Geographic and Music Engraving, from Encyclopédie

A. J. Defehrt, 1762/77