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Art Institute of Chicago

24,211 works

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a floral kimono holding a fan and sword before a lattice railing and hanging banner.

The Actor Ichikawa Benzo I as Shuntokumaru

Torii Kiyotsune, c. 1767

Woodblock print of a courtesan in a green patterned kimono with four attendants beneath paper lanterns and maple branches.

The Courtesan Hanaogi of the Ogiya, with Child Attendants Yoshino and Tatsuta

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1793

Woodblock print of two women in an interior, one winding thread, with sailing ships seen through a window.

Returning Sails of the Bamboo Knives (Takenaga no kihan), from the series ”Eight Views of Maids' Utensils (Jochu tedo…

Attributed to Kitao Masanobu, late 18th century

Japanese woodblock print of two women with elaborate hairstyles behind a mosquito net, with red cloth hanging above.

Mosquito Net, from the series Model Young Women in Mist (Kasumi-ori musume hinagata) (Kaya)

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1794/95

Etching of a lone tower on a hill under stars, a crescent moon, shepherds resting with sheep, and a windblown tree.

The Lonely Tower

Samuel Palmer, 1880

Etching of a crowded river harbour with masted ships, steamboats, quayside figures and a smoky city skyline under an overcast

Newcastle on the Tyne

Robert Goff, 1894

Etching of people with umbrellas walking on a wooden jetty under a stormy sky with birds and a flagpole.

A Jetty in England

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, 1879

Engraving of fishermen in boats hauling a net that traps a large sea monster amid rough waves.

Fishermen Catching a Sea Monster

Adamo Scultori, 1560/70

Lithograph of a man dozing on a sofa beside a woman resting her chin on her hand, with bookshelves behind them.

Husbands Always Make Me Laugh: Ninie, I've just had an idea

Paul Gavarni, 1853

Woodblock print of villagers carrying loads and cloth across a river toward thatched houses, with a red-tinged mountain and d

Empress Jito (Jito Tenno) from the series "One Hundred Poems as Explained by the Wet Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga eto…

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1835

Japanese woodblock triptych of women in kimono in a long pleasure-quarter parlor with lanterns and tatami floors.

The parlor of a brothel in the pleasure quarters

Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1789/1801

Cutaway woodblock print of a two-storey Japanese house with figures in rooms, a brazier, and samurai in the foreground.

The Brazier of Elegance and the Bell of Damnation (Fuga hibachi muken no kane)

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1739/40

Lithograph of two men in 19th-century dress in conversation, with the French caption Les maris me font toujours rire below.

Husbands Always Make Me Laugh: Really my son-in-law

Paul Gavarni, 1853

Pen and wash drawing of a couple, grooms with horses and hounds descending a staircase beside a statue and urns.

Departing for the Hunt

Attributed to Jan Verkolje, I, n.d.

Lithograph of an elderly man in a nightcap and cloak, head bowed, beside a table with a wine glass before a curtain.

Husbands Always Make Me Laugh: Some say marriage settles a man

Paul Gavarni, 1853

Engraving of Christ collapsed under a cross on the road to Calvary, pulled by a soldier, with a crowd and spears behind.

The Road to Calvary

Master of the Housebook, 1475/80

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a fur hat with a feather plume and fur-trimmed cloak, with Latin inscription.

Georg III Thurzo of Bethlendorf

Aegidius Sadeler, 1607

Lithograph of two women in ruffled period dress beside an ornate carved cabinet, with cursive caption below.

Husbands Always Make Me Laugh: My husband's latest passion

Paul Gavarni, 1853

Monochrome print of two seated men in dark coats and hats, one wearing a top hat, rendered in loose inky strokes.

The Two Connoisseurs

Edgar Degas, c. 1880

Etching of a woman holding a wrapped bouquet while a man in a top hat stands facing her in an interior.

The Bouquet

Jean-Louis Forain, c. 1876

Etching of three lumberjacks hauling a rope beside a tree while others crouch by cut logs near a stream.

The LumberJacks, second plate

Alphonse Legros, c. 1877

The Toff with a Bouquet

Jean-Louis Forain, c. 1876

Engraved portrait of a standing clergyman in robes with a cross, holding a cap and book, in an oval frame.

J-B. Bosseut: Standing

Jean-Baptiste de Grateloup, n.d.

Colour print of a royal family on a steamship deck watching a busy harbour with sailing ships and boats.

Her Majesty, H.R.H. Prince Albert, and Family Leaving Kingston Harbour, Ireland

George Baxter, 1850

Etching of a couple waltzing in a dark ballroom with a glowing chandelier and onlookers at the left edge.

The Waltz

Anders Zorn, 1891

Lithograph of a caricatured man in a long coat leaning on a wall marked 'ministres', with an exaggerated nose.

Mr. Joliv...., plate 346 from Célébrités de la Caricature

Honoré Daumier, 1833

Etching of three stone bridges over a river with boats, a church spire and factory chimneys in the city skyline.

Albert, Railway, and Victoria Bridges, plate six from the Clyde Set

David Young Cameron, 1889

Engraving of a woman with children and dogs by a fireplace, in an oval frame with chestnut garland and the caption L'Educatio

L'Education fait tout (Education is Everything)

Nicolas Delaunay, 1791

Engraving of a seated man handing a letter to a young woman in a fashionable interior, with an older woman behind her.

L'Innocence en danger (Innocence in Danger)

Jean Gabriel Caquet, c. 1785

Lithograph of a man in a top hat leading three horses across a shadowed ground, one horse with dark patches.

Horses Being Led to the Skinner

Théodore Géricault, 1823