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Art Institute of Chicago

5,127 works

Pen and ink sketch of a large tree by a river with figures fishing from boats and a rowboat on the shore.

Fishing Spot

Rodolphe Bresdin, 1839

Pen and ink drawing of a rocky mountain pass with a group of small figures, apparently troops, gathered at the base of the cl

Troops in the Pass

Rodolphe Bresdin, n.d.

Pen and ink sketch sheet with a town on a hill, robed figures walking, and many small inverted figure studies.

Sheet of Sketches: The Life of Christ

Rodolphe Bresdin, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of a Gothic church tower and gabled houses along a canal, with rowboats in the foreground.

Maritime Village

Rodolphe Bresdin, n.d.

Pen and ink sketch of a riverside town with an arched bridge below steep, hatched mountain cliffs on tan paper.

The Great Bridges

Rodolphe Bresdin, n.d.

Pen and ink sketch of a harbor shore with a sailing ship, gabled houses, a church tower, and a standing figure.

The Shore

Rodolphe Bresdin, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of armed smugglers with bundles among rocky cliffs, signed Rodolphe Bresdin, 1858.

The Smugglers

Rodolphe Bresdin, 1858

Pen and ink drawing of a narrow rocky gorge with steep cliffs on both sides and a rough path below.

Steam in a Gorge

Rodolphe Bresdin, n.d.

Oval red chalk drawing of Roman ruins with ivy-covered arches and a seated artist sketching in the foreground.

An Artist Seated in the Ruins of the Colosseum

Hubert Robert, c. 1759

Pen and watercolor drawing of cottages, a bent figure working in a field, cypress trees and a blue streaked sky.

Cottages with a Woman Working in the Middle Ground

Vincent van Gogh, 1890

Ink and wash drawing of a dead man on a bed with mourning women and children gathered around him.

Women and Children Mourning a Dead Man

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, 1778

Watercolor of a river valley with a walled city, rooftops, a fortified tower, and figures on a hillside path under clouds.

View of Avignon (from Villeneuve les Avignon)

Paul Huet, 1823/69

Pastel watercolor of Notre Dame cathedral across the Seine with barges and a bridge in the foreground.

Notre Dame

Paul Signac, 1910

Pencil sketch of a bearded man in a collar, with three small figure studies drawn below on the same sheet.

Self-Portrait with Three Sketches

George Cruikshank, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a man seated at a table bent over work, with a handwritten inscription beneath it.

George Cruikshank Making an Etching

Isaac Robert Cruikshank, n.d.

Sheet of Sketches with Self-Portrait

George Cruikshank, n.d.

Two Self-Portraits in Profile

George Cruikshank, n.d.

Self-Portrait in Profile

George Cruikshank, n.d.

Watercolor sketch of people fleeing a burning building, with flames, smoke, a cat on the roof, and a crowd below.

People Fleeing a Burning Building

George Cruikshank, n.d.

Pen and brown ink sketch of a balding man with side whiskers in a high collar, bust-length, facing left.

Self-Portrait

George Cruikshank, n.d.

Watercolor of two little girls in fur-trimmed winter coats and bonnets, one in blue and one in cream, on a tan mount.

Two Little Girls in Fur-Trimmed Coats

Kate Greenaway, 1900

Watercolor of a woman in a flower garland leaning at a lattice window framed by roses and vines.

Woman at Lattice Window

Kate Greenaway, n.d.

Watercolor of a seated girl in a blue-dotted dress beside primroses, framed by bare branches and distant hills.

Seated Girl with Primroses

Kate Greenaway, 1886

Watercolor of a woman with a broom and a little girl beside a basket under a tree with autumn leaves.

Woman with Broom and Little Girl

Kate Greenaway, n.d.

Pen drawing of two women with climbing roses framing the name Hannah Jane Locker Lampson and the date 1898.

Hannah Jane Locker Lampson

Kate Greenaway, 1898

Watercolor of a girl leaning by an apple tree while a boy in a straw hat picks apples into a bucket.

Girl and Boy Picking Apples

Kate Greenaway, n.d.

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a woman with a laundry basket holding hands with a small child in a bonnet.

Woman with Child

Kate Greenaway, n.d.

Pen drawing of children in bonnets playing near a cottage and apple tree, with a cat and a central verse by Austin Dobson.

Study for Home-Beauty

Kate Greenaway, c. 1883

Watercolor study of two girls in bonnets on steps and in a doorway, with daffodils and handwritten verse on the page.

Study for From Wonder World, from Marigold Garden

Kate Greenaway, 1885

Young Girl with Blue Ribbons

Kate Greenaway, n.d.