title: Fishermen Drying Nets before Castle

medium: Charcoal and stumping with brush and black ink on ivory wove paper


title: Scarborough Castle

creator: Elizabeth Murray

medium: Watercolor over traces of graphite on ivory wove paper

country: England

subjects: Watercolor England

source: Art Institute of Chicago

source_id: aic

rights: Public Domain / CC0

rights_statement: Public Domain — CC0 via the Art Institute of Chicago Open Access programme.

credit_line: The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection


title: Victoria Castle and the Val of Shanganagh, Dún Laoghaire


title: Portrait of Woman Reading

medium: Watercolor over traces of graphite on cream wove paper

subjects: Watercolor England Portraits


title: Youth Leaning on Chair

medium: Brush and watercolor over graphite on cream wove paper


title: Interior of Conway Castle


title: Gateway, Beauman's Castle


title: Beauman's Castle


title: Freddy Seymour, Kilkenny

medium: Graphite on ivory wove paper

subjects: Graphite England


title: Portrait of a Man

medium: Graphite with colored pencil and traces of white gouache on brown wove paper

subjects:
Colored pencil
England
Portraits


title: Fishing Boats Near Greves

medium: Brush and brown wash on cream wove paper

subjects:
Ink or chalk wash
England


title: Profile of Man with Glasses Reading

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper


title: Loading Boat in Port

medium: Brush and brown ink and wash, over graphite, on cream wove paper


title: Dalkey Island

date: September 1843

medium: Brush and brown wash highlighted with white gouache, over graphite, on tan wove paper


title: Girl with Toy Horse at Langham House

medium: Graphite on blue wove paper


title: Winchelsea Church

medium: Brush and brown ink and wash, over traces of graphite, on ivory wove paper


title: Venetian View

medium: Brush and brown ink and wash, over traces of  graphite on cream wove paper

subjects:
Pen and ink drawing
England


title: Woman Watercoloring (possibly a Self Portrait)

medium: Graphite on gray wove paper

subjects: Graphite England Portraits


title: Two Seated Baby Girls (recto), a Still Life, and Two Animals (verso)

medium: Graphite on folded cream wove paper


title: Young Woman Painting (possibly a Self Portrait)


title: Young Girl Reading


title: Two Girls at Gate

medium: Black chalk on gray wove paper

subjects: Chalk England


title: Portrait of Woman


title: Snow Storm, Scarbro'

date: November 29, 1846

medium: Brush and brown and gray wash, heightened with white gouache, on gray wove paper


title: Young Girl Pouring Tea and Profile Sketch (recto), and Sketch of Italian City Street (verso)

medium: Graphite and red chalk with traces of white chalk (recto), and graphite (verso), on gray wove paper


title: From the Strand to Kilkenny

date: November 1843


title: On the way from Val' Oscuro to Nice


title: Val of Shanganagh, Dún Laoghaire, with Boats

medium: Brush and brown wash over graphite on cream wove paper


title: Rustic Street Scene

medium: Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, heightened with white gouache, over traces of graphite on brown wove paper


title: Landscape with Windmill

date: September 1850

medium: Charcoal and stumping and scraping with brush and black ink on ivory wove paper tipped onto board

subjects: Charcoal England Landscapes


title: Profile of Youth with Curly Hair

medium: Black and white chalk on brown wove paper


title: Angel Seated by Tomb

medium: Black chalk and brush and gray wash, over graphite, on cream wove paper


title: Left Forearm and Hand

medium: Black chalk on ivory wove paper


title: Study for Female Portrait

medium: Watercolor over graphite on cream wove paper


title: Caernarvon Castle


title: View of Harbor with Four Sailboats


title: Six Cows Grazing before Country House


title: Studies for Portraits of Two Young Girls


title: Cows before Manor House and Church


title: Study for Portrait of Boy with Book


title: Portrait of Young Girl with Hat and Crop


title: Young Woman at Writing Desk


title: Portrait of Young Girl with Shoulderless Gown

medium: Watercolor on graphite on cream wove paper, laid down on cream wove paper


title: Young Woman Inspired While Reading

medium: Black and red chalk on gray wove paper


title: View of Dalkey from the Road

medium: Watercolor with traces of white gouache over graphite on gray wove paper


title: Burying Place, Finlarig

date: October 1836

medium: Pen and brown ink, and brush and gray and brown wash, heightened with white gouache, on blue wove paper


title: Powerscourt Waterfall

date: August 1843

medium: Watercolor and white gouache over graphite on gray wove paper


title: Washerwoman at Nice

date: February 1842


title: Kilkenny Village from the Rocks


title: Val of Shanganagh, Killiney


title: Albenga on the Corniche (Costal) Road

date: November 6, 1841


title: Victoria Castle

medium: Watercolor over graphite on green-gray wove paper


title: View Inchkeith and the Firth of Forth Islands from Granton

date: September 1844

medium: Watercolor and white gouache over traces of graphite on gray wove paper


title: Child Praying

medium: Watercolor over traces of graphite on cream wove paper


title: Hugh Sleeping

medium: Watercolor with traces of white gouache over graphite on brown wove paper


title: Portrait of a Young Girl


title: View of Wicklow Hills


title: Portrait of Peasant Woman

date: October 1840


title: Genoa from the Croce di Malta


title: Terrace at Wentworth Castle

date: November 1848


title: Portofino from the Sea, Genoa

date: October 1841


title: Brick Wall with Open Door and Shovel


title: Majolica, Lake Como

date: September 1841


title: Portrait of Florence Seymour

medium: Watercolor over graphite on brown wove paper


title: From Barnard's Book on Coloring

medium: Watercolor on cream wove paper, tipped onto cream wove paper


title: Young Girl with Crop and Cricket Bat


title: Portrait Head of a Young Girl


title: Portrait of Selina (Quin) Markham

medium: Black chalk with colored fabricated chalk, and traces of white gouache, on gray wove paper

subjects: Chalk England Portraits


title: Bust Portrait of Child

medium: Watercolor over graphite on cream board


title: Child Asleep (recto), and Fishermen on Dock (verso)

medium: Watercolor over graphite (recto), and graphite (verso), on brown-gray wove paper


title: Hugh and Florence, Ashford

medium: Watercolor over graphite on brown-gray wove paper


title: On the Rhine (recto), and Mother and Child (verso)

medium: Brush and brown and gray wash, heightened with white gouache, over graphite (recto), and graphite (verso), on blue wove paper


title: Country Manor House

medium: Watercolor over graphite on cream wove card


title: Lady Georgina Murray

medium: Watercolor with traces of white gouache and varnish, over traces of graphite, on cream board


title: Brandy Saucepan

creator: Hester Bateman

medium: Silver and wood

subjects: Silver England

credit_line: Given in memory of Alice Kimpton Berg


title: The Pleasures of the Ball

creator: Gérard Scotin (French, 1698-after 1755)

medium: Etching in black on ivory laid paper

country: France

subjects: Etching France

credit_line: The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Fund


title: The Assault of the Shoe

creator: Henri Charles Guérard

medium: Etching, with open bite, in light red and black on cream laid paper

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Anne Searle Bent


title: The Assault of the Shoe

medium: Etching, with open bite, in black on cream wove paper


title: The Assault of the Shoe

medium: Etching, with open bite, in light red on cream wove paper


title: The Invention of Oil Painting, from Nova Reperta

creator: Theodoor Galle (Flemish, 1571-1633)

medium: Engraving, with plate tone, in black on cream laid paper

country: Flanders

subjects: Engraving Flander


title: Woman with a Parasol (Mrs. Friedrich Christian Glume, Sister-in-Law of the Artist)

creator: Johann Gottlieb Glume

medium: Etching in black on cream laid paper

country: Germany

subjects: Etching Germany


title: The Invention of Copper Engraving, from Nova Reperta

creator: Theodor Galle (Flemish, 1571-1633)

medium: Engraving in black on ivory laid paper


title: Joseph Greeting his Brothers

creator: Pier Francesco Mola

medium: Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over red chalk, on buff laid paper, laid down on cream wove card

country: Italy

subjects:
Pen and ink drawing
Italy


title: Cover page, from Cahier de six eaux-fortes, vues de Hollande

creator: Johan Barthold Jongkind

medium: Etching in brownish-black on gray-blue wove paper (discolored to a gray-green)

country: Netherlands

subjects: Etching Netherland

credit_line: The John H. Wren Memorial Endowment Fund; The Joseph Brooks Fair Fund; Stanley Field Fund


title: Title Page, from Cahier de six eaux-fortes, vues de Hollande

medium: Etching in brownish-black on ivory laid paper


medium: Etching in brownish black on ivory laid paper


title: The Nurse, from Cahier de six eaux-fortes, vues de Hollande


title: Houses Along the Canal, from Cahier de six eaux-fortes, vues de Hollande


title: The Canal, from Cahier de six eaux-fortes, vues de Hollande


title: The Moored Boat, from Cahier de six eaux-fortes, vues de Hollande


title: The Towpath, from Cahier de six eaux-fortes, vues de Hollande


title: Miss Cunningham Holding Her King Charles Spaniel

creator: Robert Healy

medium: Black chalk, charcoal, and gouache, with stumping, scratching, and erasing, heightened with white chalk, on ivory laid paper, laid down

country: Ireland

subjects: Chalk Ireland

credit_line: Regenstein Endowment Fund


title: The Two Sailboats, from Cahier de six eaux-fortes, vues de Hollande


title: Pair of Tea Caddies

creator: William Barnard

medium: Silver gilt

country: London

subjects: Teaware London

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hixon Glore


title: Frowning Cliff, distant view, Watkins Glen, N.Y., No. 17 from the series "On the Line of the ERIE, Railway"

creator: Charles Bierstadt

medium: Albumen print, stereo

country: United States

subjects:
Stereograph (albumen)
United state

credit_line: Kunstadter Family Foundation and Photography Collection Purchase funds


title: Along the Rocks Opposite Berry's Landing, No. 233 from the series "In and About the Dells of the Wisconsin River"

creator: Henry Hamilton Bennett

subjects:
Stereograph (albumen)
United state
Fruits


title: Skylight Cave in the Navy Yard, No. 255 from the series "In and About the Dells of the Wisconsin River"


title: Devil's Foot Ball near the Deep Fill, No. 219 from the series "In and About the Dells of the Wisconsin River"


title: Cold Water Canon-looking down from near the Jug, No. 433 from the series "In and About the Dells of the Wisconsin River"


title: Up the Channel at Steamboat Rock from a Steamer, No. 1076 from the series "In and About the Dells of the Wisconsin River"


title: Among the Crags on Bluff beyond Head of the Dells, No. 1042 from the series "In and About the Dells of the Wisconsin River"


title: A Winter's Morning. Among the Boughs., No. 298 from the series "In and About the Dells of the Wisconsin River"


title: Looking East, Down the Valley from the Doorway, No. 19 from the series "Devil's Lake and Vicinity"


title: Labyrinthine ways through the Lava ash formations, Red Mountain Crater, Arizona, No. 6 from the series "Notes of Travel"

creator: Underwood & Underwood

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Leigh B. Block


title: Yosemite Falls, Yosemite Valley, California, from the series "American Scenery"

creator: Artist unknown

date: Late 19th century

subjects:
Stereograph (albumen)
United state
Landscapes


title: Untitled

creator: A. Braun

subjects:
Photographic process
France

credit_line: Gift of Hugh Edwards


title: Lovely Lake Louise one of nature's most perfect gems, Rocky Mts., Alberta, Canada

creator: H. C. White Company

subjects:
Stereograph (albumen)
United state
Minerals & gems


title: Basaltic Cañon, Foot of Tower Creek

creator: William Henry Jackson

credit_line: D. Wendell Fentress Memorial Fund


title: Fingal's Cave


title: Oakland Wharf, from Powell and California Streets, San Francisco, California, from the series "Views of American Scenery"

creator: John J. Reilly

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Jack Hedrich


title: Utah Ute Indian and Lady "Courting" in N.E. Utah, from the U.S. Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado River of the West

creator: Attributed to John K. Hillers

credit_line: Charles and Ruth Levy Foundation Fund


title: View at the Bishop's Garden, Havana, No. 16 from the series "Scenes in Cuba"

creator: Anthony & Company

credit_line: Gift of Harold Allen


title: Taking Advantage of Leap Year, No. 62 from the series "Young Ideas"


title: Chipagana, From the Hills, No. 18 from the series "Darien Expedition"


title: The Mill Pond near Laurel House, No. 9046 from the series "The Glens of the Catskills"


title: The Morning Call, No. 120 from the series "Young Ideas"


title: Lucerne, from the series "Suisse"

subjects:
Stereograph (albumen)
France


title: Malvern, the Priory Church, from the Swan Pool, No. 257 from the series "Malvern Illustrated"

creator: Francis Bedford

subjects:
Stereograph (albumen)
England

credit_line: Kunstadter Family Foundation Fund


title: The Sentinels, 315 feet high, diam. 20 feet - Calaveras County, No. 1090 from the series "California -- Big Trees"

creator: John P. Soule

subjects:
Stereograph (albumen)
United state
Trees


title: Cloud's Rest, Yosemite, Cal.

creator: Kilburn Brothers


title: Mirror Lake and Mt. Watkins, No. 1248 from the series "California—Yo-Semite Valley"


title: The Rock called "Dovedale Church," In the distance

creator: W.  Woodward


title: Balmoral Castle

creator: G. W. Wilson

date: mid–19th century

country: Scotland

subjects:
Stereograph (albumen)
Scotland


title: Looking Down the Valley from Union Point, Yosemite, from the series "Watkins' Pacific Coast"

creator: Carleton E. Watkins

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by the Kunstadter Family Foundation


title: The Foot of the Vernal Fall, Yosemite, from the series "Watkins' Pacific Coast"


title: Lick Observatory, Mount Hamilton, California

creator: B. W. Kilburn

medium: Albumen silver print, stereo

credit_line: Gift of Judith Barter in memory of Frederick J. and Emily M. Barter


title: Court-house Savannah

creator: J. N. Wilson


title: The Glory of Niagara Falls, U.S.A.


title: Our Trip to the Mines, Ouray, Col, U.S.A.


title: Our Country Cousin


title: Our Captain, Our Guide over Pathless Waters


title: Don't get the clothes too blue!


title: Excavation Pompeii, Italy


title: Did any of them get away?


title: Queen Mary's Bower, Hampton Court, London, England


title: Great Canyon from Point Lookout, Yellowstone National Park


title: Full Moon


title: He don't like his Pants


title: Mirror Lake, Yosemite, California


title: Glories of Mt. Washington, Midwinter


title: In Midair 3000 feet from anywhere, Yosemite, Cal.


title: Corn Remover (Warrented), No. 3223 from the series "American and Foreign Scenery"

subjects:
Photography
United state
Landscapes


title: Bird's Eye View (South), from the series "Chicago and Vicinity"

creator: Lovejoy & Foster

medium: Toned gelatin silver print, stereo

subjects:
Photograph
United state
Birds

credit_line: Gift of Helen Harvey Mills


title: Salle des Sarcophages Egyptiens, Louvre

subjects: Photography France


title: The Six Horse Team

subjects:
Photography
United state


title: Palais de Versailles Galerie des Sculptures


title: Place de la Concorde


title: Untitled


title: Untitled

creator: Deposé


title: Vue A Monaco

creator: Artist unknown

country: Western Europe

subjects:
Photography
Western europe


title: Untitled


title: Old Stone Mill, Newport, Rhode Island

country: Rhode Island

subjects:
Photography
Rhode island


title: Salle des Gardes


title: Untitled

creator: C. H. Freeman

country: Montpelier

subjects: Photography Montpelier


title: Untitled (The Griffin Box)


title: A.T. Stewart's Retail Store & Grace Church, New York

country: New York City

subjects:
Photography
New york city


title: "Wild Hall", No. 23 from the series "Mammoth Cave Views"

creator: Chas. Waldack


title: Entrance to "Rocky Hall", No. 14 from the series "Mammoth Cave Views"


title: "Wandering Willie's Spring", No. 12 from the series "Mammoth Cave Views"


title: United States Hotel Parlor, Saratoga, N.Y., No. 82 from the series "Saratoga Springs, N. Y."

creator: Baker & Record, Photographers

country: Saratoga Springs

subjects:
Photography
Saratoga spring


title: Pavilion and United States Springs, Saratoga, N.Y., No. 16 from the series "Saratoga Springs, N. Y."


title: Congess Spring, No. 14 from the series "Saratoga Spings, N. Y."

creator: W.H. Baker


title: Geyser Spring, from the series "Saratoga Springs, N. Y."


title: Martin's Hotel, from the series "Gems of the Adirondacks"

creator: Baldwin Photo

country: New York

subjects:
Photography
New york
Minerals & gems


title: St. Regis Lake, Paul Smth's, from the series "Gems of the Adirondacks"


title: Chester Cathedral - From Walls, No. 911 from the series "Chester Illustrated"

subjects: Photography England


title: Ontario Beach, Charlotte, N.Y., from the series "Niagara Falls, New York"

creator: George Barker

country: Niagara Falls

subjects:
Photography
Niagara fall


title: Ausable Chasm - Mystic Gorge, from the series "Gems of the Adirondacks"


title: Eastern Tower of Giant's Castle, No. 223 from the series "Curiosities of Adams and Juneau Counties"

creator: Henry Hamilton Bennett

country: Wisconsin

subjects: Photography Wisconsin


title: Northern Dome of Phantom Cathedral, No. 1305 from the series "Curiosities of Adams and Juneau Counties"


title: Wonders of Rocky Rock - Hermit's Home, No. 190 from the series "Curiosities of Adams and Juneau Counties"


title: Port Hole at Coon Castle, No. 1310 from the series "Curiosities of Adams and Juneau Counties"


title: Ice formation at the Deep Fill Tunnel, No. 1100 from the series "In and About the Dells of the Wisconsin River"


title: Crooked Pillar, near Sugar Bowl, No. 285 from the series "In and About the Dells of the Wisconsin River"


title: Instantaneous View, Steamer leaving the landing, No. 1098 from the series "In and About the Dells of the Wisconsin River"


title: Stairway in the Navy Yard, No. 1040 from the series "In and About the Dells of the Wisconsin River"


title: Down stream through the Lower Jaws, No. 206 from the series "In and About the Dells of the Wisconsin River"


title: On the way to Stand Rock, No. 90 from the series "In and About the Dells of the Wisconsin River"


title: Looking out from the Navy Yard, No. 1053 from the series "In and About the Dells of the Wisconsin River"


title: At the mouth of Chapel Gorge. Foot of the Narrows, No. 159 from the series "In and About the Dells of the Wisconsin River"


title: Looking out of cave in Lone Rock, No. 1125 from the series "In and About the Dells of the Wisconsin River"


title: Cold Water Canon, towards the Jug from above, No. 1026 from the series "In and About the Dells of the Wisconsin River"


title: Skylight Cave, in the Navy Yard, No. 1095 from the series "In and About the Dells of the Wisconsin River"


title: Looking out from Black Hawk's Cave, No. 1121 from the series "In and About the Dells of the Wisconsin River"


title: Cave of the Dark Waters - Reflection Arch, No. 210 from the series "In and About the Dells of the Wisconsin River"


title: Eaton Grotto, at the head of Circle Bend, No. 1001 from the series "In and About the Dells of the Wisconsin River"


title: Looking out of Bass Cove, No. 238 from the series "In and About the Dells of the Wisconsin River"


title: Up the river from behind Steamboat Rock, No. 119 from the series "In and About the Dells of the Wisconsin River"


title: Sacrifice Stone in Wonder Notch, No. 1213 from the series "Devil's Lake and Vicinity"


title: Down the Lake from Sandy Beach, No. 44 from the series "Devil's Lake and Vicinity"


title: Cave of the Dark Waters - Lighted Column, No. 1013 from the series "In and About the Dells of the Wisconsin River"


title: Black Monument, on West Mountain, No. 61 from the series "Devil's Lake and Vicinity"


title: Lone Rock - from below, No. 1006 from the series "In and About the Dells of the Wisconsin River"


title: Up the River from opposite Leland's Point, No. 1072 from the series "In and About the Dells of the Wisconsin River"


title: Giants Hand in the Navy Yard, No. 1099 from the series "In and About the Dells of the Wisconsin River"


title: Fountain Cave near St. Paul, looking in, , No. 1507 from the series "Among the Bluff Scenery of the Upper Mississippi"

subjects: Photography Wisconsin Landscapes


title: Down the river from the Bluff at Reed's Landing, No. 1528 from the series "Among the Bluff Scenery of the Upper Mississippi"


title: Confederate Gen. Braxton's Bragg's Headquarters, No. 1753 from the series "Kansas City Panorama. Battle Missionary Ridge"


title: Historical Sycamore Tree, Orchard Knob in the distance, No. 1750 from the series "Kansas City Panorama. Battle Missionary Ridge"

subjects: Photography Wisconsin Trees


title: From Dome of Exposition Building, looking South, No. 911 from the series "Milwaukee and Vicinity"


title: Capture of the Gun, Lady Breckinridge, No. 1754 from the series "Kansas City Panorama. Battle Missionary Ridge"


title: Loaded down with snow, No. 325 from the series "Wayside Gems"

subjects:
Photography
Wisconsin
Minerals & gems


title: Old Abe - the Wisconsin War Eagle, No. 304 from the series "Wayside Gems"


title: Among the Pines on a Frosty Morning, No. 283 from the series "Wayside Gems"


title: Glasgow Cathedral - The Knave

creator: Archibald Burns

country: Edinburgh

subjects: Photography Edinburgh


title: Ise'fraid my Dollie will be drowned, No. 427 from the series "Wayside Gems"


title: Saddle Rock


title: Beside the River, No. 24 from the series "Stereoscopic Views of American and Foreign Scenery"

creator: Whiting Bros.

subjects:
Photography
New york city
Landscapes


title: Edinburgh Castle


title: Fall Creek, Ithaca, N.Y. Front Entrance to Tunnel

creator: J. C. Burritt

country: Ithaca

subjects: Photography Ithaca


title: "Awful Told, but Lots of Fun"

creator: Keystone View Company

country: Saint Louis

subjects:
Photography
Saint loui


title: The Colossal Bronze Equestrian Statue of Gen. Andrew Jackson

creator: J. F. Jarvis

country: District of Columbia

subjects:
Photography
District of columbia


title: "Oh! Sweetly We'll Rest Our Weary Oars"


title: View from the Agricultural Grounds, Washington, D.C.

creator: Kilburn Brothers

country: New Hampshire

subjects:
Photography
New hampshire


title: Franconia Notch from Echo Lake


title: Tip-Top House and Frost Work. Mt. Washington

creator: B. W. Kilburn


title: View from T Wharf, Boston, Mass


title: Untitled

creator: W.W. Culver

date: Mid 19th century

country: Lebanon

subjects: Photography Lebanon


title: Washington Monument and State Capitol,  No. 1311 from the series "Views of Richmond and Vicinity, and Mountain Scenery of Virginia and West Va."

country: Richmond

subjects: Photography Richmond Landscapes


title: Eagle Lake, Mt. Desert, Me.

creator: B. Bradley

country: Bar Harbor

subjects:
Photography
Bar harbor


title: Shady Gorge, No. 1071 from the series "Gems of Ausable Chasm, N. Y."

creator: R. M. McIntosh

country: Vermont

subjects:
Photography
Vermont
Minerals & gems


title: Lake George, from the series "Gems of American Scenery"

creator: J. J. Little & Co.

country: Bridgeport

subjects:
Photography
Bridgeport
Landscapes
Minerals & gems


title: Untitled

creator: S.D. Quint

country: Manchester

subjects: Photography Manchester


title: Fort William Henry Hotel, from East, Lake George, N.Y, No. 176 from the series "Glen Falls, N. Y."

creator: A. Orr & Son

country: Glens Falls

subjects:
Photography
Glen fall


title: Court House, Genese St., from the series "Views of Auburn, N. Y. and Vicinity"

creator: Trowbridge & Jennings

country: Auburn

subjects: Photography Auburn


title: Untitled

creator: Irving Saunders

subjects:
Photography
New york


title: Untitled

creator: Wright & Hartwell

country: Lafayette

subjects: Photography Lafayette


title: Counselors of C.L.S.C. at Bronze Gate, from the series "Studies, Portraits and Groups"

creator: L.E. Walker

country: New York

subjects:
Photography
New york
Portraits


title: Untitled

creator: Frank Lawrence

country: Worcester

subjects: Photography Worcester


title: The Charleston Hotel

creator: S.T. Souder

date: late 19th century

country: Charleston

subjects: Photography Charleston


title: The Mall, No. 215 from the series "New York City & Vicinity"

creator: J.W. & J.S. Moulton

country: Salem

subjects: Photography Salem


title: The Flume Above the Boulder

creator: F. G. Weller

date: mid 19th century


title: Masonic Temple, Boston, Mass., No. 624 from the series "Boston and Vicinity"

creator: John P. Soule

country: Boston

subjects: Architecture Photography Boston


title: Cathedral Woods, North Conway, N.H.

creator: N.W. Pease


title: Fairmount Park Scenery, Philadelphia, Pa., from the series "Gems of American Scenery"

subjects:
Photography
Salem
Landscapes
Minerals & gems


title: Charles Sumner, from the series "Skeleton Leaves"

country: United States

subjects:
Photography
United state
Skeletons & bones


title: George & Martha Washington, from the series "Skeleton Leaves"


title: Entrance to Ante-Chamber, No. 32 from the series "Imperial Gems"

creator: H. D. Udall

country: Ohio

subjects:
Photography
Ohio
Minerals & gems


title: Nourmahal Cascade, from the South, No. 8 from the series "Imperial Gems"


title: Window of Pluto's Cave, No. 30 from the series "Imperial Gems"


title: Ante-Chamber, Looking East, No. 31 from the series "Imperial Gems"


title: Coffin Rock, No. 19 from the series "Imperial Gems"


title: Turtle Rock, No. 23 from the series "Imperial Gems"


title: Cupid's Gateway, No. 14 from the series "Imperial Gems"


title: Entrance to Natural Bridge, No. 16 from the series "Imperial Gems"


title: "Kiss me Quick" and "Kiss me Softly.", No. 18 from the series "Imperial Gems"


title: Ticonderoga - Lower Falls, North Side, No. 654 from the series "Crystal"

creator: Seneca Ray Stoddard

subjects:
Photography
Glen fall
Minerals & gems


title: Furnace Rock, No. 3 from the series "Imperial Gems"


title: Plazza from South end Rogen. Rock Hotel, IL Geo. , No. 1316 from the series "Crystal"


title: The trials of the day are over

creator: Underwood & Underwood

country: New York City

subjects:
Photography
New york city


title: Cathedral Rocks from the Point, Ausable Chasm, No. 1155 from the series "Crystal"


title: Angelica's Grotto, No. 26 from the series "Mammoth Cave Views"

creator: Chas. Waldack


title: Untitled

creator: C. H. Wareham

country: Illinois

subjects: Photography Illinoi


title: Home, Sweet Home


title: "Ole Bull's Concert Room", No. 34 from the series "Mammoth Cave Views"


title: View from "Bridge of Sighs", No. 20 from the series "Mammoth Cave Views"


title: "Deserted Chamber", No. 17 from the series "Mammoth Cave Views"


title: Entrance to "Long Route", No. 16 from the series "Mammoth Cave Views"


title: "Bandit Hall", No. 30 from the series "Mammoth Cave Views"


title: "Gorin's Dome", No. 18 from the series "Mammoth Cave Views"


title: Ellen's Isle, Loch Katrine

creator: G. W. Wilson

country: Scotland

subjects: Photography Scotland


title: Untitled


title: Dining in "Great Relief", No. 28 from the series "Mammoth Cave Views"


title: Loch Katrine, looking West


title: Rothesay Pier - Island of Bute


title: Windsor Castle - The North Terrace


title: Glasgow - View on the Clyde


title: Holyrood Palace


title: Dryburgh Abbey - Tomb of Sir Walter Scott


title: Untitled (Boppard)

creator: Artist unknown

country: Rhineland Palatinate

subjects:
Photograph
Rhineland palatinate

credit_line: Gift of Robert A. Taub


title: Untitled (Wasdale)

country: Cumbria

subjects: Photograph Cumbria


title: Untitled (Miller's Dale)

country: Derbyshire

subjects: Photograph Derbyshire


title: Untitled (St. Mary's, Scilly, Hugh Town)

country: Isles of Scilly

subjects:
Photograph
Isle of scilly


title: Untitled (Pass Bridge)


title: Untitled (Esk House from Green Gable)


title: Place de la Concorde, Paris

country: Paris

subjects: Photograph Pari


title: Pair of Tea Caddies

creator: Eliza Godfrey

medium: Sterling silver

country: London

subjects: Teaware London

credit_line: Gift of Mrs Eloise W. Martin through The Antiquarian Society


title: Landscape: Beautiful Scenery Frozen in Mist

creator: Li Shizhuo

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 18th century

medium: Hanging scroll; ink on paper

country: China

subjects:
Hanging scroll
China
Landscapes

credit_line: Avery Brundage Fund


title: Prince Visiting an Ascetic during a Hunt

creator: India

medium: Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper

country: India

subjects: Painting India

credit_line: Kate S. Buckingham Endowment


title: Angel (Peri) Riding a Composite Camel

medium: Ink wash, gold, and color on paper

subjects:
Miniature painting
India

credit_line: Everett and Ann McNear Collection


title: American Steam Train Travel

creator: Utagawa Yoshikazu

medium: Center sheet of triptych

country: Japan

subjects: Print Japan

credit_line: Frederick W. and Nathalie C. Gookin Endowment


title: Memorial Portrait of the Actor Suketakaya Kodenji

creator: Utagawa Kunisada III (Kunimasa IV, Toyokuni V)

medium: Color woodblock print; oban

subjects: Print Japan Portraits

credit_line: Judson D. Metzger Collection


title: Commodore Perry

medium: Woodblock print; oban

subjects:
Woodblock print
Japan

credit_line: Japanese Print Purchase Fund


title: The Powhatan

medium: Color woodblock print; yoko-oban


title: Eight Modern Views of Famous Places in Tokyo of Great Japan (Dai Nippon Tokyo kaika meisho hakkei no zu)

creator: Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV)

medium: Color woodblock print; oban triptych

credit_line: Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Fischer and Margaret Gentles funds


title: One Person, Six Expressions (Hitori rokumenso)

creator: Kobayashi Kiyochika

credit_line: Louise Lutz Endowment


title: Kanagawa in Musashi Province: Distant View of Yokohama (Yokohama enbo), from the series Calligraphy and Pictures for the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Shoga gojusan eki)

creator: Utagawa Yoshimori

medium: Woodblock print, ink and colors on paper


title: Battle of Tippecanoe

creator: Unknown Artist

medium: Color lithograph on off-white wove paper

subjects:
Lithograph
United state

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Stanley M. Freehling


title: DeSoto's Discovery of the Mississippi River


title: Capture of El Canoy, El Paso


title: The Battle of Champion Hills


title: View of Pont au Change, the City Theatre, Pont Neuf, Conciergerie Prison, etc. taken from Pont Notre Dame, from A Selection of Twenty of the Most Picturesque Views in Paris

creator: Thomas Girtin

medium: Soft ground etching, with aquatint in brown ink on cream wove paper

country: United Kingdom

subjects:
Etching
United kingdom

credit_line: The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Endowment Fund


title: View of the City with the Louvre, etc., taken from Pont Marie, from A Selection of Twenty of the Most Picturesque Views in Paris

medium: Soft ground etching, with aquatint, printed in black and gray inks, on cream wove paper


title: Saint Thecla Praying for the End of the Plague in the City of Este

creator: Lorenzo Tiepolo (Italian, 1736-1776)

medium: Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper

country: Italy

subjects: Etching Italy


title: Almanac for L'Art

creator: Daniel Charles Marie Mordant

date: published 1883

medium: Etching, with drypoint, aquatint, and plate tone, on cream laid paper

country: France

subjects:
Print and drawing
France

credit_line: Gift of Judith Barter in memory of her parents, Frederick and Emily Barter


title: Temple of Augustus

creator: Attributed to Jean-Baptiste Le Prince

medium: Etching on ivory laid paper

subjects:
Architecture
Print and drawing
France


title: Kuks Baden, Bohemia

creator: Unknown Artist (German, 18th century)

medium: Engraving and etching (recto) and woodblock print (verso) in black on cream laid paper

country: Germany

subjects: Engraving Germany

credit_line: Bequest of Inge Maser


title: Birth of the Virgin

creator: Giuseppe Cades

medium: Pen and brown ink with pen and brown wash, over traces of graphite, heightened with white gouache (discolored), on ivory laid paper

subjects:
Pen and ink drawing
Italy


title: Seated Woman Reading

creator: Georges Lemmen

medium: Etching on tan laid paper

country: Belgium

subjects: Etching Belgium

credit_line: Helen Davis Bailey Endowment Fund; Joseph Ryerson Endowment Fund


title: Hommage des artistes à Picquart

creator: Lithographs by Pierre Émile Cornillier (French, 19th century); Lucien Perroudon (French, 19th century); Louis Anquetin (French, 1861–1932); Adolphe Ernest Gumery (French, 1861–1943)

medium: Book containing twelve lithographs on ivory laid paper and text on cream wove paper

subjects: Book France

credit_line: Stanley Field Fund


title: Plate Four, from Marriage à la Mode

creator: Simon Francis Ravenet (French, 1706-1774)

medium: Etching and engraving in black on ivory laid paper

subjects: Etching France

credit_line: Sara R. Shorey Endowed Acquisition Fund; The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Fund


title: Plate Three, from Marriage à la Mode

creator: Bernard Baron (French, 1696-c. 1766)


title: The Captive Slave

creator: Edward Finden (English, 1791-1857)

date: published 1827

medium: Engraving on cream wove paper, tipped onto brown wove paper

subjects:
Engraving
United kingdom

credit_line: Gift of Ben Elwes Fine Art


title: Still Life with a Copper Pot and Ladle

creator: François Bonvin

date: October 10, 1879

medium: Black and red chalk with traces of incising on tan laid paper, laid down on tan wove paper

credit_line: Gift of Celia and David Hilliard


title: Mess Downstream, the Auteuil Quai

creator: Henri Rousseau

medium: Pen and black ink and brush and brown wash, on cream wove paper, toned with a brown wash

credit_line: Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection


title: Woods Along a Canal

creator: Simon de Vlieger

medium: Etching on paper

country: Holland

subjects: Etching Holland

credit_line: Albert H. Wolf Fund


title: The Approach to a Village

medium: Etching on ivory paper

credit_line: John H. Wrenn Memorial Collection


title: Jug

creator: Germany, Hanau

medium: Tin-glazed earthenware (faience) and pewter

country: Hanau

subjects: Ceramic Hanau

credit_line: Gift of Robert Allerton


title: Coffee Pot

creator: Italy

date: 18th century

medium: Porcelain with pink and blue enamel decoration

subjects: Ceramic Italy


title: Fragment (Chair Seat Cover)

creator: Austria

medium: Linen and cotton; printed

country: Austria

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Austria


title: Altar Frontal

creator: Germany, Bavaria

date: 19th century

medium: Silk and metal threads, lace, sequins, rosettes, and beads, damask weave; embroidered

country: Bavaria

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Bavaria


title: Judgement of Paris

creator: Richard Woodman (English, 1784-1859)

medium: Stipple etching on cream laid paper

country: England

subjects: Etching England

credit_line: Elizabeth Hammond Stickney Collection


title: Portrait of Charles-Gaspard-Guillaume de Vintimille, Archbishop of Paris

creator: Claude Drevet (French, 1697-1781)

medium: Engraving on ivory laid paper

subjects: Engraving France Portraits

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd W. Bowers


title: Philippe de Champaigne

creator: Gérard Edelinck (French, born Flanders, 1640-1707)

medium: Engraving on cream laid paper

subjects: Engraving France

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Alfred W. Stern


title: Fragment (Border)

creator: Yazd, Iran (Persia)

date: 17th century

medium: Brocaded, twill weave

country: Iran

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Iran

credit_line: Gift of the Orientals


title: Fragment (Dress Fabric)

creator: Isfahan, Iran (Persia)

medium: Silk, brocaded fancy compound satin

credit_line: Gift of Charles A. Stevens and Brothers


title: Fragment (Border)

medium: textile


title: I'timad-ud-Daula's Tomb at Agra

creator: India

medium: Watercolor on paper watermarked J. Whatman with pencil, pen, ink and gold

subjects: Painting India

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by the Friends of Indian and Islamic Art of The Art Institute of Chicago


title: Fragment (Dress Fabric)

creator: Kashan, Iran or India

medium: Silk, twill weave


title: Glass Goblet

creator: Possibly Venice

date: c. 1550-1600, mount: 18th/19th century

medium: Glass, silver gilt, and jewels

country: Venice

subjects:
Drinking vessel
Venice
Ships & the sea

credit_line: Gift of Marilynn B. Alsdorf


title: Panel (Furnishing Fabric)

creator: Guangzhou (Canton) or Macao, China

date: Late Ming (1368–1644) or early Qing dynasty (1644–1912), 17th century

medium: Silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave self-patterned by ground wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:3 'Z' twill interlacings

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
China

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by John Maxon and John Keefe in honor of Mildred Davison


title: Self-Portrait

creator: Horace Vernet

medium: Graphite on ivory wove paper, laid down on cream wove paper

subjects: Graphite France Portraits

credit_line: The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection


title: The Wool Carder (recto); Fragmentary Sketch of Man Standing by Fence (verso)

creator: Jean François Millet

medium: Black chalk (recto) and red chalk (verso) on ivory wove paper

subjects: Chalk France

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Potter Palmer, Jr.


title: Neptune

creator: Unknown Artist (Italian, 18th century)

medium: Pen and brown ink on ivory laid paper

subjects:
Pen and ink drawing
Italy


title: Sketch of Actor Sitting

creator: John Sell Cotman

medium: Graphite on tan wove paper

subjects: Graphite England


title: Seated Male Near Female

creator: Johann Zoffany (English, 1733-1810, born Germany)

medium: Black chalk on ivory laid paper

subjects: Chalk England


title: Mountain Gorge

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper, tipped onto cream wove paper


title: Sketch of Actor Standing


title: Landscape with Two Male Figures

creator: After Gilbert Stuart Newton (English, 1794-1835)

medium: Brush with gray and green wash, on ivory wove paper

subjects:
Ink or chalk wash
England
Landscapes


title: Pattern for China Plates (Utica)

creator: George Knapton (English, 1698-1778)

medium: Pen and black ink, with brush and gray wash, on cream laid paper, laid down on ivory wove paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Pen and ink drawing
England


title: Head of Neptune

creator: James Barry (Irish, 1741-1806) or circle of

medium: Pen and brown ink with brush and gray wash and traces of graphite, on ivory laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper

country: Ireland

subjects:
Pen and ink drawing
Ireland


title: River Landscape with Roman Temple

creator: Unknown Artist

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper

subjects:
Architecture
Graphite
United kingdom
Landscapes


title: Female Head

creator: Thomas Frye (Irish, 1710-1762

medium: Black chalk heightened with white chalk, on brown wove paper, laid down on brown wove paper

subjects: Chalk Ireland


title: Three Fates (Design for Clock)

medium: Brush and gray wash, over graphite, on blue-gray laid paper

subjects:
Ink or chalk wash
United kingdom


title: River Landscape with Roman Ruins

subjects:
Graphite
United kingdom
Landscapes


title: Classical Interior Scene

medium: Pen and gray ink, with brush and gray wash and black chalk, on gray laid paper


title: Woman Three-Quarter Length with Crossed Arms

creator: Possibly after Anthony van Dyck

medium: Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, with traces of graphite, on blue wove paper, laid down on ivory laid paper

subjects:
Pen and ink drawing
United kingdom


title: Male Nude and Other Figures

creator: John Hamilton Mortimer (English, 1740-1779)

medium: Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over graphite, on ivory wove paper

subjects:
Pen and ink drawing
England


title: Sketches of Sheep and Goat

creator: Unknown Artist (United Kingdom, 18th century)

medium: Black chalk, with brush and white gouache, on cream laid paper, laid down on cream wove paper


title: Landscape with Tree, Man, and Cows

creator: Attributed to Sir George Howland Beaumont

date: August 7, 1765

medium: Graphite on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory laid card

subjects: Graphite England Landscapes Trees


title: Young Woman in Profile with Ribbon in Her Hair

medium: Black and red chalk, with blue fabricated chalk, on cream laid paper (oval)

subjects:
England
Drawing (visual works)


title: Look at This Sword, Was it to Be Resisted?, from Eleanora: from the Sorrows of Werter

creator: possibly Haggitt (British, 18th century)

medium: Pen and brown ink, over graphite, on ivory laid paper


title: Huts Near the Sea

creator: Thomas Monro

medium: Black crayon and brush, with black wash, on cream laid paper, laid down on ivory laid card

subjects: Crayon England


title: Head of a Woman

creator: Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

medium: Black chalk on tan laid paper

credit_line: The Art Institute of Chicago


title: Shepherdess Leaning Against a Tree

medium: Black chalk, with charcoal, and stumping, on ivory wove paper, laid down on ivory wove paper

subjects: Crayon France Trees

credit_line: Friends of American Art Collection


title: The Witches' Sabbath (recto); Sketches of Centaurs (verso)

creator: Auguste Rodin

medium: Gouache, with pen and black ink, over graphite (recto), and graphite (verso), on tan wove paper

subjects: Gouache France


title: Reclining Male Nude

medium: Charcoal on buff laid paper

subjects: Chalk France


title: S. Terrason

creator: Denis Auguste Marie Raffet

medium: Watercolor, over graphite, on cream wove paper

subjects: Watercolor France

credit_line: Gift of the Print and Drawing Club


title: Fisherman's Family

medium: Red chalk on ivory wove paper


title: The Devil Sowing

creator: Jean François Millet

medium: Graphite on ivory laid paper, faded to cream

subjects: Graphite France

credit_line: The Charles Deering Collection


title: The Lovers

medium: Black crayon on buff wove paper with blue fibers

subjects: Crayon France


title: Sheet of Sketches: Men, Women and Mice

medium: Watercolor and graphite, on white wove paper, tipped onto gray laid paper


title: General with Troops in Background

medium: Watercolor, heightened with lead white, over graphite, selectively varnished with gum arabic, on cream wove paper


title: Bust of a Young Girl (recto); Profile of a Young Girl (verso)

creator: Paul Adolphe Rajon

medium: Red chalk transfer (recto), and red chalk (verso), on gray wove paper


title: Bust of a Peasant Girl

medium: Red chalk, over etching, on ivory wove paper


title: Crowning of a Prince

creator: Jehan Georges Vibert

medium: Brush and brown ink and brown wash, with black pencil and graphite, heightened with touches of white gouache, on tan wove paper

subjects:
Ink or chalk wash
France


title: The Bride

creator: Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen

medium: Drawing with scraping, hand-coloring in watercolor/gouache and black ink with graphite additions on white Gillot paper (papier Gillot: a white coated paper covered with a very fine pattern of black horizontal stripes and ridges used to produce a Gillotage) laid down on ivory board

subjects:
Ornament & design
France
Drawing (visual works)


title: Street Scene

creator: Daniel Urrabieta Vierge

medium: Pen and black ink, with touches of brush and black wash, over traces of graphite, on cream wove card

subjects:
Pen and ink drawing
France


title: Scene from the Fêtes de Rennes

medium: Pen and black ink, over traces of graphite, heightened with traces of lead white, on cream wove card


title: Scene from the Suppression of the Paris Commune in May, 1871

medium: Pen and black ink and brush and gray gouache, with brush and gray wash and graphite, heightened with lead white (discolored), on cream wove paper


title: Saint John the Baptist, with Sketch of Head

creator: Odilon Redon (French, 1840-1916)

medium: Graphite on tan wove paper

subjects: Graphite Italy

credit_line: Mr. and Mrs. Carter H. Harrison Collection


title: Sheet of Sketches: Men, Women and Cats (recto); Sheet of Sketches: Men and Women (verso)

creator: Théophile-Alexandre Pierre Steinlen

medium: Blue pencil and graphite, with pen and black ink (recto), bruch and black ink and blue pencil (verso), on cream wove paper

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Carter H. Harrison


title: Portrait of a Woman

creator: Unknown artist

medium: Watercolor and graphite on paper

subjects:
England
Drawing (visual works)
Portraits

credit_line: Gift of Robert Allerton


title: Portrait of a Man


title: Landscape with Cattle

creator: possibly Jean François Millet

medium: Brush and blackish brown ink, over graphite, on ivory wove paper

subjects:
Pen and ink drawing
France
Landscapes

credit_line: Gift of Mr. Philip Pinsof, Silverstein and Pinsof Inc.


title: Wooded Landscape with Vagabond

medium: Pen and black ink, with pen and brown ink, on ivory laid paper


title: Fisherman's Family

medium: Watercolor, with brush and brown ink (discolored from purple), over graphite, on cream wove paper

credit_line: Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection


title: L'Endymien

creator: Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier

medium: Watercolor, with touches of white gouache, on cream wove paper, laid down on rounded shaped cream wove paper, laid down on commercially prepared gray wood pulp board


title: Tramp on a Road with Two Poplar Trees

medium: Pen and brown ink, on cream wove paper

subjects:
Pen and ink drawing
France
Trees


title: Sheet of Sketches: Standing Female Nude, Tree, Still Life, Fingers and Eye

medium: Charcoal, on ivory wove paper

subjects: Charcoal France Trees

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. M. L. Brown


title: Standing Female Nude, Bending Forward

medium: Graphite, with stumping, on tan wove paper, laid down on buff wove paper

credit_line: Alfred Stieglitz Collection


title: Pasture in Normandy

medium: Black crayon on ivory laid paper

credit_line: David Adler Memorial Fund


title: Study: Nude Woman Seen from the Back (recto) Sketches of Peasants Working (verso)

medium: Black crayon on gray laid paper, with blue fibers (discolored to buff with tan and blue fibers)

credit_line: Edward E. Ayer Endowment Fund in memory of Charles L. Hutchinson


title: Woman Emptying a Pail

medium: Black crayon, over red chalk, on ivory wove paper (discolored to tan)

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. John Alden Carpenter


title: Peasants Going to Work

medium: Black crayon on paper


title: Study for Flax Pulling

medium: Graphite, with black chalk, heightened with white gouache, on ivory laid paper, laid down on cream wove paper


title: Sleeping Peasant

medium: Charcoal, on ivory laid paper

subjects: Charcoal France


title: Peasant Watering Her Cow

medium: Charcoal on ivory wove paper

subjects:
France
Drawing (visual works)


title: Two Studies of a Seated Peasant Woman (recto); Study of a Young Girl Wearing a Hat (verso)

medium: Charcoal (recto), and black chalk (verso), on ivory laid paper


title: Two Sketches of a Peasant, seen from Behind

medium: Charcoal, on gray laid paper with blue fibers, laid down on tan wove paper


title: Jean Louis Forain

medium: Black crayon, on ivory laid paper

credit_line: Gift of Frank B. Hubachek


title: Young Girl Seated at a Table

creator: Berthe Morisot

medium: Graphite, on cream laid paper

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Horowitz


title: Study

medium: Pen and iron gall ink, with brush and brown wash, over graphite, on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory wove paper

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by the Alsdorf Foundation


title: The Entourage

medium: Charcoal with stumping, and touches of blue and yellow and pink pastel, on tan wove paper

credit_line: Maurice D. Galleher Endowment


title: Celeste Richomme

creator: Louis Antoine Léon Riesener

medium: Graphite, on ivory wove paper, tipped on tan wove paper

credit_line: McPherson Holt Memorial Fund


title: A Cobbler

creator: Jean François Raffaëlli

medium: Pen and black ink, with watercolor, touches of white oil paint, and traces of charcoal on ivory wove paper (discolored to tan)

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Josephine P. Albright


title: La Peri (Mythological Subject)

creator: Gustave Moreau

medium: Graphite, with brush and black ink, gray wash, and touches of gold metallic paint, heightened with traces of white gouache, on cream wove tracing paper, laid down on ivory wove paper

subjects: Mythology Graphite France

credit_line: Prints and Drawings Department Purchase Fund


title: Study

medium: Black crayon, on ivory wove paper, (discolored to tan), laid down on cream wove paper

credit_line: Worcester Sketch Fund


title: Man on Horseback

creator: Alphonse Marie Adolphe de Neuville

medium: Graphite on ivory wove paper (discolored to tan)

credit_line: The Art Institute of Chicago


title: Sketch for Redon's first etching, The Ford (M. 2)

creator: Odilon Redon

medium: Graphite on cream tracing paper, discolored to tan, laid down on cream laid paper

credit_line: Gift of David P. Becker


title: Hermit in Landscape

medium: Pen and black ink on tan card

credit_line: Margaret Day Blake Endowment


title: Portrait of Eugène Lacheurié

medium: Graphite on ivory wove paper

subjects: Graphite France Portraits

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by the Joseph and Helen Regenstein Foundation


title: Design for Mirror or Picture Frame

medium: Brown ink on paper

subjects:
Pen and ink drawing
England

credit_line: Gift of James Wells


title: Two Grotesque Figures

medium: Graphite on ivory wove paper, discolored to cream

credit_line: Gift of David Becker


title: Head of a Fallen Soldier

creator: Jean Victor Schnetz

medium: Black chalk and pastel and stumping, with touches of white chalk and red Conté crayon on light blue wove paper, laid down on cream wove paper, edge mounted to tan wove paper

subjects: Pastel France

credit_line: Through prior acquisition of the Carl O. Schniewind Collection


title: Garden View

creator: Henri Stanislas Rouart

medium: Watercolor, over traces of graphite, on cream laminate card

subjects: Watercolor France

credit_line: Gift of an anonymous donor


title: Goat

medium: Graphite on cream wove card

subjects: Graphite France

credit_line: Through prior gift of Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson; purchased with funds provided by Mr. George Edson Danforth, Mr. and Mrs. Robert O. Delaney, Mr. Charles C. Haffner, III, Celia and David Hilliard, Miss Louise Lutz, Mr. Andrew McNally III, Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Webster, Mr. James Wells, and anonymous donors


title: Standing Female Nude

creator: Marie Mathieu

medium: Pen and brown ink on cream wove paper

credit_line: Gift of Michael and Marilyn Gould


title: Christ with Pilate

creator: Dominique Papety

medium: Pen and brown ink and wash on ivory laid paper

subjects:
Print and drawing
France

credit_line: Gift of David and Constance Yates


title: Altar of the Heavens

medium: Brush and brown ink and wash, heightened with watercolor, on ivory laid paper

subjects:
Ink or chalk wash
France


title: Woman with a Harp

medium: Brush and brown wash and graphite, with pen and brown ink, on ivory laid paper


title: The Die, also called the Weight of Passions

medium: Graphite with pen and black ink, heightened with white lead (discolored) on cream wove paper


title: Footpath in the Barbizonnières

creator: Theodore Rousseau

medium: Pen and brown and black ink, with watercolor, over graphite, on ivory wove paper

credit_line: Margaret Day Blake Fund


title: In the Gallery

creator: Lucien Pissarro

medium: Black Conté crayon on ivory laid paper

subjects:
Conté crayon
France

credit_line: Given in honor of Anselmo Carini by Lowell Libson and the Directors of Spink-Leger


title: Portrait of Maximillian Luce in 1887

creator: Georges Manzana-Pissarro

medium: Charcoal and fabricated charcoal, with touches of green pastel and traces of red pastel, stumped and erased, on cream laid paper

subjects: Charcoal France Portraits

credit_line: Robert M. Chase Endowment Fund


title: Woman Kneeling

medium: Graphite on cream wove paper


title: Summer

creator: Attributed to Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

medium: Watercolor and gouache, over graphite, with a border in silver paint and pen and black ink, on cream wove laminate board

credit_line: Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection


title: Portrait Head of a Young Woman

creator: Charles Maurin

medium: Black chalk on ivory laid paper

subjects: Chalk France Portraits

credit_line: Gift of Thomas and Marsha French in memory of Richard Reed Armstrong


title: Oak Branch

creator: Henri Rousseau

medium: Pen and gray ink on cream wove paper


title: Landscape with River Gorge

creator: George Sand

medium: Watercolor and opaque watercolor on cream wove paper

subjects:
Print and drawing
France
Landscapes

credit_line: Julius Lewis Endowment Fund


title: Portrait of Sir Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex (1485-1540)

creator: Attributed to Hans Holbein the Younger (German, 1497–1543)

date: After 1537

medium: Watercolor on vellum

subjects:
Miniature painting
Germany
Portraits

credit_line: Colonel Alexander F. and Jeannie C. Stevenson Memorial Collection


title: Portrait of Charlotte Long

creator: John Cox Dillman Engleheart (English, 1783–1862)

medium: Watercolor on ivory

subjects:
Miniature painting
England
Portraits


title: Portrait of Henry Stark

creator: Samuel Shelley (English, 1756–1808)

medium: miniature painting


title: Portrait of Mary Ann, Lady Pigot

creator: H. de Janvry (French, active 1793–1800)

subjects:
Miniature painting
France
Portraits


title: Portrait of Lady Elisabeth Bonnington

creator: John Saunders (English, died 1808)


title: Portrait of a Gentleman

creator: William Mineard Bennett (English, 1778–1858)


title: Portrait of Lieutenant Honable Richard Serle

creator: Frederick Buck (Irish, 1771-1840)

subjects:
Miniature painting
Ireland
Portraits


title: Portrait of Mary Message, née Bond

creator: Richard Crosse (English, 1742–1810)


title: Old Shepherd Leaning on a Staff

creator: Francesco Mazzola, called Parmigianino

medium: Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, over black chalk, on paper

subjects:
Ink with wash
Italy

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Chauncey McCormick and Mrs. Richard E. Danielson


title: The Old Shepherd

creator: Anton Maria Zanetti

medium: Chiaroscuro woodcut, from three blocks in pink, dark blue, and light blue, on cream laid paper

subjects: Woodcut Italy

credit_line: Gift of Alfred E. Hamill


title: Cupid and Psyche

creator: Jean Claude Richard de Saint-Non (French, 1727-1791)

medium: Counterproof of aquatint in reddish-gray on ivory laid paper, ruled in pen and brown ink

subjects: Print France

credit_line: Bequest of Victor Carlson


title: The Holy Family

creator: Attributed to Pieter de Jode I (Flemish, 1570–1634)

medium: Engraving on laid paper

country: Flanders

subjects: Engraving Flander

credit_line: Charles Hack and the Hearn Family Trust Collection, purchased with funds provided by the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial, Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston, anonymous, and Suzanne Searle Dixon endowment funds


title: Portrait of a Gentleman

creator: Andrew Plimer (English, 1763–1837)


title: Portrait of James Grant

creator: George Engleheart (English, 1752–1829)


title: Portrait of Mrs. Hamilton

creator: William Derby (English, 1786–1847)


title: Portrait of King Charles II (1630-1685)

creator: Attributed to Paul Prieur (Swiss, c. 1620–1683)

medium: Enamel on copper

country: Switzerland

subjects:
Miniature painting
Switzerland
Portraits


title: Portrait of a Gentleman in Light Brown Coat

creator: Adam Buck (Irish, 1759–1833)


title: Portrait of Dorothy Fairchild

creator: Artist unknown (German, active 19th century)

date: 19th century (?)


title: Portrait of Miss Jane Ellen Leslie of Lancaster

creator: James Nixon (English, baptized 1741, died 1812)


title: Portrait of Mary Worge

creator: George Hayter (English, 1792–1871)

date: Early 19th century


title: Portrait of Countess of Dalkeith


title: Apollo and the Cumean Sibyl

creator: After Salvator Rosa

medium: Red chalk with graphite additions, on cream laid paper

subjects: Chalk Italy

credit_line: The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection


title: The Cumaean Sibyl

creator: Agostino dei Musi (Italian, c. 1490-after 1536)

medium: Engraving in black on cream laid paper

subjects: Engraving Italy

credit_line: Albert H. Wolf Fund


title: Apollo and the Cumean Sibyl

medium: Etching on ivory laid paper

subjects: Etching Italy

credit_line: The Wallace L. DeWolf and Joseph Brooks Fair Collections


title: Effigy Vessel

creator: Ceramist unknown (Nayarit)

date: 100 BCE–300 CE

medium: Ceramic

country: Nayarit state

subjects:
Ceramic
Nayarit state
Ships & the sea

credit_line: Gift of Patricia Brett Erens


title: Peonies, from the series "Worlds of Things (Momoyogusa)"

creator: Kamisaka Sekka

medium: Color woodblock print

country: Japan

subjects:
Woodblock print
Japan

credit_line: Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Fischer Fund


title: Flower Basket, from the series "Worlds of Things (Momoyogusa)"

subjects:
Woodblock print
Japan
Flowers


title: Moonlit Scene with Hut and Flowers, from the series "Worlds of Things (Momoyogusa)"


title: Hydrangeas, from the series "Worlds of Things (Momoyogusa)"


title: Willow and Cherry Branches, from the series "Worlds of Things (Momoyogusa)"


title: Spring Herbs, from the series "A World of Things (Momoyogusa)"


title: Portrait of a Gentleman

creator: John Comerford (Irish, c. 1770–1832)


title: Portrait of a Lady

creator: Christian Friedrick Zincke (German, 1683/5–1767)

medium: Enamel (?)


title: Portrait of a Young Man

creator: Pierre Edouard Gautier d'Agoty (French, 1775–1871)


title: Portrait of Mother and Daughter

subjects:
Miniature painting
Bavaria
Portraits

credit_line: Gift of Otto Baer


title: Portrait of Colonel George William Mignon

creator: Attributed to Abraham Daniel (English, died 1806)


title: Portrait of Countess Grafin von Furstenberg

creator: Attributed to Rosalba Carriera (Italian, 1673-1757)

subjects:
Miniature painting
Italy
Portraits


title: Portrait of a Gentleman

creator: Ozias Humphrey (English, 1742–1810)


title: Exterior View of the Italian Gate of the Ramparts of the Town of Dresden

creator: Bernardo Bellotto

credit_line: Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Endowment


title: Portrait of Mr. A. Rutledge

creator: Louis Walther (German, active late 18th–early 19th century)

date: end of 18th/begining of 19th century

subjects:
Miniature painting
Germany
Portraits


title: Portrait of a Man

creator: Artist unknown (English, active 19th century)

subjects:
Miniature painting
England
Portraits


title: Portrait of William Hall Gage, 2nd Viscount Gage of Castle Island

creator: Samuel Cotes (English, 1734–1818)


title: Portrait of Sarah Sophia Banks

creator: Nathaniel Hone (Irish, 1718–1784)

medium: Gouache on ivory


title: Portrait of an Officer in the Royal Artillery

creator: Sampson Towgood Roche (Irish, 1759–1847)


title: Portrait of Miss Braddon

creator: George Engleheart (English, 1752–1829)


title: Portrait of a Woman

creator: Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld

medium: Brush and brown wash and pen and brown ink, with graphite on ivory wove paper

subjects:
Print and drawing
Germany
Portraits

credit_line: Margaret Day Blake Endowment Fund


title: Portrait of Sydney Owenson, Lady Morgan

creator: Thomas Hargreaves (English, 1775–1846)


title: Portrait de Mme. E. D.

creator: Paul Delaroche

medium: Black, white, and red chalks, with stumping and erasing on ivory wove paper, perimeter mounted to Japanese paper

subjects:
Print and drawing
France
Portraits

credit_line: Regenstein Endowment Fund


title: The Disciples at the Tomb

creator: Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French, 1732-1806)

subjects:
Print and drawing
France

credit_line: The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Endowment Fund


title: Circumcision

medium: Etching on off-white laid paper


title: Portrait of George Colman (1732-1794)

medium: Watercolor on ivory

subjects:
Miniature painting
Ireland
Portraits

credit_line: Mary Louise Stevenson Fund


title: Two Female Figures on a Cloud


title: The Disciples at Emmaus

medium: Etching on cream laid paper


title: The Madonna with SS. Catherine, Rose from Lima, and Agnes from Montepulciano

medium: Etching on buff laid paper

subjects:
Print and drawing
France
Roses


title: Fabius Maximus Before the Carthaginensis Senate


title: The Feast of Anthony and Cleopatra


title: Two Prophets


title: Saint Mark

medium: Etching on white laid paper


title: Saint Luke


title: Portrait of Duke of Gloucester

creator: Jeremiah Meyer (German, 1735–1789)

medium: miniature painting


title: Cloelia and Her Companions

creator: Jean-Honore Fragonard (French, 1732-1806)


title: Saint Catherine of Alexandria Cured by an Angel


title: Portrait of Captain John James

creator: Frederick Buck (Irish, 1771–1840)


title: Portrait of La Comtesse de L'isle Adam

creator: André-Léon Larue (André-Léon Mansion; French, 1785–1834)

subjects:
Miniature painting
France
Portraits


title: Self Portrait

creator: Horace Hone (English, 1756–1825)

medium: Enamel


title: Portrait of a Young Man

creator: Attributed to Daniel Saint (French, 1778–1847)

date: First half 19th century


title: Portrait of a Woman

creator: Artist unknown (English or American, active 18th century)

medium: Oil on copper

credit_line: Gift of  Mr. and Mrs. Donald Eastman


title: Portrait of a Young Man

creator: Jean Marie Evrard (French, 1776–1860)

credit_line: Colonel Alexander F. and Jeannie C. Stevenson Memorial Collection


title: Portrait of a Lady

creator: John Comerford (Irish, c. 1770–1832)


title: Portrait of a Young Man

creator: Attributed to Andrew Robertson (Scottish, 1777–1845)

country: Scotland

subjects:
Miniature painting
Scotland
Portraits


title: Portrait of Two Children

creator: After Henry Edridge (English, 1769–1821)

medium: Ivory


title: Portrait of a Young Man

creator: Benjamin Arlaud (Swiss, died 1719)

subjects:
Miniature painting
Switzerland
Portraits


title: Portrait of Countess de Crovet

creator: Jean Edme Pascal Martin Delacluze (French, 1778–c. 1858)


title: Portrait of a Lady

creator: Anne Mee (English, c. 1770–1851)


title: Portrait of Lord Beauchamp

creator: Andrew Plimer (English, 1763–1837)


title: Portrait of Princess Matilde

creator: Frédéric Dubois (French, active 1780–1800)


title: Portrait of the Princesse de Conti

creator: A. P. Delannes (?)  or Delarme (?) (French, active early 19th century)

medium: Pastel on paper


title: Portrait of a Woman in White Dress

creator: Artist unknown (English, active late 18th–early 19th century)

medium: Oil on ivory

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Miniature painting
England
Portraits


title: Portrait of John Lockman


title: Portrait of Leopold I (1640-1705)

creator: Jean Petitot (French, 1607–1691)

date: Second half of 17th century

medium: Enamel on gold (?)


title: Portrait of Hans von Aachen

creator: Jan Saenredam (Dutch, 1565–1607)

medium: Engraving from two plates in black on ivory laid paper

country: Netherlands

subjects:
Print and drawing
Netherland
Portraits

credit_line: Gift of Charles Hack and The Hearn Family Trust


title: The Annunciation to the Shepherds

creator: Jan Saenredam (Dutch, 1565-1607)

medium: Engraving on ivory laid paper

subjects: Engraving Holland


title: The Prodigal Son as a Swineherd

subjects: Engraving Netherland


title: Sampler

creator: Mercy Mackett (English, born c. 1973)

medium: Linen, plain weave; with bands of cut and drawn thread work in back, buttonhole, darning, double hem, interlocking lace, overcast, and needle lace filling stitches; bands of linen, needle lace; and bands embroidered with silk in Algerian eye, Antwerp edge, back, cross, double hem, double running, long-armed cross, two-sided Italian cross, satin, squared ground, and a variety of buttonhole stitches

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
England

credit_line: Through prior gift of Dr. Jeanette Dean Throckmorton


title: Sampler

creator: Parnell Mackett (English, 1675-1766)

medium: Linen, plain weave; bands of cut and drawn thread work in darning, interlocking lace, satin, and needle lace filling stitches; bands of needle lace or a cut and drawn thread grid and bands embroidered with silk and linen in Algerian eye, back, cross, long-armed cross, two-sided Italian cross, double running, running, satin and a variety of buttonhole stitches

country: London

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
London

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Chauncey B. Borland


title: Portrait of Alphonse du Cretet

creator: Noël Hallé (French, 1711–1781)

country: France


title: Portrait of a Young Girl

creator: John Thomas Barber Beaumont (English, 1774–1841)


title: Portrait of a Gentleman

creator: Richard Cosway (English, 1742–1821)


title: Hercules and the Hydra of Lerna

creator: Gustave Moreau

medium: Pen and brown and black ink and graphite, with touches of brush and brown wash, heightened with lead white, discolored, on cream laid paper prepared with a pale brown wash, tipped on blue laid paper, laid down on cream board

subjects:
Pen and ink drawing
France

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by the Joseph and Helen Regenstein Foundation


title: Portrait of a Man

creator: Horace Hone (English, 1756–1825)


title: Portrait of Patrick Stewart


title: Portrait of the Marchioness of Granby

creator: Attributed to Richard Crosse (English, 1742–1810)


title: Portrait of A. Bowen


title: Portrait of a Man with blue coat and red vest

creator: Nathaniel Plimer (English, 1757–1822)


title: Portrait of Mrs. Carter of Edgecote

creator: Attributed to Anne Mee (English, c. 1760–1851)


title: Portrait of an Officer

creator: Attributed to Henry Kirchhoffer (Irish, c. 1781–1860)


title: Portrait of Mr. Booth

creator: Attributed to John Barry (English, active 1784–1827)


title: Portrait of Charlotte Buller

creator: Attributed to Nathaniel Plimer (English, 1757–1822)


title: Mme. Michel Musson and Her Daughters, Estelle and Désirée

creator: Edgar Degas

date: January 6, 1865

medium: Watercolor, with touches of charcoal, brush and red chalk wash, heightened with white gouache, over graphite on cream wove paper

subjects: Watercolor France

credit_line: Gift of Tiffany and Margaret Blake


title: Portrait of a Young Man

medium: Watercolor on ivory

subjects:
Miniature painting
England
Portraits


title: Portrait of an Advocate in His Robes

creator: Artist unknown (English, active 18th–19th century)


title: Portrait of Madame du Gazon

creator: Attributed to Louis Sené (Swiss, 1747–after 1804)


title: Portrait of Mary Morton

creator: John Smart (English, 1741–1811)

medium: Pencil on paper


title: Portrait of a Young Lady

creator: Andrew Plimer (English, 1763–1837)


title: Portrait of a Lady

creator: Simon Jacques Rochard (French, 1788–1872)


title: Portrait of Eleanore Denuelle

creator: Eusebius Johann Alphen (German, 1741–1772)

country: Germany

subjects:
Miniature painting
Germany
Portraits


title: Portrait of a Man

creator: Lié Louis Périn-Salbreux (French, 1753–1817)

date: late 18th/early 19th century


title: Portrait of a Woman

creator: John Cox Dillman Engleheart (English, 1783–1862)

medium: Oil (?) on ivory (?)


title: Portrait of a Lady, said to be Mrs. Fitzherbert (1756-1837)

creator: George Place (English, after 1775–1809)


title: Portrait of a Youth

creator: Henry Edridge (English, 1769–1821)


title: Fragment (Border)

creator: Yazd, Iran (Persia)

medium: Brocaded, twill weave

country: Persia

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Persia

credit_line: Gift of the Orientals


title: Portrait of Patrick Blake of Tower Hill

creator: Nathaniel Plimer (English, 1757–1822)

medium: miniature painting


title: Portrait of Miss Anne Kennedy

creator: Jeremiah Meyer (English, 1753–1789)


title: Portrait of a Gentleman

creator: Samuel Cooper (English, 1609–1672)


title: Portrait of a Gentleman

creator: William Grimaldi (English, 1751–1830)


title: Portrait of Miss Wortley

creator: Elisabeth Smith (English, active 1838)


title: Portrait of Count Stadion

creator: Amélie Daubigny (French, 1796–1861)


title: Portrait of King George III

creator: Gervase Spencer (English, c. 1715–1763)


title: Portrait of a Gentleman

creator: Ozias Humphry (English, 1742–1810)


title: Portrait of a Lady

creator: Attributed to Luke Sullivan (English, 1705–1771)

medium: Ivory, cut steel set with glass


title: Portrait of an Officer

creator: Attributed to Richard Crosse (English, 1742–1810)


title: Portrait of a Gentleman

creator: Artist unknown (English, active 18th century)


title: Portrait of General William Loftus, M. P.

creator: Andrew Plimer (English, 1763–1837)


title: Portrait of a Gentleman in Blue Coat

creator: Sebastien Gratise (German, active 1785-1795)

date: Late 18th century


title: Portrait of a Man

creator: John Thomas Barber Beaumont (English, 1774–1841)


title: Portrait of Benjamin Hopkinson


title: Portrait of a Lady

creator: Pierre Nöel Violet (French, 1749–1819)


title: Portrait of Mlle de Saint-Ange

creator: Jérôme Langlois le Pere (French, 1756–1804)


title: Portrait of a Woman

creator: Charles Hénard (French, 1756–1813)


title: Portrait of a Lady

creator: Abraham Daniel (English, died 1806)


title: Portrait of Miss Eleanor Falkingham

creator: Richard Cosway (English, 1742–1821)

medium: Watercolor on ivory, mother-of-pearl


title: Portrait of a Lady


title: Portrait of Sir John Stewart


title: Portrait of a Lady

creator: John Smart (English, 1741–1811)

medium: Watercolor on ivory, mounted in tortoise shell and gold box

subjects:
Miniature painting
England
Portraits
Shells & molluscs


title: Portrait of a Lady

creator: Christian Friedrick Zincke (German, 1683/5–1767)


title: Park of M. de Rothschild at Ferrières

creator: Maxime Lalanne

medium: Graphite on ivory laid paper

subjects: Graphite France

credit_line: The Charles Deering Collection


title: Portrait of Frances, Countess of Essex

creator: Attributed to Nathaniel Hone (Irish, 1718–1784)

medium: Enamel on copper

subjects:
Miniature painting
Ireland
Portraits


title: Portrait of Elizabeth Cromwell, Daughter of Oliver Cromwell

creator: Paul Prieur (Swiss, c. 1620–1683)

medium: Enamel on gold


title: Portrait of a Gentleman

creator: Horace Hone (English, 1756–1825)

medium: Enamel


title: Portrait of an Officer


title: Portrait of a Young Man

creator: John Cox Dillman Engleheart (English, 1783–1862)


title: Portrait of James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond (1610-1688)

creator: Thomas Flatman (English, 1635/7–1688)


title: Cylindrical Seal with Flower-like Motif

creator: Possibly Tlatilco

date: Possibly 1200–200 BCE

medium: Ceramic

country: Tlatilco

subjects: Ceramic Tlatilco Flowers

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Wielgus


title: Stamp Depicting a Plant-like Motf

creator: Possibly Zapotec or Aztec (Mexica)

date: Possibly 1000–1500

medium: Ceramic with pigment

country: Mexico

subjects: Botany Ceramic Mexico


title: Whistle in the Form of the Head of a Jaguar

creator: Possibly Jaina-style

date: Possibly 250–900

medium: Ceramic and pigment

country: Campeche state

subjects:
Earthenware
Campeche state

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. D. Daniel Michel


title: Ritual Vessel in the Form of a Head

creator: Late Classic Maya

subjects:
Earthenware
Mexico
Ships & the sea

credit_line: Gift of Alphonse Jax


title: Vessel in the Form of a Hunchback Figure Carrying a Jar

creator: Nicoya

country: Costa Rica

subjects:
Earthenware
Costa rica
Ships & the sea

credit_line: African and Amerindian Art Purchase Fund


title: Bowl with Abstract and Geometric Designs

creator: Jalisco

subjects: Bowl Mexico

credit_line: Gift of Bettina Schwimmer


title: Plate Depicting a Dancing Figure

country: Guatemala

subjects: Earthenware Guatemala

credit_line: Gift of Merle B. Gordon


title: Vessel in the Form of a Calabash

creator: Colima

country: Western Mexico

subjects:
Earthenware
Western mexico
Ships & the sea

credit_line: John Simpson Fund


title: Tripod Polychrome Bowl Depicting a Serpent with Feathers

creator: Classic Veracruz

country: Southern Veracruz

subjects:
Bowl
Southern veracruz


title: Polychrome Bowl Depicting Eight Abstract Motifs on Exterior

creator: Probably Cholula, Mixteca-Puebla style

country: Puebla state

subjects:
Bowl
Puebla state

credit_line: Gift of Joseph P. Antonow


title: Tripod Vessel with a Blowgunner Scene

creator: Teotihuacan

medium: Earthenware, stucco, and pigment

credit_line: Gift of Ethel and Julian Goldsmith


title: Tripod Vessel

medium: Earthenware and pigment

subjects:
Vessel
Mexico
Ships & the sea


title: Tripod Vessel

creator: Mixtec

medium: Alabaster

country: Oaxaca state

subjects:
Vessel
Oaxaca state
Ships & the sea


title: Open-Necked Vessel in the Form of a Human Head, Possibly Deceased

creator: Jalisco, Ameca style

country: Jalisco state

subjects:
Earthenware
Jalisco state
Ships & the sea


title: Polychrome Bowl with Geometric Designs and Face in Relief on Shoulder

creator: Chupícuaro

date: c. 400 BCE


title: Small Fluted Bottle with Neck in Form of a Figure Holding Arms to Chest

creator: Nayarit

country: Nayarit state

subjects:
Earthenware
Nayarit state


title: Long-Stem Pipe

country: Colima state

subjects:
Earthenware
Colima state


title: Fluted Vessel, Possibly in the Form of a Gourd

subjects:
Earthenware
Colima state
Ships & the sea


title: Footed Pipe with Fluted Relief Design

creator: Tlatilco, Preclassic period

subjects: Ceramic Mexico


title: Cup with Profile Head of the Maize God

creator: Olmec

medium: Earthenware with burnished slip

country: Valley of Mexico

subjects:
Earthenware
Valley of mexico


title: Roller Seal

subjects: Earthenware Mexico


title: Roller Seal

medium: Stone

subjects:
Mexico
Blackware (black basaltes)


title: Plate in the Form of a Jaguar with Interior Painted with Floral-Like Motif

creator: Maya

subjects: Earthenware Mexico Flowers


title: Footed Vessel

subjects:
Earthenware
Mexico
Ships & the sea


title: Footed Jar Incised with Pseudo-Gylphs


title: Miniature Rattle in the Form of a Figure Wearing Headdress and Mask

creator: Possibly Guacimo

medium: Earthenware

subjects:
Earthenware
Costa rica


title: Stamp

date: 300 BCE–250 CE


title: Mythological Scene Depicting a Deity with a Bundle

creator: Made for Ju’n Chakaw Naahb Cha’n (ruled 658-667)

subjects:
Mythology
Vessel for serving drink
Guatemala
Ships & the sea

credit_line: Gift of Gerald K. and Patricia Hoffman


title: Vase Depicting a Courtly Scene

medium: Earthenware, slip, stucco, and pigment

subjects: Earthenware Guatemala

credit_line: Gift of Gerald K., Patricia, and Sarai Hoffman


title: Cylindrical Vessel


title: Vessel in the Form of a Figure with Geometric Face and Body Paint

date: 500 BCE–200 CE


title: Polychrome Pitcher

creator: Cholula

country: Cholula

subjects:
Pitcher (vessel)
Cholula
Ships & the sea

credit_line: Gift of Ethel Goldsmith


title: Parrot Vase


title: Tripod Vessel Depicting Monkey Hunters and Traders

creator: Classic Maya

country: Honduras

subjects:
Vessel
Hondura
Ships & the sea

credit_line: Bequest of Alan R. Brodie


title: Pair of Tripods with Knotted Motif

subjects: Ceramic Hondura


title: Vessel in the Form of a Seated Hunchback

date: 100 BCE–250 CE

subjects:
Vessel
Colima state
Ships & the sea

credit_line: Bequest of Lester K. and Rosalyn W. Olin


title: Vessel in the Form of a Squash with Parrot Supports

country: Colima

subjects:
Vessel
Colima
Ships & the sea


title: Portrait of Helen Pigott

creator: Charles Robertson (Irish, 1760–1821)

medium: miniature painting

country: Ireland

subjects:
Miniature painting
Ireland
Portraits

credit_line: Colonel Alexander F. and Jeannie C. Stevenson Memorial Collection


title: Double Spout and Bridge Vessel in the Form of a Ridged Gourd

creator: Paracas

country: Peru

subjects:
Earthenware
Peru
Ships & the sea

credit_line: Anonymous gift


title: Globular Jar with Repeated Abstract Motifs in Sprial Design

creator: Tiwanaku-Wari

country: Bolivia

subjects: Earthenware Bolivia

credit_line: S. B. Williams Fund and Edward E. Ayer Endowment in memory of Charles L. Hutchinson


title: Globular Jar with Abstract Forms in Spirals on Shoulder


title: Miniature Jar with Textile Pattern or Abstract Fish Motifs

creator: Inca

country: Southern Peru

subjects:
Fish
Ornament & design
Costume & fashion
Earthenware
Southern peru


title: Bowl with Painted Rim

subjects: Bowl Bolivia


title: Urn Painted with a Geometric Textile-like Pattern

creator: Carchi

country: Carchi

subjects:
Ornament & design
Costume & fashion
Vessel
Carchi
Ships & the sea

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Reed Armstrong


title: Stirrup Spout Vessel with Raised Geometric Scroll Motif

creator: Chavín

date: c. 500 BCE

country: Peruvian North Coast

subjects:
Earthenware
Peruvian north coast
Ships & the sea

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Graham


title: Drinking Vessel (Kero) with Floral and Animal Motifs

creator: Colonial Inca

medium: Wood and pigment

subjects:
Wood
Peru
Flowers
Ships & the sea

credit_line: Gift of Richard Farish


subjects:
Vessel
Peru
Flowers
Ships & the sea


title: Container for Lime in the Shape of a Frog

medium: Stone with pigment (inlay missing)

subjects:
Stone
Bolivia
Reptiles & amphibians

credit_line: Gift of David Bernstein


title: Blackware Vessel with Flaring Rim in the Form of a Seated Figure

creator: Manteño

country: Ecuador

subjects:
Ecuador
Blackware (black basaltes)
Ships & the sea

credit_line: Gaffron Collection Purchase Fund


title: Offering Vessel in the Form of an Alpaca

country: Cuzco

subjects:
Stone
Cuzco
Ships & the sea

credit_line: Gift of Frank B. Hubachek


title: Miniature Stirrup-Spout Vessel

creator: Chimú

subjects:
Metal
Peruvian north coast
Ships & the sea


title: Double Beaker

medium: Silver

subjects:
Metal
Peruvian north coast


title: Cup with Repoussé Figure


title: Whistle with an Iguana or Saurian Sculpted on its Surface

creator: Artist unknown (Tairona)

country: Colombia

subjects:
Musical instrument
Colombia

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Everett McNear in memory of Everett McNear


title: Divination Mirror

creator: Chavín-Cupisnique

medium: Anthracite

subjects:
Ritual object
Peruvian north coast

credit_line: Director's Fund


title: Reduced-scale Vessel

subjects:
Earthenware
Southern peru
Ships & the sea

credit_line: Buckingham Fund


title: Head Fragment from a Large Ceremonial Jar

country: Pacheco

subjects: Earthenware Pacheco

credit_line: Kate S. Buckingham Endowment


title: Gourd-Shaped Blackware Jar with Modeled Monkey Handle

creator: Possibly Lambayeque or Inca-Chimu

subjects:
Earthenware
Peruvian north coast


title: Miniature Bowl Incised and Painted with Geometric Motifs

creator: Possibly Inca or Ica

medium: Gourd and pigment

subjects: Bowl Peru


title: Miniature Bowl

medium: Gold

country: Peruvian South Coast

subjects:
Bowl
Peruvian south coast


title: Finial for Pin or Blade Depicting Figures Shearing a Llama

creator: Possibly Inca

medium: Bronze

subjects: Metal Peru


title: Stirrup Spout Vessel Depicting Erotic Scene

medium: Ceramic

subjects:
Peruvian north coast
Blackware (black basaltes)
Ships & the sea


title: Cup in the Form of a Figure Holding Enlarged Penis


title: Bowl in the Form of a Llama with Geometric Motifs

medium: Ceramic and pigment

subjects: Bowl Bolivia

credit_line: Gift of Buckingham Fund and James W. Ellsworth


title: Jar with Textile-Like Pattern and Handle in Form of an Animal

creator: Chancay

country: Peruvian Central Coast

subjects:
Ornament & design
Costume & fashion
Earthenware
Peruvian central coast


title: Jar with Abstract Human Face Painted on Shoulder

subjects: Earthenware Peru


title: Miniature Straight-sided Bowl with Abstract Bird Motifs

creator: Ica

subjects:
Bowl
Southern peru
Birds


title: Miniature Handled Bottle with Abstract Motifs

subjects:
Earthenware
Peruvian south coast


title: Vessel with Geometric Motifs


title: Single-Spout Vessel Depicting an Abstracted Figure and Net Pattern

date: 180 BCE–500 CE

subjects:
Ornament & design
Earthenware
Bolivia
Ships & the sea


title: Vessel Depicting Abstract Birds

subjects:
Earthenware
Bolivia
Birds
Ships & the sea


title: Single Spout and Bridge Vessel in the Form of a Dog Gnawing a Bone

subjects:
Earthenware
Peruvian south coast
Ships & the sea
Skeletons & bones


title: Double-Spout Bridge Vessel in the form of a Double-Headed Serpent

subjects:
Earthenware
Bolivia
Ships & the sea


title: Miniature Jar in the Form of a Figure Wearing a Tunic

subjects: Earthenware Bolivia


title: Neck of a Large Ceremonial Jar in the Form of a Head


title: Miniature Jar with Bands of Geometric Motifs and Abstract Birds

subjects:
Earthenware
Southern peru
Birds


title: Miniature Bowl with Shaped Base and Geometric Motifs

subjects:
Bowl
Southern peru


title: Miniature Jar with Rows of Geometric Motifs

subjects:
Earthenware
Southern peru


title: Miniature Bowl with Geometric Textile-Like Pattern

subjects:
Ornament & design
Costume & fashion
Bowl
Southern peru


title: MIiniature Jar with Geometric Motifs and Abstract Birds


title: Miniature Jar with Textile-Like Geometric Pattern

subjects:
Ornament & design
Costume & fashion
Earthenware
Southern peru


title: Miniature Jar with Textile-Like Pattern


title: MIiniature Bowl with Geometric Textile-like Pattern


title: Miniature Straight-sided Bowl with Abstract Aligator Motif


title: Miniature Handled Jug with Spiral and Zigzag Motifs

creator: Possibly Azapa


title: Miniature Handled Jug


title: Miniature Vessel

subjects:
Earthenware
Peru
Ships & the sea


title: Reduced-scale Vessel

country: Southern Highlands

subjects:
Earthenware
Southern highland
Ships & the sea


title: Vessel

subjects:
Earthenware
Southern peru
Ships & the sea


title: Miniature Tray


title: Miniature Tray with Geometric Pattern

subjects:
Ornament & design
Earthenware
Southern peru


title: Miniature Bowl with Large Geometric Motif and Bird-Head Handle


title: Redware Bowl with Molded Snake-like Form on Rim

subjects:
Bowl
Southern peru
Reptiles & amphibians


title: Miniature Bowl with Abstract Red and Black Geometric Patterns

subjects:
Ornament & design
Bowl
Southern peru


title: Miniature Two Handled Jug


title: Double-Chambered Vessel Depicting a Figure and Trophy Heads

creator: Nievería

country: Nievería

subjects:
Earthenware
Nievería
Ships & the sea


title: Single Spout Rectangular Vessel with Sculpted Frog and Textile-like Motifs

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Earthenware
Nievería
Reptiles & amphibians
Ships & the sea


title: Double-Chambered Jar Depicting a Figure Holding a Cup or Flute

subjects: Earthenware Nievería


title: Double Spout Bridge Vessel with Molded Animals Emerging from Sides


title: Handled Bowl with Panels of Geometric Motifs

creator: Possibly Lima or Maranga

subjects: Bowl Peru


title: Miniature Cup with Handle and Side Spout


title: Small Double Spout Bowl with Repeated Curving Motif

subjects:
Bowl
Peruvian central coast


title: Miniature Cup with Side Spout


title: Tall Necked Jar in the Form of an Abstract Head with Animal Forms

creator: Possibly Nievería


title: Single Spout Bottle with Modeled Face on Neck

creator: Tiwanaku- Wari

subjects: Earthenware Peru


title: Handled Flask Depicting Abstract Figure

creator: Nievería or Pachacamac


title: Straight-Sided Bowl with Modeled Figures in Interior and Climbing Sides

creator: Possibly Colonial-period Inca


title: Miniature Gourd-Shaped Bottle in the Form of a Figure

creator: Inca


title: Globular Jar with Modeled Figures in Erotic Scene

subjects:
Earthenware
Peruvian central coast


title: Miniature Stirrup Spout Vessel with Incised Hatched Motif

creator: Cupisnique

subjects:
Earthenware
Peruvian north coast
Ships & the sea


title: Bottle with a Masked Figure and Abstract Feline and Textile Motifs

creator: Tiwanaku-Wari

country: Santa Valley

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Earthenware
Santa valley


title: Blackware Vessel in the Form of Two Figures Seated on Reed Boat, Parts Missing

creator: Chimú

subjects:
Peruvian north coast
Blackware (black basaltes)
Ships & the sea


title: Blackware Stirrup Spout Vessel with Incised Squared Spiral Motif


title: Single Spout Blackware Vessel in the Form of Figures Riding on Reed Boat


title: Stirrup-Spout Vessel Depicting a Puma with Suckling Cubs


title: Vessel in the Form of a Flute-Player Laying atop Rectangle Shape


title: Stirrup Spout Vessel Depicting Reclining Figures


title: Stirrup Spout Vessel Depicting Frogs Mating

subjects:
Peruvian north coast
Blackware (black basaltes)
Reptiles & amphibians
Ships & the sea


title: Stirrup Spout Vessel Depicing Erotic Scene


title: Double Vessel in the Form of Two Figures Drinking and Holding Hands


title: Miniature Spout Vessel in the Form of a Fish with a Rope-shaped Handle

subjects:
Fish
Peruvian north coast
Blackware (black basaltes)
Ships & the sea


title: Flute Incised with Geometric Design

subjects:
Peruvian north coast
Blackware (black basaltes)


title: Flute with Incised Geometric Motif and Mouth in the Form of a Human Head


title: Jug in the Form of a Curled Animal, with Tail in Mouth, Possibly a Feline


title: Single-Spout Vessel with a Monkey Standing on Top

creator: Chimú-Inca


title: Stirrup Spout Vessel with Spotted Feline Standing on Top


title: Jar in the Form of an Erotic Scene


title: Stirrup Spout Vessel with Textile-like Pattern on Shoulder

subjects:
Ornament & design
Costume & fashion
Earthenware
Peruvian north coast
Ships & the sea


title: Bottle in the Form of an Amorous Couple

subjects:
Peru
Blackware (black basaltes)


title: Drinking Vessel in the Form of a Foot

subjects:
Peru
Blackware (black basaltes)
Ships & the sea


title: Vessel with Modeled and Painted Face on Neck

creator: Inca-Lambayeque


title: Vessel with Textile Pattern and Spout Modeled as a Head


title: Fragment from a Blackware Vessel in the Form of a Crested Bird Head

subjects:
Peruvian north coast
Birds
Blackware (black basaltes)
Ships & the sea


title: Vessel Fragment in the Form of a Feline Head

creator: Tiwanaku

subjects:
Earthenware
Peru
Ships & the sea


subjects:
Earthenware
Peruvian south coast
Ships & the sea


title: Bowl with Incised and Painted Textile-Like Motifs

creator: Possibly Inca or Ica

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Bowl
Peru


title: Drinking Vessel (Kero) with Incised Geometric Pattern

medium: Wood

subjects:
Ornament & design
Wood
Southern peru
Ships & the sea


creator: Colonial Inca

date: 15th–16th century


title: Incised Container for Lime with Monkey Stopper

creator: Probably Ica

medium: Gourd with string [and bone stopper]

subjects:
Botany
Fauna/flora/fruit
Peruvian south coast
Fruits
Skeletons & bones


title: Offering Vessel in the Form of an Alpaca

subjects:
Stone
Cuzco
Ships & the sea


title: Spoon Incised with Circles on Handle and Abstract Bird on Top

creator: Possibly Inca

medium: Bone

subjects:
Bone
Peru
Birds
Skeletons & bones


title: Circular Tweezers with Two Felines Incised on Surface

creator: Probably Chimú

date: Probably 1000–1400

subjects: Metal Peru


title: Circular Tweezers with Bird in Relief Against a Stippled Background

subjects: Metal Peru Birds


title: Tweezers in the Shape of a Bird


title: Circular Tweezers


title: Beaker with Repouse Motifs Under Rim

creator: Possibly Tiwanaku-Wari

country: Alti Plano

subjects:
Metal
Alti plano


title: Stepped Beaker

medium: Copper alloy


title: Wide-Blade Knife with Two Musicians on Top [One Figure Missing]

medium: Copper


title: Stopper or Spoon with Figure of Monkey [Broken at Bottom]

creator: Possibly provincial Inca


title: Wide-Blade Knifew with Reclining Animal on Top


title: Spoon with Reclining Figure on Handle


title: Small Female Figure, Possibly a Finial for Pin or Blade


title: Celt-shaped Tweezers


title: Triangular-shaped Tweezers


title: Miniature Jar in the Form of a Figure Wearing a Tunic

subjects: Earthenware Bolivia


title: Balance-Beam Scale with Cut-Out Bird and Step Motifs

creator: Possibly Nazca or Ica

medium: Bone with pigment


title: Miniature Bowl

subjects:
Bowl
Peruvian south coast


title: Oval-shaped Tweezers


title: Oval-Shaped Tweezers


title: Vessel with Abstract Motifs and a Modeled Head

subjects:
Vessel
Peruvian north coast
Ships & the sea


title: Portrait of a man in brown coat and white cravat

creator: Attributed to William Wood (English, c. 1768–1810)

medium: Watercolor on ivory

country: England

subjects:
Miniature painting
England
Portraits


title: Portrait of a Gentleman

creator: Johns (English, active c. 1791–1816)

medium: Ivory


title: Portrait of James Daniell, Esq. (1744-1802)

creator: Richard Crosse (English, 1742–1810)


title: Portrait of a Gentleman

creator: Richard Cosway (English, 1742–1821)

medium: Watercolor on ivory, with hair in gold and enamel frame with Brazilian diamonds


title: Portrait of Queen Marie Antoinette of France

creator: After Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun (French, 1755–1842)

country: France

subjects:
Miniature painting
France
Portraits
Skeletons & bones

credit_line: Gift of Miss Marjorie Berger


title: Portrait of a Lady

creator: John Thomas Barber Beaumont (English, 1774–1841)


title: Portrait of a Gentleman

creator: Attributed to John Hoskins the Elder (English, c. 1590–1665)

medium: Watercolor on paper


title: Portrait of Col. Durell, Crown Equerry to the Prince Regent


title: Portrait of Empress Josephine of France

creator: Artist unknown (French (?), active 19th century)

medium: Porcelain

subjects:
Miniature painting
France
Portraits


title: Portrait of Marquerite du Chatelet

creator: Peter Edward Stroely (German, 1768–after 1826)

medium: miniature painting

country: Germany

subjects:
Miniature painting
Germany
Portraits


title: Portrait of a Young Woman


title: Portrait of a Young Girl


title: Portrait of the Wife of André de Chenier (?)

creator: Attributed to Daniel Saint (French, 1778–1847)


title: Pedestal Bowl Depicting Bicephalic Footed Serpent with Headcrest

creator: Coclé

country: Los Santos province

subjects:
Vessel
Los santo province
Ships & the sea


title: Portrait of a Young Man

creator: William Wood (English, c. 1768–1810)


title: Portrait of a Young Man

creator: Joseph Saunders (English, active 1772–1808)


title: Portrait of a Lady

creator: Antoine-Joseph Helant (Dutch, c. 1752–c. 1837)

country: Netherlands

subjects:
Miniature painting
Netherland
Portraits


title: Portrait of Mrs. Moffat

creator: Nathaniel Plimer (English, 1757–1822)


title: Portrait of Master Andrew and Miss Harriet Thompson

creator: Samuel Shelley  (English, 1750–1808)


title: Portrait of a Gentleman

creator: J. Lacon (English, active after 1740)

medium: Oil on enamel


title: Portrait of a Gentleman

creator: Karl Gottlob Schmeidler (German, 1772–1838)


title: Portrait of a Gentleman

creator: John T. Mitchell (English, active 1798-1830)


title: Portrait of a Gentleman

creator: Hennet (English, active c. 1780)


title: Portrait of a Gentleman

creator: Gervase Spencer (English, c. 1715–1763)

medium: Enamel on copper


title: Bowl Depicting a Bird with Outstretched Wings

creator: Four Mile Polychrome, White Mountain Red Ware

country: Arizona

subjects: Bowl Arizona Birds

credit_line: Gift of Edward and Betty Harris


title: Jar with Two Plumed or Horned Serpents with Birds and P-shaped Motifs

creator: Casas Grandes, Ramos Polychrome

country: New Mexico

subjects:
Vessel
New mexico
Birds
Ships & the sea


title: Polychrome Jar

creator: Artist unknown (Zuni)

subjects:
Vessel
New mexico
Ships & the sea

credit_line: Gift of Charles and Marjorie Benton


title: Bowl (Kiua Polychrome)

creator: Ceramist unknown (Santo Domingo)

medium: Earthenware and slip


title: Ramos Polychrome vessel

creator: Ceramist unknown (Casas Grandes)

credit_line: Gift of Patricia Brett Erens


title: Storage Vessel with Snake Relief

subjects:
Vessel
New mexico
Reptiles & amphibians
Ships & the sea


title: Hooded Vessel


title: Vessel of a Male Figure

medium: Ceramic


title: Bowl with Bold, Irregular Geometric Bands of Stripes, Zigzag, and Checkerboard Motifs

creator: Cibola, Posibly Kiatuthlanna Black-on-white

medium: Ceramic and pigment

subjects: Bowl Arizona

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by William E. Hartmann


title: Bowl in the Shape of Underwater Serpent with Upturned Neck and Coiled Tail

creator: Mississippian

country: Arkansas

subjects: Bowl Arkansa


title: Bowl with Black Interlocking Lattice on Interior; White Interlocking Squared Spirals on Exterior

creator: Cibola, Four Mile Polychrome, White Mountain Red Ware, St. Johns Polychrome

country: White Mountain

subjects:
Bowl
White mountain

credit_line: African and Amerindian Art Purchase Fund


title: Jar

creator: Cibola, Four Mile Polychrome, White Mountain Red Ware

subjects: Earthenware Arizona


title: Bowl Depicting a Mask atop a Bighorn-Sheep Head

creator: Four Mile Polychrome, White Mountain Redware


title: Polychrome Jar

creator: Ceramist unknown (Acoma)

subjects:
Vessel
Ships & the sea


title: Polychrome Jar

creator: Possibly Cochiti, Kiua polychrome


title: Portrait of an Officer of the 17th Foot, The Royal Leicestershire Regiment

creator: Richard Cosway (English, 1742–1821)

credit_line: Colonel Alexander F. and Jeannie C. Stevenson Memorial Collection


title: Portrait of a Lady

creator: Christian Friedrick Zincke (German, 1683/5–1767)

medium: Enamel


title: Portrait of a Gentleman

creator: T. Wheeler (English, active 1817-1845)


title: Portrait of Elizabeth Cecil, Countess of Devonshire (d. 1689)

creator: John Hoskins, the Elder (English, c. 1590–1665)


title: Portrait of William, Duke of Bedford

creator: After Henry Pierce Bone (English, 1779–1855)


title: Portrait of a Gentleman

creator: Attributed to Christian Friedrick Zincke (German, 1683/5–1767)

date: 18th century (?)


title: Portrait of a Gentleman

creator: Peter Paul Lens (English, 1714-1754)


title: Portrait of a Lady

creator: Samuel Cotes (English, 1734–1818)


title: Portrait of the Prince Regent (King George IV)


title: Portrait of a Lady

creator: William Day (British, active 1815–1859)

date: Mid-19th century


title: Portrait of a Lady

creator: Charles Shirreff (English, c. 1750–after 1831)


title: Portrait of Georg Friedrich Handel

creator: William Prewitt (English, active 1733–c. 1750)


title: Portrait of a Man

creator: Attributed to Isaac Oliver (French, c. 1565-1617)

date: late 16th/early 17th century

medium: Opaque watercolor on parchment (?)


title: Portrait of Elizabeth Patterson (?)

creator: After Bernhard de Guérard (German, died 1836)

date: 19th century

medium: Watercolor (?)

credit_line: Gift of Jennie Hodge Schmidt


title: Portrait of Louis, Grand Dauphin

creator: Charles Boit (English, 1662–1727)


title: Portrait of an English Lady

creator: Nicholas Hilliard (English, 1547–1619)

medium: Watercolor on card

credit_line: Mary Louise Stevenson Fund


title: Portrait of Lady Clarke (d. 1695)

creator: Samuel Cooper (English, 1609–1672)

medium: Gouache on vellum


title: Portrait of Sir William Clarke (1609-1672)

creator: Attributed to Samuel Cooper (English, 1609–1672)


title: Portrait of a Nobleman

creator: Peter Cross (English, c. 1645–1724)


title: Portrait of Dr. Nevinson

creator: John Comerford (Irish, c. 1770–1832)

country: Ireland

subjects:
Miniature painting
Ireland
Portraits


title: Portrait of Mr. Barwell

creator: George Engleheart (English, 1752–1829)


title: Portrait of a Lady

creator: Attributed to Richard Cosway (English, 1742–1821)

medium: Watercolor on wedgwood jasper


title: Portrait of Charlotte Viscountess Chetwynd


title: Portrait of Frances Theresa, Duchess of Richmond (1648-1702)

creator: Richard Gibson (English, 1615–1690)

medium: Opaque watercolor on paper


title: Portrait of a Gentleman

creator: Artist unknown (English or American, active 18th century)

medium: Oil on copper

credit_line: Gift of  Mr. and Mrs. Donald Eastman


title: Portrait of a Gentleman

creator: Carl Friedrich Holtzmann (German, 1740–1811)

medium: Gouache on paper


title: Portrait of a Lady

creator: Jean-Baptiste Isabey (French, 1767-1855)

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Charles H. Schweppe


title: Portrait of a Young woman

creator: Attributed to Jean Baptiste Isabey (French, 1767–1855)

medium: Watercolor on ivory


title: Portrait of John Gay

creator: Otto Fredrik Peterson (Swedish, 1672–1729)

country: Sweden

subjects:
Miniature painting
Sweden
Portraits


title: Portrait of a Gentleman

creator: Artist unknown (English, active 19th century)

subjects:
Miniature painting
England
Portraits


title: Portrait of a Gentleman

creator: Attributed to Richard Crosse (English, 1742–1810)


title: Portrait of a Young Gentleman

creator: John Smart (English, 1741–1811)

medium: Tortoise shell, gold

subjects:
Miniature painting
England
Portraits
Shells & molluscs


title: Fragment

creator: Italy

medium: Silk, plain weave with self-patterning ground wefts

country: Italy

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Italy

credit_line: Art Institute of Chicago Purchase Fund


title: Fragment (From an Orphrey Band)

date: 15th century

medium: Silk, satin weave with twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and patterning wefts


title: Fragment

medium: Silk, satin damask weave with plain weave patterning


title: Fragment

medium: Silk, satin weave self-patterned by reversing of faces


title: Fragment

creator: Italy or Spain

date: 14th century

medium: Silk and gilt-animal-substrate-wrapped linen, warp-float faced 2:1 twill weave with plain and twill "detached" interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts


title: Fragment

date: 16th century

medium: Silk and gold gilt strips wound around silk fiber core, warp-floatfaced satin weave self-patterned by warp floats, weft floats and areas of plain interlacing

credit_line: Gift of Martin A. Ryerson