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Reclining Nude
Jean-Louis Forain
Black chalk, with traces of red chalk, heightened with white chalk, on blue laid paper · 1872
Art Institute of Chicago

Berthe Morisot
Édouard Manet
Etching in brown on blue laid paper · 1872
Art Institute of Chicago

Nude Woman Seated with Nude Man Asleep (recto); Female Torso Seen from Behind (verso)
Jean Béraud
Black and white chalk, with stumping (recto), and black chalk (verso), on blue laid paper · 1870
Art Institute of Chicago

Figures by a Railing
James McNeill Whistler
Pen and brown ink on blue laid paper (discolored) · 1870
Art Institute of Chicago

Olympia (published plate)
Édouard Manet
Etching in black on blue laid paper · 1867
Art Institute of Chicago

Hercules and the Hydra of Lerna
Moreau
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 · 1866
Art Institute of Chicago

The Philosopher (Le philosophe)
Édouard Manet
Etching and drypoint in warm black on blue laid paper · 1866
Art Institute of Chicago

Hercules and the Hydra of Lerna
Gustave Moreau
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 · 1866
Art Institute of Chicago

The Luncheon on the Grass
Claude Monet
black chalk on blue laid paper · 1865
National Gallery of Art

Nude
Aristide Joseph-Bonaventure Maillol
Graphite on pale blue laid paper · 1861
Art Institute of Chicago

Houses by a Road
Camille Pissarro
pen and brown ink with graphite on gray-blue laid paper · 1859
National Gallery of Art

Grove of Trees
Camille Pissarro
pen with brown and black ink, gray wash, and graphite on gray-blue laid paper · 1859
National Gallery of Art

Unfinished Letter with Studies for the Ugolino Group
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
Pen and brown ink on blue laid paper · 1858
Art Institute of Chicago

Flower Market (recto); Sketch of City (verso)
Francis Hopkinson Smith
Watercolor and gouache, with graphite, on blue laid paper, laid down on ivory wood-pulp laminate board · 1858
Art Institute of Chicago

The Preaching of Saint John the Baptist
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
Pen and brown ink on blue laid paper · 1858
Art Institute of Chicago

Caricature of Léon Manchon
Claude Monet
Black and white chalks on blue laid paper · 1858
Art Institute of Chicago

Self-Portrait
Henri Fantin-Latour
Black chalk, with charcoal and stumping, on blue laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper, perimeter mounted to gray board · 1857
Art Institute of Chicago

Caricature of Jules Didier (“Butterfly Man”)
Claude Monet
Black and white chalks on blue laid paper · 1857
Art Institute of Chicago

Objects on Wall, study for Couture, The Bird-Catcher
Thomas Couture
Black chalk, heightened with white chalk, on blue laid paper · 1852
Art Institute of Chicago

Cat on Doorstep
Henry Stacy Marks
Brush and brown wash, heightened with white gouache, over traces of graphite, on blue laid paper · 1849
Art Institute of Chicago

Seated Woman Resting on her Elbow
Henry Stacy Marks
Black pastel, heightened with white gouache, on blue laid paper · 1849
Art Institute of Chicago

Unfinished Sketch of Seated Man
Henry Stacy Marks
Black pastel, heightened with brush and white gouache, on blue laid paper · 1849
Art Institute of Chicago

Two Sketches: Father and Daughter
Henry Stacy Marks
Black pastel, heightened with white pastel, on blue laid paper · 1849
Art Institute of Chicago

Two Sketches: Father and Daughter
Henry Mark
Black pastel, heightened with white pastel, on blue laid paper · 1849
Art Institute of Chicago