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Figures by a Railing
James McNeill Whistler
Pen and brown ink on blue laid paper (discolored) · 1870
Art Institute of Chicago
Moonlight over the Watzmann, Bavaria (Germany)
Frederic Edwin Church, American
Graphite and white gouache on blue laid paper · 1868
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Cascade near the Königssee, Germany
Frederic Edwin Church, American
Graphite and white gouache on blue laid paper; verso: graphite · 1868
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
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
Mind
Henry Stacy Marks
Black pastel with stumping, heightened with white pastel, on blue laid paper · 1859
Art Institute of Chicago
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
Study for "Scientific Group"
Daniel Huntington, American
Graphite on lined blue laid paper · 1858
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Study for "Scientific Group"
Daniel Huntington, American
Graphite on lined blue laid paper · 1858
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Study for "Scientific Group"
Daniel Huntington, American
Graphite on lined blue laid paper · 1858
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Study for "Scientific Group"
Daniel Huntington, American
Graphite on lined blue laid paper · 1858
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
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
Sketches from the Río Magdalena, Colombia
Frederic Edwin Church, American
Graphite on gray-blue laid paper · 1853
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
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