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275 artworks · Art Institute of Chicago

Cornice Studies, Chicago, Illinois, Design Drawing by Drake + Wight

Cornice Studies, Chicago, Illinois, Design Drawing

Drake + Wight, c. 1873–1876

Kings County Courthouse Competition, Chicago, Illinois, Elevation by Peter Bonnett Wight

Kings County Courthouse Competition, Chicago, Illinois, Elevation

Peter Bonnett Wight, c. 1869

Orders of Architecture, Greek Doric Order from the Parthenon, Elevation by Carl (Charles) J. Furst

Orders of Architecture, Greek Doric Order from the Parthenon, Elevation

Carl (Charles) J. Furst, March 28, 1870

Stewart–Bentley Building, Chicago, Illinois, Elevation and Exterior Wall Section by Carter, Drake and Wight

Stewart–Bentley Building, Chicago, Illinois, Elevation and Exterior Wall Section

Carter, Drake and Wight, 1872

Santa Fe Building: Terracotta Block with Foliate Design by D.H. Burnham & Co.

Santa Fe Building: Terracotta Block with Foliate Design

D.H. Burnham & Co., 1904

Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome, Italy, Interior View by Frederick Philip Dinkelberg

Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome, Italy, Interior View

Frederick Philip Dinkelberg, 1878

Potomac Round Point, Washington D.C., Sketches by D.H. Burnham & Co.

Potomac Round Point, Washington D.C., Sketches

D.H. Burnham & Co., 1909

Railway Exchange Building: Blocks with Repeated Meander Pattern by D.H. Burnham & Co.

Railway Exchange Building: Blocks with Repeated Meander Pattern

D.H. Burnham & Co., 1903/04 (restored 1982)

Ottawa Opera House, Ottawa, Illinois, Wall Stencil Design by Peter Bonnett Wight

Ottawa Opera House, Ottawa, Illinois, Wall Stencil Design

Peter Bonnett Wight, c. 1875

Dry Dock Savings Bank, New York City, New York, Competition Design Drawing by Peter Bonnett Wight

Dry Dock Savings Bank, New York City, New York, Competition Design Drawing

Peter Bonnett Wight, 1858

National Park Bank, New York City, New York, Competition Design Drawing by Peter Bonnett Wight

National Park Bank, New York City, New York, Competition Design Drawing

Peter Bonnett Wight, c. 1866

Middletown Bank, New York, Perspective by Peter Bonnett Wight

Middletown Bank, New York, Perspective

Peter Bonnett Wight, 1862

Point West of Algiers, North Africa, Travel Sketch by Daniel Hudson Burnham

Point West of Algiers, North Africa, Travel Sketch

Daniel Hudson Burnham, 1896

Library for R.A. McCurdy, Morris Plaines, New Jersey, Elevations of Mantel and Furniture by Peter Bonnett Wight

Library for R.A. McCurdy, Morris Plaines, New Jersey, Elevations of Mantel and Furniture

Peter Bonnett Wight, c. 1869

Acanthus Spinosus, Presentation Drawings by Peter Bonnett Wight

Acanthus Spinosus, Presentation Drawings

Peter Bonnett Wight, 1877

Orchestra Hall, Chicago, Illinois, Detail Drawings by D.H. Burnham & Co.

Orchestra Hall, Chicago, Illinois, Detail Drawings

D.H. Burnham & Co., 1905–1907, 1910

Ravinia Park Casino Building: Window by Peter Joseph Weber

Ravinia Park Casino Building: Window

Peter Joseph Weber, 1904 (building demolished in 1986)

Chicago Stock Exchange Building: Kick Plate from Front Entrance by Louis H. Sullivan

Chicago Stock Exchange Building: Kick Plate from Front Entrance

Louis H. Sullivan, 1894

National Academy of Design Competition, New York, New York, South Elevation by Peter Bonnett Wight

National Academy of Design Competition, New York, New York, South Elevation

Peter Bonnett Wight, 1861

Ontario Apartment Building, Chicago, Illinois, Isometric by Treat & Foltz

Ontario Apartment Building, Chicago, Illinois, Isometric

Treat & Foltz, c. 1880/81

Elevator Grille Ornament from Schlesinger and Mayer Store, Chicago, Illinois by Louis H. Sullivan

Elevator Grille Ornament from Schlesinger and Mayer Store, Chicago, Illinois

Louis H. Sullivan, 1903/04

Chicago Stock Exchange Trading Room: Stencil by Adler & Sullivan, Architects

Chicago Stock Exchange Trading Room: Stencil

Adler & Sullivan, Architects, 1893/94

Balcony Railing Section from the Mecca Apartment Building, Chicago, Illinois by Edbrooke and Burnham

Balcony Railing Section from the Mecca Apartment Building, Chicago, Illinois

Edbrooke and Burnham, 1891-92 (demolished about 1951)

Chicago Stock Exchange Building: First Floor Elevator Enclosure Grille T-Plate by Adler & Sullivan, Architects

Chicago Stock Exchange Building: First Floor Elevator Enclosure Grille T-Plate

Adler & Sullivan, Architects, 1893/94

Plan of Chicago, Plate 62, Plan of a Proposed Park by Daniel Hudson Burnham

Plan of Chicago, Plate 62, Plan of a Proposed Park

Daniel Hudson Burnham, 1909

Plate 122 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. Railway Station Scheme West of the River Between Canal and Clinton Streets, Showing the Relation With the Civic Center. by Daniel Hudson Burnham

Plate 122 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. Railway Station Scheme West of the River Between Canal and Clinton Streets, Showing the Relation With the Civic Center.

Daniel Hudson Burnham, 1905

Sketch Taken at Algiers, North Africa, Travel Sketch by Daniel Hudson Burnham

Sketch Taken at Algiers, North Africa, Travel Sketch

Daniel Hudson Burnham, 1896

Bay of Tunis Through Porthole of Steamship Fürst Bismark, Tunisia, North Africa, Travel Sketch by Daniel Hudson Burnham

Bay of Tunis Through Porthole of Steamship Fürst Bismark, Tunisia, North Africa, Travel Sketch

Daniel Hudson Burnham, 1896

Fisher Building: Light Fixture from Lobby by D.H. Burnham & Co.

Fisher Building: Light Fixture from Lobby

D.H. Burnham & Co., 1896

Plan of Chicago, Plate 63, Plan of a Proposed Park by Daniel Hudson Burnham

Plan of Chicago, Plate 63, Plan of a Proposed Park

Daniel Hudson Burnham, 1909

Eliphalet W. Blatchford House, Chicago, Illinois, LaSalle Street Elevation and Partial Section by Peter Bonnett Wight

Eliphalet W. Blatchford House, Chicago, Illinois, LaSalle Street Elevation and Partial Section

Peter Bonnett Wight, 1873/75

Plate 50 A from Plan of Chicago 1909: Chicago. View of the Proposed Park on the South Shore Looking Northwest Towards the City. by Daniel Hudson Burnham

Plate 50 A from Plan of Chicago 1909: Chicago. View of the Proposed Park on the South Shore Looking Northwest Towards the City.

Daniel Hudson Burnham, 1896

Plate 114 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. Proposed Boulevard and Parkway on Michigan Avenue and Pine Street by Daniel Hudson Burnham

Plate 114 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. Proposed Boulevard and Parkway on Michigan Avenue and Pine Street

Daniel Hudson Burnham, 1909

Plate 131 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. Elevation Showing the Group of Buildings Constituting the Proposed Civic Center. by Daniel Hudson Burnham

Plate 131 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. Elevation Showing the Group of Buildings Constituting the Proposed Civic Center.

Daniel Hudson Burnham, 1909

Design Projects, House Elevation Studies by Carl (Charles) J. Furst

Design Projects, House Elevation Studies

Carl (Charles) J. Furst, c. 1860–1870

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