French Lithographic Prints
May 2026
All objects are lithographic prints associated with French culture, demonstrating the widespread use and artistic development of lithography in France.
130 objects · 5 institutions

A Cemetery in Galicia, from Au Pied du Sinaï
Art Institute of Chicago
1897, published 1898

A Long Chrysalis, the Color of Blood, plate 2 of 6
Art Institute of Chicago
1889

A Pharmacy for Every Need (plate 24)
Art Institute of Chicago
1843

Adieu
Art Institute of Chicago
1895

And He Discerns an Arid, Knoll-Covered Plain, plate 7 of 24
Art Institute of Chicago
1896

At the Gaieté Rochechouart: Nicolle
Art Institute of Chicago
1893

Babylone d'Allemagne
Art Institute of Chicago
1894

Box in the Grand Tier
Art Institute of Chicago
1897

Brandès and le Bargy, in Les Cabotins
Art Institute of Chicago
1894

Brandès in her Box
Art Institute of Chicago
1894

Brasseur's Entrance in Chilpéric
Art Institute of Chicago
1895

Brünnhilde
Art Institute of Chicago
1894

Brünnhilde (Twilight of the Gods)
Art Institute of Chicago
1894

Cain and Abel
Art Institute of Chicago
1886

Centaur Aiming at the Clouds
Art Institute of Chicago
1883

Chansons de femmes, cover for a book by Paul Delmet
Art Institute of Chicago
1897

Cléo de Mérode, from Treize Lithographies
Art Institute of Chicago
1898, published before 1906

Coquelin the Elder, from Treize Lithographies
Art Institute of Chicago
1898, published before 1906

Cover for "Le Juré"
Art Institute of Chicago
1887

Cover for Au pied du Sinaï
Art Institute of Chicago
1897, published 1898

Cover for Elles
Art Institute of Chicago
1896

Cover for La Tribu d'Isidore
Art Institute of Chicago
1897

Cover for Les Courtes Joies
Art Institute of Chicago
1897, printed and published 1925

Cover for the portfolio, The Painters-Lithographers (Les Peintres Lithographes)
Art Institute of Chicago
1892

Dead Child
Art Institute of Chicago
1874

Death and the Young Mother, from Revue Fantaisiste
Art Institute of Chicago
1861

Death: "My irony surpasses all others!", plate 3 of 6
Art Institute of Chicago
1889

Double harness
Art Institute of Chicago
1897

Dramatic and Grandiose with Her Face like that of a Druid Priestess
Art Institute of Chicago
1887

Désiré Dihau
Art Institute of Chicago
1895

Floréal, from Mélodies de Désiré Dihau
Art Institute of Chicago
1895, printed and published 1935

Footit et chocolat
Art Institute of Chicago
n.d.

Girl
Art Institute of Chicago
1887

Head of Woman With Corsage of Flowers
Art Institute of Chicago
1900

Head of a Raven in Profile, from The Raven (Le Corbeau)
Art Institute of Chicago
1875

Hrorororoo! (English exclamation)
Art Institute of Chicago
1817

Idler
Art Institute of Chicago
1816

Immediately Three Goddesses Arise, plate 11 of 24
Art Institute of Chicago
1896

In the Maze of Branches, the Pale Figure Appeared, plate 2 of 7
Art Institute of Chicago
1887

In the Picton Bar (American Bar), rue Scribe
Art Institute of Chicago
1896

In the Shadow Are People, Weeping and Praying, Surrounded by Others Who Are Exhorting Them, plate 6 of 24
Art Institute of Chicago
1896

Intelligence was Mine! I Became the Buddha, plate 12 of 24
Art Institute of Chicago
1896

Irish and American Bar, Rue Royale—The Chap Book
Art Institute of Chicago
1895

It is a Skull Wreathed in Roses...
Art Institute of Chicago
1888

Jane Shore
Art Institute of Chicago
1828

Judic
Art Institute of Chicago
1894

Juliette Dodu
Art Institute of Chicago
1904

Klänge
Art Institute of Chicago
1907–12, published 1913
La Ronte de Louviers
Harvard Art Museums
20th century

La revue blanche
Art Institute of Chicago
1895

La vache enragée
Art Institute of Chicago
1896

Le Chevalier Dupetit-Thouars
Art Institute of Chicago
1822

Le Tocsin
Art Institute of Chicago
1895

Le magazin de nouveautes
Art Institute of Chicago
1902

Lender Dancing the Bolero in Chilpéric
Art Institute of Chicago
1895

Light
Art Institute of Chicago
1893

Lola de Valence
Art Institute of Chicago
1863

Louise Balthy, from Treize Lithographies
Art Institute of Chicago
1898, published before 1906

Lourdes, 1914, 25th International Eucharistic Congress
Art Institute of Chicago
1914

Madame Abdala, from "Le Café Concert"
Metropolitan Museum of Art
1893

Madame Réjane
Art Institute of Chicago
1898, published 1936

Madame Simon-Girard, Brasseur and Guy in La belle Hélène
Art Institute of Chicago
1900

Mademoiselle Lender and Baron
Art Institute of Chicago
1893

Marguerite Carrière
Art Institute of Chicago
1901

Maternity
Art Institute of Chicago
1896

May Belfort, from Treize Lithographies
Art Institute of Chicago
1898, published before 1906

Menu Henriot
Art Institute of Chicago
1901

Menu for a Dinner given by May Belfort
Art Institute of Chicago
1896

Menu from the Dinner Tarnais (Dîner des Tarnais)
Cleveland Museum of Art
1896

Miguel Llobet
Art Institute of Chicago
1908

Minerva Teaching a Young Artist, illustration for the Catalogue historique du Cabinet by Mariette
Art Institute of Chicago
n.d.

My Child
Art Institute of Chicago
1893

Oannes: "I, the first consciousness in Chaos, rose from the abyss to harden matter, to determine forms," plate 14 from The Temptation of Saint Anthony (3rd series)
Art Institute of Chicago
1896

Oannes: "I, the first consciousness in Chaos, rose from the abyss to harden matter, to determine forms," plate 14 from The Temptation of Saint Anthony (3rd series)
Art Institute of Chicago
1896

Odalisque
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1868

Old Knight
Art Institute of Chicago
1896

Ophelia's Song
Art Institute of Chicago
1834

Passing Young Girls, from "The Songs of Béranger"
Metropolitan Museum of Art
1829

Paul Sérusier
Art Institute of Chicago
1903

Picnic
Art Institute of Chicago
1898

Polaire
Art Institute of Chicago
1898, published 1930

Poor Street-Walker!
Art Institute of Chicago
1893

Portfolio Cover for Songes (Dreams)
Art Institute of Chicago
1891

Praÿa Rodriguez, near Rio de Janeiro, plate one from Paysages, volume 1 of Voyage pittoresque dans le Brésil
Art Institute of Chicago
1835

Precarious Glimmering, a Head Suspended from Infinity, plate 3 of 6
Art Institute of Chicago
1891

Profile of Light
Art Institute of Chicago
1886

Program for the Gémier Benefit
Art Institute of Chicago
1897

Project for a Cover of a Printed Portfolio
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1899

Reading
Art Institute of Chicago
1897

Ricardo Viñes
Art Institute of Chicago
1903

Ricardo Viñes
Art Institute of Chicago
1903

Réjane and Galipaux, in Madame Sans-Gêne
Art Institute of Chicago
1893

Saint Anthony: "Beneath her long hair, which covered her face, I thought I recognized Ammonaria", plate 1 of 6
Art Institute of Chicago
1889

Sarah Bernhardt, from Treize Lithographies
Art Institute of Chicago
1898, published before 1906

Sarah Bernhardt, from Treize Lithographies
Art Institute of Chicago
1898, published before 1906

School Mistress
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1740

Temple of Sibyl in Méréville
Art Institute of Chicago
1817

The Arrest of Schlomé Fuss, from Au Pied du Sinaï
Art Institute of Chicago
1897, published 1898

The Artist
Art Institute of Chicago
n.d.

The Birth of Annette
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1899

The Buddha
Art Institute of Chicago
1895

The Charger
Art Institute of Chicago
1894

The Charger
Art Institute of Chicago
1894

The Convalescent, Madame Lepère
Art Institute of Chicago
1892

The Fainting Fit
Art Institute of Chicago
1894

The Hairdresser, Program for the Théâtre Libre
Art Institute of Chicago
1893

The Hanged Man
Art Institute of Chicago
1892

The Head Salesman at Jourdan and Brown
Art Institute of Chicago
1897

The Idler
Art Institute of Chicago
1816

The Infinite Search, from Night
Art Institute of Chicago
1886

The Lithograph Seller
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1819

The Little Savoyard
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1825

The Marsh Flower, a Sad Human Head, plate 2 of 6
Art Institute of Chicago
1885

The Menu
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1870

The Restaurant of the Great Art Exhibition: A symbiotic love for the arts and the cutlet
Art Institute of Chicago
1868, printed 1920

The Secret, from Mélodies de Désiré Dihau
Art Institute of Chicago
1895, printed and published 1935

The Shulamite
Art Institute of Chicago
1897

The Skiapods: "The head as low as possible, that is the secret of happiness!", plate 6 of 6
Art Institute of Chicago
1889

The Vigilant One
Art Institute of Chicago
1816

There's a Floating Corpse
Art Institute of Chicago
1892

Untitled
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negative 1932–1942; print 1976

Vigilant One
Art Institute of Chicago
1816

Why Not?... Once Does Not Count
Art Institute of Chicago
1893

Wisdom
Art Institute of Chicago
1893, printed and published 1927

Woman Combing Her Hair—La Coiffure, plate seven from Elles
Art Institute of Chicago
1896

Your Mouth
Art Institute of Chicago
1893

Your Mouth
Art Institute of Chicago
1893
![[Mont Blanc from the Aiguille du Midi]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/7d05d135-ff50-4792-b408-203fdd26cbe7/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Mont Blanc from the Aiguille du Midi]
GETTY
about 1890–1893
![[Pavement]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/843f980b-0a97-4cd1-900c-4db20515af44/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Pavement]
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negative 1932–1942; print 1976
![[Still Life: Dead Game]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/af991ed4-8913-4f09-a4b0-3ce7ef46e1b8/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Still Life: Dead Game]
GETTY
about 1880