Dog and Monkey
1814/15
Medium
Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 30.4 × 25.4 cm (12 × 10 in.); Sheet: 41.2 × 31.7 cm (16 1/4 × 12 1/2 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
39693
Art Historical Context
Behold the playful "Dog and Monkey," a delightful lithograph created by Gottfried Engelmann around 1814/15, now housed in the Art Institute of Chicago's Prints and Drawings collection. Measuring 30.4 × 25.4 cm (image) on a larger 41.2 × 31.7 cm sheet of ivory wove paper, this black-ink print captures two animals in what promises to be an engaging, lively encounter—hallmarks of early 19th-century naturalist whimsy. Lithography, invented just over a decade earlier by Alois Senefelder, marked a revolutionary shift in printmaking. As a pioneering German lithographer who later thrived in Paris, En...