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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Ink and wash drawing of a grand church interior with coffered vaults, columns, and a crowd of figures on the floor.

Interior of St. Peter's Illuminated

Louis Jean Desprez, 1770

Brown ink and wash drawing of fountain designs with obelisks, statues, a tiered spire, and domed pavilions.

Designs for Fountains; Verso: Blotter for a Black Crayon Drawing, Upper Part of a Design for a Pavilion Elevation

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Watercolor of a neoclassical bathroom interior with swan fountains, draped curtains, and women attending a seated figure.

Bathroom and Boudoir Interior

Jean-Claude Rumeau, 1800

Red chalk drawing of a seated muscular male figure above and a smaller nude figure with draped cloth below, on cream paper.

Figures from Sistine Chapel ceiling

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Architectural elevation drawing of a three-storey townhouse with green awning, arched entrance and iron balcony railings, 180

Elevation of House for J. Gregory, Chelsea

Thomas Chawner, 1800

Pastel portrait of a young woman with feathered headdress, jeweled headband, quiver of arrows and pink sash against grey back

Personification of America

Rosalba Carriera, 1720

Red chalk sketch of a seated woman in drapery beside a tall cross, holding a small building model.

Seated female figure with cross and building model

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Watercolor ornament design with two decorative panels of cameo medallions flanking a central pedestal with a cherub.

Ornament Design, Altar Dedicated to Mars between Roman Standards

Michel Angelo Pergolesi, 1770

Watercolor of a gallery with blue lattice wall panels, pink pilasters, a painted wooden ceiling, and an arched doorway at the

Gallery, possibly the Glass Passage, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1800

Red chalk sketch of a standing man in period costume with a feathered hat and long cloak, framed by hatched shading.

Male figure in Renaissance dress

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Watercolor design of a blue and gold classical vase with swan-head handles and a seated woman on the body.

Ornament Design with Vase

Michel Angelo Pergolesi, 1770

Ink and wash elevation drawing of an ornate domed royal catafalque with statues, columns, candelabra and a central niche.

Elevation of a Royal Catafalque

Luca Arinelli, 1800

Red chalk drawing of two intertwined figures with loose hatching, set within a gold and black ruled border.

Two figures

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Drawing of three framed ornament designs: two oval cameos and a red-figure amphora with twisted handles.

Ornament Design, Portland Vase and Cameos

Michel Angelo Pergolesi, 1770

Watercolor design of a wood-grained door with an overdoor panel showing a fantastic bird in pink, green and yellow.

Design for Door and Overdoor with Fantastic Bird, probably for the Yellow Room, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1800

Red chalk sketch of a helmeted bust on a pedestal with draped figures and an inscribed cloth, within a ruled border.

Detail of tomb monument

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Watercolor ornament design with a central purple arabesque panel flanked by two decorated Roman-style standards with medallio

Ornament Design, Arabesque Panel between Roman Standards

Michel Angelo Pergolesi, 1770

Engraved plate of 17 figures showing fan making steps, folded fans, decorated leaves and tools, labeled Eventailliste.

Plate Illustrating Fanmaking from Diderot's "Encyclopédie"

Denis Diderot, 1750

Red chalk sketch of a seated hooded figure holding a staff and a tablet, with hatched shading behind.

Seated figure with tablet

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Drawing of a classical two-handled urn in red-figure style with female head handles and a seated woman scene.

Ornament Design with Urn

Michel Angelo Pergolesi, 1770

Drawing of a standing male nude with one arm raised to his head, rendered in graphite and white chalk on grey paper.

Academic Study of a Male Nude

Giuseppe Longhi, 1800

Red chalk drawing of a standing male figure wrapped in drapery, framed by a double ruled border.

Standing male figure wearing himation

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Watercolor ornament sheet with two laurel and myrtle wreaths framing a purple band of pink acanthus scrolls.

Ornament Design, Foliate Panel between Roman Myrtle and Laurel Crowns

Michel Angelo Pergolesi, 1770

Pen and wash drawing of a rococo cartouche with scrollwork, cherub heads, and a dove within radiating rays.

Design for a Holy Water Stoup

Thomas Lainé, 1730

Red chalk drawing of a classical armory, a carved mask, and foliage garlands arranged in three stacked sections.

Armory, mask and a garland

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Watercolor ornament sheet with a triangular panel of two winged lions, a laurel wreath, and a crown with ribbons.

Ornament Design, Triangular Panel with Winged Lions and Two Roman Crowns

Michel Angelo Pergolesi, 1770

Brown ink drawing of an ornamental frame with scrollwork, foliage, scalloped edges and a blank central panel.

Frame

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Red chalk drawing of a seated allegorical female figure with raised arm, spear and shield on a pedestal.

Seated allegorical figure

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Watercolor design with two vertical Roman-style standards holding cameo medallions and a central red triangular panel with wh

Ornament Design, Triangular Panel between Roman Standards

Michel Angelo Pergolesi, 1770

Pen and brown wash drawing of several ornamental frames, including oval and rectangular designs with garlands and drapery swa

Frames

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800