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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Watercolor of an 1860 artist's studio with red curtains, an easel, marble busts, and a woman seated at a piano.

Artist's Studio in Berlin

Karl Wilhelm Streckfuss, 1860

Pen plan of a double spiral staircase with a central landing, numbered treads and red and green construction lines.

Plan View of a Double Spiral Staircase with Central Landing

Adolph Bordeaux, 1880

Portrait of a young boy with dark hair in a dark jacket, white shirt and yellow bow tie against a grey background.

Colombia, Barranquilla, portrait of boy

Frederic Edwin Church, 1853

Watercolor of a man writing at a desk in a richly furnished study with chandelier, drapes and framed paintings.

The Study of King Louis-Philippe at Neuilly

James Roberts, 1840

Pen drawing of a spiral staircase with elevation, circular plan with numbered radial divisions, and detailed tread sections.

Elevation and Plan View for a Spiral Staircase

Adolph Bordeaux, 1880

Watercolor of a salon with a man playing violin and a seated woman playing guitar beside open French doors.

Salon Interior with Gabriel d'Arjuzon Playing the Violin and Pascalie Hosten, Comtess d'Arjuzon, Playing Guitar

Achille Louis Martinet, 1810

Italian girl

Elihu Vedder, 1890

Watercolor drawing of a white azalea with brown leaves, a purple ribbon, and a trailing floral garland border.

Azalées (Azaleas)

Louis Apollinaire Sicard, 1900

Watercolor design of a chimney-piece with two pagoda-style towers, gilded central ornament, and fluted columns on a cream bac

Chimney-piece, West Wall of Music Room

Robert Jones, 1810

Triptych design of a mermaid with a hand mirror among seaweed, coral and fish, with shell and pearl side panels.

Study for "The Mermaid Window," A.H. Barney Residence, New York, NY

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Watercolor design of a square panel with a gold ring medallion of flower motifs on blue, red corners and rosettes.

Design for Decorative Panel for July Festival Architecture

Félix Duban, 1830

Two circular watercolor vignettes of young women in period dress, one reading a letter, one holding a flower, on a pale sheet

Five Circular Representations of Young Women

Fortunato Duranti, 1810

Study of figure

Elihu Vedder, 1890

Pencil sketch of craggy alpine peaks above a lake shore with sparse trees, inscribed Gosau at lower right.

Alps over Hinterer Gosausee, Austria

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Watercolor design of a gilded scroll cartouche with fleur-de-lis, crossed arrows, pink ribbon, and roses.

Design for the rest of a chair or a cushion, to be executed in tapestry

Alphonse Marie de Neuville, 1880

Pale watercolor elevation of a tall fluted column topped by a winged Victory, with seated statues and flanking winged figures

Project: The elevation of a Victory monument

Giuseppe Valadier, 1820

Sketch on tan paper of dandelion seed heads on thin stems with a yellow eyespot moth in the upper right corner.

Study of White Daisy, Chamomile Stem with Two Petals, and a Chamomile Petal

Samuel Colman, 1890

Grey wash drawing of a veiled woman offering a bowl to a seated bearded man and a boy in classical dress.

Sketch for an Unused Scene for a Cartoon for Cotton Printing: La Vie de Bélisaire

B. M. Lebert, 1810

Dense tropical vines with heart-shaped leaves and small flowers climb against a dark brown background.

Philodendron Vines, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Charcoal and white chalk study of a woman's head with a raised arm and an extended hand on tan paper.

Study of the Head and Arms of a Figure

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Ink and wash drawing of Ceres enthroned under a drape with attendants, plus sketches of figures and ornament on the right.

The Seasons Bring Gifts to Ceres and Triptolemus

Felice Giani, 1810

Watercolor elevation of a brick building with arched bays, green doors, and a tiled roof, with a small tower at left.

A Warehouse of the 16th Century in Pisa, Italy

Whitney Warren Jr, 1890

Study of a nude winged putto seated on a cloud in a blue roundel, holding musical instruments, with a bird on a branch.

Study for Roundel with Putto Holding Attributes of Music

Pierre Victor Galland, 1900

Brown ink and wash design for a stage curtain showing winged figures and muses in a domed temple beneath beams of light.

Design for Stage Curtain: Temple of Fame

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil sketch on graph paper of two arcaded interior scenes with women in long dresses, preparatory study for a painting.

Two Figure Compositions for the Painting "The Republican Court" (Lady Washington's Reception Day)

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Painting of a seated boy in a straw hat and white shirt, viewed from behind, surrounded by tall green grass.

Seated Boy, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Ink and wash drawing of a coffered ceiling design with octagonal and circular panels showing classical sacrifice scenes.

Decorative Design for Ceiling

Felice Giani, 1810

Watercolor design for a painted ceiling with a central winged figure, scrolling foliage, and small mythological scenes in fra

Project for a Painted Square Ceiling

Luigi Rossini, 1820

Pencil and watercolor sketch of several Dutch sailing barges with masts and rigging on water, with handwritten notes.

Dutch Barges

Whitney Warren Jr, 1880

Pencil sketch of a spreading tamarind tree with feathery leaves beside smaller trees on tan paper.

Tamarind Tree, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil perspective study of an Ionic-capped architectural bay with vanishing point lines and handwritten enlargement notes.

Study of perspective

Kenyon Cox, 1900

Etched landscape with a tall tree and dense foliage on the right, a field in the foreground, and birds in a cloudy sky.

Print - Charles Émile Jacque, 1850

Charles Émile Jacque, 1850

Portrait of a young boy with dark hair in a dark jacket and yellow bow tie against a brown background.

Justiniano de la Rosa of Barranquilla, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and brown ink sketch of women behind a railing watching boats launched into the sea, with a lower study of a boat and fig

Two Studies of Women Standing behind Railing, Looking at the Launching of Dories, Cullercoats, England

Winslow Homer, 1880

Watercolor design for a footed salt or pepper cellar with blue bowl, grapevine swags and three female heads.

Design for a Salt or Pepper Cellar

Giovacchino Belli, 1810

Hazy distant hills under a pale sky, with a small bird on a leafy shrub at right and a grassy slope at lower left.

Distant Hills, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Brown ink and wash drawing in an octagonal frame showing Ceres and Jupiter with an eagle, mythological scene.

Ceres asks Jupiter for Return of Proserpina

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil drawing of a cow's head with curved horns and shaded fur on tan paper.

Head of a Cow

Samuel Colman, 1860

Oil sketch of a tall tree fern over banana plants and a grassy Jamaican hillside, with a pale blue sky.

Tree Fern, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Ink and wash drawing of two octagonal allegorical panels with seated female figures, winged putti, and a shield with a lion.

Justice and Strength, in Two Octagons

Felice Giani, 1810

Study for "Roman Girl", Head of a Woman

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Oval pastel portrait of a woman in a blue jacket and black feathered hat holding a brass horn, with a yellow skirt.

Portrait of Sarah Cooper Hewitt in French Costume

Carroll Beckwith, 1890

Octagonal ink and wash drawing of a chariot procession with classical figures, putti, a panther and columns in the background

The Triumph of Bacchus and Ceres

Felice Giani, 1810

Colorful design elevation of a Chinese-style interior wall with red panels, pagodas, dragons, and a central fireplace.

Design for the West Wall of the Music Room, for Brighton Pavilion, Brighton, England

Frederick Crace, 1810

Boy playing a lute

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Watercolor of a plum branch with ripe red-purple plums, green and yellowing leaves, and two caterpillars.

Branch with a cluster of ripe plums and caterpillars

Mrs. Smith, 1820

Watercolor design of a square ceiling with ornate fretwork border and a pale cloudy sky in the center.

Design for Ceiling Decoration, Probably for the Entrance Hall

Frederick Crace, 1810

Charcoal and white chalk sketch of a young girl's head turned to the side, drawn on tan paper.

Portrait Sketch of a Young Girl

Elihu Vedder, 1890

Repeating Art Nouveau wallpaper design of golden wheat ears and green scrolling foliage on a pale blue background.

Design for Wallpaper

Anna M. de Pool, 1890

Watercolor interior elevation of a pink-paneled wall with a white fireplace, central mirror, green swags and an arched niche.

Wall Elevation with Fireplace

Frederick Crace, 1810

Circular drawing of a sleeping woman with long wavy hair, flanked by two wings and radiating light.

Study of "Soul in Bondage"

Elihu Vedder, 1890

Pencil study of a standing nude male figure with clenched fists, drawn on cream paper with handwritten inscription below.

Nude Study for Figure of "Courage," Memorial Window to Jacob Dolson Cox, Oberlin College

Kenyon Cox, 1900

Blue watercolor floor covering design with stylized lotus border and grid of star rosettes on cream paper.

Design for floor covering

Cooper Union Art School, 1890

Pen and ink design of a wrought iron bracket with a red patterned hanging lantern on chains.

Design for a Wrought Iron Light Fixture

J. Flinch, 1880

Charcoal and white chalk study of a pensive figure in a draped head covering, head resting on one hand, on tan paper.

Portrait of a Costumed Figure

Elihu Vedder, 1890

Pencil sketch of three figures, two women in hats and a mustached man, seated before faint distant hills.

Three Figures

Winslow Homer, 1860

Watercolor interior study of gilded paneled walls, striped drapery and a floral-covered gilt bed in an alcove.

Detail, bed alcove, Palace of Fontainebleau

Frederick Marschall, 1880

Pen and brown wash drawing of four octagonal panels with draped allegorical women and classical architectural settings.

Four Allegories of Virtue, Villa Aldini, Montmorency, France

Felice Giani, 1810

Pen and brown wash design drawing of a decorated ceiling with scrolls, medallions, a fan lunette and a central square panel.

Design for Decorations for a Ceiling

Giuseppe Barberi, 1810

Pencil sketch of a standing figure seen from behind in a fringed garment, with cloud studies and handwritten notes on cream p

Cloud Sketch and Figure of Cecrops

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Pen and brown ink drawing of Bacchus seated with a thyrsus and panther, within an octagonal frame with a temple behind.

Bacchus

Felice Giani, 1810

Design drawing of an octagonal ceiling with blue vault, pink ornamental borders and a central scene of Mars and Venus.

Design for a Painted Octagonal Panel

Marco Capizucchi, 1820

Pencil sketch of two men in wide-brimmed sombreros standing on a plain ground, one holding a long stick.

Two Mexicans Standing

Howard Russell Butler, 1880

Circular sepia wash drawing of Hebe and Hercules's wedding with seated woman, reclining man, and winged putti.

The Wedding of Hebe and Hercules

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil sketch of women wading in surf near a beach, with a seated figure in a hat beside a rowboat on pebbles.

Women Surf Bathing

Winslow Homer, 1870

Head of a Rooster

Samuel Colman, 1900

Circular ink drawing of classical gods and figures reclining and gathering among clouds, with a handwritten caption below.

Banquet of the Gods

Felice Giani, 1810

Oil study of a nude winged putto with a bow and blue drapery within a brown circular roundel.

Study for Roundel with Putto

Pierre Victor Galland, 1900

Pencil sketch of a tree with leafy foliage on the left and bare branches rising on the right, on tan paper.

Sketch of a Tree

Daniel Huntington, 1830

Pencil design for a ceiling with a central chariot scene, winged figures, trumpets and ornamental scrolls in a grid layout.

Ceiling Decoration, Victory in a Chariot, Palazzo Quirinale, Rome

Felice Giani, 1810

Charcoal sketch of a group of fishermen in oilskin hats beside a rocky wall, with a pale sea horizon to the right.

Fishermen in Oilskins, Cullercoats, England

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pencil sketch sheet of llamas in grazing and standing poses, with a handwritten note near Chimborazo at upper right.

Llamas near Chimborazo, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and brown wash roundel of a chariot with two horses, a winged figure, and the word PACE above.

Triumph of Peace, Roundel, for the Aldini Villa at Montmorency

Felice Giani, 1810

Watercolor design with oval portrait of bearded Henry IV in armor, flanked by two putti holding fruit garlands above a coat o

Henry IV

Frederick Marschall, 1880

Pencil sketch of two girls standing in tall grass, one in a wide hat with her arm around the other in a bonnet.

Two Girls in a Field

Winslow Homer, 1870

Pen and wash drawing of a ceiling design in perspective with octagonal medallions, painted panels and small grotesque figures

Ceiling of a Small Cabinet, Palazzo Quirinale, Rome

Felice Giani, 1810

Colored drawing of an ornate classical ceiling design with medallions, garlands, scrollwork, and figures in red, blue and gol

Ceiling in Hadrian's Villa, near Tivoli

Luigi Rossini, 1820

Pencil sketch of a standing male nude with handwritten proportion notes in the margins and along the bottom.

Sketch of a Male Nude with Notations

Winslow Homer, 1850

Pencil drawing of two winged women in classical robes flanking a handled urn beneath a medallion and garlands.

Frieze with Bacchantes

Felice Giani, 1820

Elevation drawing of a sauce boat with a hippocamp handle, laurel garland, pedestal base and lion paw feet.

Elevation of a Sauce Boat

Joseph Anton Seethaler II, 1810

Pen drawing of hazelnuts with frilled leaves and a small bird with a long beak, on a mounted sheet with handwritten notes.

Project for Illustration: Hazelnuts from Nature

Samuel Colman, 1880

Pen and watercolor sketch of two winged figures blowing trumpets flanking a central ornamental staff on a diamond-shaped shee

Fame with Trumpet, Sala di Recezione, Palazzo Quirinale, Rome

Felice Giani, 1810

A Bavarian Peasant

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Graphite and white chalk drawing of a reclining draped figure beneath a winged figure, with a small landscape vignette.

Classical Scene

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Pen and brown ink sketch of a draped Victory figure with a trumpet beside studies of a wall section and stool.

Sketch of Victory holding Bowknot and Trumpet; sketches of Wall Section and Stool

Felice Giani, 1810

Watercolor design sheet of nine ornamental panels with floral rosettes, scrollwork and geometric borders on a dark ground.

Design for Stained Glass Ornamental Panels

John La Farge, 1900

Pencil studies of a hand and arm in several positions on tan paper, including open and cupped hands.

Three Studies of a Hand and Arm

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Circular watercolor sketch of winged Aurora flying with a chariot, flowers and putti in pink and violet clouds.

Project for Ceiling Design Depicting Aurora

Felice Giani, 1810

Painted study of tall tree trunks, ferns, and a bromeliad in a dim tropical forest with olive-brown tones.

Trees and Undergrowth, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a reclining male figure resting his head on one hand, with the other arm bent beneath him.

Figure Study

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1890

Brown ink and wash drawing of Vulcan's forge with workers at an anvil, armored warriors, and a winged figure, in an octagonal

Vulcano forging the Thunderbolts of Jove

Felice Giani, 1810

Painting of thatch palms in a dense tropical forest with slender trees and a warm hazy sky at the horizon.

Thatch Palm, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Graphite figure study of a muscular male torso with raised arms and several separate hand studies on grey paper.

Figure Study for Diana and Her Attendants among the Constellations

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1880

Pen and ink study of decorative wall panels with geometric borders and handwritten Italian color notes.

Three Studies of Wall Mirrors

Felice Giani, 1820

Susan and Child Facing Each Other

Mary Cassatt, 1880

Charcoal sketch of a woman's face with a center part and flowing hair, drawn on a scalloped paper cutout.

Head of a Woman (Project for Stained Glass)

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1880