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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Pencil sketch of several men's heads in top hats and bowler hats, with beards and mustaches, on pale paper.

Sketches of Heads of Men

Arnold William Brunner, 1890

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

Portrait of a Woman

Philip Leslie Hale, 1900

Charcoal and white chalk sketch of a young woman with closed eyes and hair in a bun, on grey paper with blue shading.

Portrait Sketch of a Young Woman with Closed Eyes

Elihu Vedder, 1890

Sketches of Heads

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Grayscale shaded drawing of a plaster head tilted upward on a stepped pedestal, with the name M. Alice Travers inscribed at u

Vertical rectangle. The head of a woman tilted upward and facing left. Signed in charcoal, upper right: "M. Alice Tra…

M. Alice Travers, 1890

Charcoal study of an elderly bearded man with a balding head wearing a buttoned overcoat, looking over his shoulder.

Portrait of a Man: Study from Life

Coralie E. Feilner, 1880

Portrait fo unknown man

Richard Dighton, 1880

Pencil study of a classical helmeted head of Athena, shaded on the right, with handwritten notes on the sheet.

Head of Athena (from a cast)

S. D. Pratt, 1900

Sketches of Two Heads

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Portrait of Lord Beauclerk

Richard Dighton, 1880

Chalk drawing on brown paper of a young woman with bowed head, dark hair, and white lace collar.

The Artist's Wife Sophie

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Gedney Bunce

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Portrait of Mr. Franklin

Richard Dighton, 1880

Pencil sketch of a right hand on cream paper with handwritten colour notes in the upper left corner.

Sketch of Right Hand for Portrait of Mrs. Kennedy

Daniel Huntington, 1870

Pencil sketch of a broken carved column capital with acanthus leaves beside a camel head with bridle.

Column Capital and Head of a Camel, as-Samu, Palestine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Charcoal drawing of a young child with voluminous curly hair turned to the side, shaded softly against a pale tan sheet.

Portrait of a Child

Samuel Worcester Rowse, 1820

Graphite sketch of a seated woman with head tilted up, arm resting on a ledge, hand gathering drapery.

Sketch for a Portrait of a Seated Woman

Daniel Huntington, 1870

Pencil sketch of a figure seen from behind, wearing a cap and coat, on cream paper with a museum stamp.

James McNeill Whistler

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Pencil portrait of a young woman with a braided hair and shawl, drawn on brown paper with handwritten inscription below.

Senorita Filetta Molina Bolador del Carmen, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil and white chalk study of a woman's bust and shoulders in a draped garment with lace trim, on cream paper.

Bust of a Woman, Possibly Study for Portrait of Mrs. Rutherford B. Hayes

Daniel Huntington, 1880

Watercolor study of a brown and white ox head with long curved horns, facing forward on a gray background.

Head of a Cow or Ox

Samuel Colman, 1870

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

Pencil sketch of a standing woman in a long dress with one arm extended, on cream paper.

Sketch for a Portrait of Bella Worsham

Daniel Huntington, 1870

Etching of a bearded man with long hair, white collar and dark clothing against a hatched dark background.

Portrait of a Man, from "Etchings of Pictures in the Metropolitan Museum, New York"

Jules Ferdinand Jacquemart, 1870

Engraved bust portrait of a balding man in a cravat and jacket, with a handwritten signature below, on a foxed sheet.

Portrait of Frèedrich Christoph Perthes

Julius Caesar Thaeter, 1840

Pencil sketch of a reclining doll with handwritten colour and portrait notes on tan paper.

Sketches for Portrait of Marguerite Burrows

Daniel Huntington, 1880

Engraved portrait of a standing officer in uniform with a sword and cloak, beside a grey horse on a grassy slope.

Portrait of Nathanael Greene

Alonzo Chappel, 1860

Engraved portrait of Henri of Lorraine in a dark doublet and white lace ruff, from Guizot's History of France.

Portrait of Henri, Duke of Lorraine

William Wellstood, 1840

Pencil sketch of a standing man in a long frock coat with a bow tie, one hand resting on a surface.

President Chester Alan Arthur Standing

Daniel Huntington, 1880