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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Pencil sketch of a Paris street with bare trees, a street lamp, pedestrians, and tall building facades with chimneys.

View of a Paris Street

Griffith Baily Coale, 1910

Pencil design sketch of a hound-shaped wall sconce holding a lantern, with small scroll ornament studies beside it.

Design for Sconce, Hound

William Hunt Diederich, 1920

Pencil sketch of a winged putto leaning on a pedestal, with faint architectural lines around it on tan paper.

Sketch of Genius for "Tradition"

Kenyon Cox, 1910

Charcoal sketch of a seated woman with curly hair modeling a small figure beside a potted flowering plant.

Virginia Modeling, Study for Etching

Jerome Myers, 1920

Watercolor of a standing winged angel in a pink robe holding a sprig of leaves, with a muted brown background.

Angel

Louise Cox, 1910

Brown ink drawing of allegorical women with scales, a staff and olive branch beneath classical columns, with playing children

The Beneficence of the Law, Design for Mural at Essex County Court House, Newark, New Jersey

Kenyon Cox, 1910

Pencil and wash drawing of an ornate coffered ceiling with a central panel of allegorical figures and cherubs among clouds.

Ceiling of Courtroom, Federal Building, Cleveland, OH

Arnold William Brunner, 1910

Watercolor elevation of a bank main entrance with green double doors, a clock flanked by winged figures, and a pedestrian.

Design for main entrance door for the Bankers' Trust Company, New York, NY

Christian Francis Rosborg, 1920

Drawing of a seated man beside a reclining older woman on a floral sofa, in a room with a chandelier and framed portrait.

He Sat Still, Studying His Mother's Strong, Lined Face

Elizabeth Shippen Green, 1910

Watercolor of a man leaning toward a woman in a pink dress reading a letter in a sloped-roof attic beside a desk and trunk.

"He is the image of you"

Arthur Ignatius Keller, 1910

Red chalk sketch of a man's head and shoulders on tan paper, with wavy hair and a slight smile.

Study for portrait, Bell Tilghman

Harriet Blackstone, 1920

Design drawing of a golden hair comb with a nymph figure rising from swirling waves and blue enamel accents on gray paper.

Design for a Nymph Comb

Eugène Samuel Grasset, 1910

Watercolor front elevation of a fire house with arched wooden doors, sculpted pediment, and adjacent city buildings.

Design for a fire house: front elevation

Christian Francis Rosborg, 1910

Charcoal study on tan paper of three arms and hands in different poses, one pointing, one gripping, one curled.

Three Studies of Arms

Edwin Howland Blashfield, 1910

Pencil sketch of two female heads with high collars and handwritten notes on brows and collar color.

Sketch of Two Female Heads for Chinese Figure in "The Marriage of the Atlantic and Pacific," Mural in the Wisconsin S…

Kenyon Cox, 1910

Plan drawing of a square monument with a circular central court, black colonnade and red accents, with competition lettering

Monument of the soldiers, sailors and marines

Christian Francis Rosborg, 1920

Charcoal study of a mustached man's head and shoulders on a torn cream sheet, with handwritten name and date below.

Study for portrait, Vicente Blasco Ibañez

Harriet Blackstone, 1910

Pencil study of a seated nude woman with a floral headband, resting her chin on her hand while reading a book.

Nude Study for "The Contemplative Life" for Lunette in the Administration Building, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH

Kenyon Cox, 1910

Pencil sketch of a cathedral interior with draped black fabric, an arched opening, and a circular medallion above.

Funeral of James Cardinal Gibbons at Roman Catholic Cathedral, Baltimore, MD

Griffith Baily Coale, 1920

Pencil design drawing of an arched gate with iron bars and two hounds shown in the upper arched panel.

Design for a Gate, Two Hounds

William Hunt Diederich, 1920

Pencil drawing of a woman in a white dress standing on a wooden staircase, hand on the banister, cloak over her arm.

As She Saw Marcia Her Face Lit Up

Elizabeth Shippen Green, 1910

Graphite study of a seated nude figure with winged helmet and rod, over a squared grid, on cream paper.

Nude Study for "The Active Life," Lunette in the Administration Building, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH

Kenyon Cox, 1910

Engraved plate of three rococo staircase balustrade designs with scrolling panels, consoles, and a putto with urn finial.

Nouveaux desseins de Rampes d’Escalier avec Panneaux et Consolles

Pierre-Edmé Babel, 1910

Black crayon drawing of a nude woman seen from behind, arm raised, set among dense dark foliage strokes.

Nude

Childe Hassam, 1910

Hand-colored etching of a curly-haired woman in a blue dress seated at a table beside a potted flowering plant.

Virginia Modeling

Jerome Myers, 1910

Etching of a shepherd poling a boat with sheep through a flooded marsh lined with bare willows and poplars.

In the Deluged Marsh - The Shepherd (Au marais inonde - Le berger)

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1910

Black and white lithograph of a busy city street with pedestrians, storefronts, a street lamp, and a horse cart.

Lafayette Street

Childe Hassam, 1910

Etching of Trinity Church spire at the end of a crowded Wall Street lined with tall stone buildings and pedestrians.

Trinity Church from Wall Street

Vaughan Trowbridge, 1910

Red-ink architectural sheet showing facade elevations, a section, and three floor plans of a standardized rural house, Type C

Standardized Rural House

Hector Guimard, 1920

Sketch of a woman in a loose robe reading in a tufted armchair beside a doorway.

Déshabille

Childe Hassam, 1910