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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Brown ink and wash drawing of Apollo driving a horse-drawn chariot through clouds, with a winged figure leading the way.

Apollo in Chariot with Aurora and the Hours

Felice Giani, 1800

Ink sketch of a standing woman in a long dress on a cream sheet, with faint reversed printed text below.

Woman

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Oil sketch of a rounded mountain above dark forest and a grey lake, under a warm cloudy sky.

Pamola Peak and Mt. Katahdin from a Basin Pond, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Yellow watercolor design of a mantel clock with a rose top, a cherub holding a torch, and a flaming column.

Design for Clock

Tournai Lefebvre Manufactory, 1800

Pencil sketch of gnarled bare trees and boulders on a rocky shore under a pale sky.

Study, Trees, Santa Barbara, California

Samuel Colman, 1880

Brown ink and wash drawing of a street with columned palazzo facades, arched doorways, balconies and a tree.

Theatre Design: Streetscape

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil sketch of a seated nude woman with one arm raised to her head and the other extended toward a chair.

Seated Female Nude

Daniel Huntington, 1880

Oil sketch of a rocky desert valley with steep cliffs, a carved rock facade, and small figures on the valley floor.

El Yemen Valley, Palestine (Israel)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Colored elevation drawing of a marble altar with gilded urns, fluted columns and a painted panel, for Santa Maria Maggiore.

Altar Mensa for the Capella Paolina (Borghese Chapel), Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome, Italy

Mario Asprucci The Younger, 1750

Pen and ink sheet of architectural interior elevations, decorative panels, a niche, and small figure sketches.

Interior elevation of a building

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Watercolor design of two andirons with a green lion on a yellow pedestal and a lattice base with rosettes.

Two designs for andirons

Tournai Lefebvre Manufactory, 1800

Anatomical Sketches of Heads and Facial Expressions

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Brown ink and wash design of architectural frieze with acanthus leaves, acorns, and scrolled ornament in horizontal bands.

Design for ceiling decoration

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Sheet of seven stylized flower sprays and one naturalistic blossom drawn in grey and red chalk on cream paper.

Sprays of Seven ideal Flowers and of one quasi naturalistic flower

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1800

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

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

Pencil sketch of a forested gorge with a waterfall between rocky cliffs, with handwritten notes on light and rock colour.

Approaching Tequendama Falls, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and brown wash drawing of a nude putto in a diagonal pose, with faint pencil lines and handwritten notes on the sheet.

Putto

Fortunato Duranti, 1820

Pencil drawing of two draped muses, one holding a comedy mask and one reading an open book, labeled Thalia and Calliope.

Thalia, Muse of Comedy and Calliope, Muse of Epic Poetry

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil sketch sheet with a rock outcrop, a leafy tree, and studies of grazing sheep on pale paper.

Mixed Sketches, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Brown ink and wash design sheet showing nine ceiling panels with oval medallions, classical figures, putti and scrollwork.

Design for Ceiling Decoration

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pen and ink drawing of a hillside village framed by large trees, with a small figure in the foreground.

View of a Village in Mountainous Country

Carlo Marchionni, 1770

Oil sketch of a sunlit golden autumn tree on a hillside with red foliage, rocks, and distant mountains.

Autumn in Vermont

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Brown ink and wash drawing of the goddess Diana reclining with a bow and quiver beside a stag in a rocky landscape.

Diana

Felice Giani, 1800

Watercolor sketch of a standing young Cheyenne figure in a red shirt and fringed leggings against a pale wash background.

Cheyenne Youth

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Pencil sketch of a river landscape with hills, a distant snowy peak, trees, and handwritten color notes below.

View along the Río Magdalena, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and brown ink drawing of a female ballet dancer in an 18th-century gown with pearl and ivy trim, mid-step.

A Ballet Dancer, Mademoiselle Marie Allard

Louis Carrogis, called Carmontelle, France, 1770

Pencil sketch of fern fronds and bamboo on tan paper, with handwritten color notes and a round museum stamp.

Botanical Sketches of Ferns and Bamboo, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a hilly ridge with clouds and handwritten colour notes on grey paper, Jamaica, 1860.

Mountain Ridge with Clouds, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

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

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

Brown ink drawing of two friezes: winged figures with a sea monster above, a seated woman and an ox below.

Two Friezes with Women and Sea Monsters

Felice Giani, 1820

Brown ink and wash drawing of a design for a square with an obelisk, domed classical palace, fountain, and small figures and

Design for a Square with a Palace

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of several classical mantelpiece designs with columns, capitals and moldings.

Designs for a Mantelpiece

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil sketch of a wooded island in a calm lake with distant hills and clouds, by Frederic Edwin Church, 1870.

Wooded Island, Lake Millinocket, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870

Oil sketch of a glowing pink cumulus cloud over dark trees and hills at dusk, with a teal sky.

Nightfall near Olana

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870

Brown ink and wash drawing of a vertical ornamental panel with acanthus scrolls and two winged putti among the foliage.

One of a set of projects for a title page and for the decoration of a vertical panel

Francesco Bedeschini, 1690

Brown ink and wash drawing of armored men and a draped standing woman around a nude figure, with a shield at lower left.

The Civil Law, after Perino del Vaga

Felice Giani, 1820

Oil sketch of green hills sloping to a blue sea with distant mountains, with pencil outlines of boats in the foreground.

Sea View from Athens, Greece

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil and white-heightened sketch of rolling hills and a building at right, with handwritten colour notes along the bottom.

The Roman Campagna from Isola Farnese, Italy

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Oil sketch of a broad plain with distant hills and a rain shower under a heavy, warm-toned cloudy sky.

Rain over the Liguanea Plain, near Kingston, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a lake with mountains, a wooded shore, and a church steeple village across the water.

St. Gilgen by the Wolfgangsee, Austria

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Oil sketch of a sunset sky with streaked clouds glowing gold and orange above dark hills and a shadowed landscape.

Clouds at Sunset

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pen and brown ink design drawing of a classical interior with a frieze, three arched niches with figures, altar and incense.

Decorative Design

Pen and wash design for a neoclassical wall panel with urns, garlands, scrolls, and a central flower vase.

Design for a Wall Panel

Pierre Ranson, 1770

Ink and wash drawing of a pyramid-shaped mausoleum with a columned temple front, stepped terrace, and arcaded colonnade.

Mausoleum

Giuseppe Barberi, 1790

Pen and wash drawing of a decorative frieze with putti, oval shields, a grotesque mask, and small landscape scenes.

Design for the Decoration of a Frieze

Filippo Marchionni, 1770

Pencil sketch of a deep Andean valley with steep mountain slopes, rocky outcrops, and a winding path in the foreground.

A Valley in the Andes, Colombia or Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and brown ink sketch of the Virgin and Child with a saint, an ox, and a faint angel among clouds.

Sketches of the Virgin with the Child and a Saint

Fortunato Duranti, 1830

Pencil study of a dense cluster of trees with spreading branches on a sloping hillside, drawn on toned paper.

Study of Trees, North Conway, New Hampshire

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Grey wash architectural drawing of a triumphal arch with columns, relief panels, statues and an ornate crest on top.

Elevation of a Triumphal Arch

Giuseppe Valadier, 1770

Brown ink and wash design for an oval escutcheon with scrolls, a shell base, and two armored figures holding spears.

Design for an Escutcheon

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1600

Watercolor design of trailing blossom garlands and a scalloped lavender border for an embroidered overskirt.

Design for the Embroidery of the Lowe Part of an Overskirt of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"

Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1780

Pen and ink drawing of Penelope recognizing Ulysses, a seated woman reaching toward a bearded man beside a torch-bearing serv

Penelope Recognizes Ulysses

Felice Giani, 1800

Pencil botanical sketch sheet of Jamaican plants, including a Spanish bayonet palm and leafy vines, with handwritten notes.

Botanical Sketches, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and ink sketch of two decorative friezes with rosettes, flowers and a meander ribbon, with handwritten color notes.

Recto: Two Friezes with Flowers Verso: Sketch for a Decorative Painting

Felice Giani, 1810

Red chalk drawing of the Adoration of the Shepherds in an arched frame, with figures around a woman and infant.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Antonio de' Dominici, 1720

Pencil sketch of a hilltop town, a carved shell-like stone fragment in an arch, and a stepped stone block, with handwritten l

Landscape and Architecture Sketches, as-Samu, Palestine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Charcoal and chalk sketch of a young girl in a ruffled dress holding a drinking glass, hair blowing in the wind.

Girl Holding a Drinking Glass

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pencil sketch of two seated nude infants seen from behind, one with both arms raised, on cream paper.

Study for "The Beneficence of the Law," Essex County Courthouse, Newark, NJ

Kenyon Cox, 1900

Pen and brown wash sketch of garden fountains with reclining stone figures, a balustrade, and a standing woman in a gown.

Fountains

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Graphite sketch of pine trees on a rocky bank with grass and shrubs, with handwritten color notes at upper right.

Pine Trees Along a Rocky Bank, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Red chalk drawing of a seated male nude viewed from behind, arm extended, with studies of a foot at right.

Nude

Domenico Corvi, 1730

Pen and brown wash drawing showing two architectural views: a vaulted colonnade hall above and a courtyard with arches and a

Two Designs for Portico and Court of Palace

Felice Giani, 1800