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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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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

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

Chalk study on blue paper of a muscular male nude in a twisting pose with drapery, a preparatory figure sketch.

Study of Hermes, Preparatory Study for the Fall of the Giants, Ceiling Fresco at the Palazzo Moroni, Bergamo

Gian Giacomo Barbelli, 1640

Pencil sketches on paper: a certificate design with papal arms, a standing figure, and studies of cherubs and sheep.

Design for a Printed Certifiate of a Religious Ceremony for Children

Fortunato Duranti, 1820

Pen and ink drawing of two octagonal scenes of classical figures in interiors, with handwritten captions below each.

Project for Two Octagonal Paintings: Daedalus using Breasts of Hebe as Model for Bowl for Jupiter. Hebe Receives this…

Felice Giani, 1810

Pen and brown ink sketch of a seated man in a curled wig gesturing toward a book, with wash shading.

Portrait of a Prelate

Brown ink and wash drawing of a monument with a seated female figure holding a torch, flanked by Corinthian columns.

Monument

Giuseppe Barberi, 1790

Pencil study of a left arm and open hand extending diagonally across a cream sheet, with white highlights.

Study of Left Arm for "Christiana and Her Family Passing through the Valley of the Shadow of Death"

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Pen and red chalk drawing of a domed columned catafalque with steps, a seated figure at an easel inside the arch.

Catafalque of the Bolognese Artist Elisabetta Sirani

Matteo Borboni, 1660

Pen and brown wash drawing of a tiered monument with a bust under a crown, seated allegorical figures, and putti over a drape

Design for Stuart Monument

Giuseppe Barberi, 1790

Loose graphite sketch of a female figure with flowing drapery and a raised arm, on cream paper.

Figure

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Pencil and watercolor design with a floral urn, birds and garlands for an embroidered overskirt, partly colored.

Design for the Embroidery of the Lower Part of an Overskirt of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf," Unfinished

Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1780

Pen and brown wash drawing of four ornamental architectural consoles with scrolled and fluted profiles and cornice moldings.

Four consoles

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Graphite and chalk study of a standing woman in a long period dress, one arm extended, on gray paper.

Study of Standing Woman for "The Republican Court" (Lady Washington's Reception Day)

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Charcoal sketch of two girls in bonnets and long dresses standing close, one with her arm around the other's shoulder.

Two Girls

Winslow Homer, 1870

Pen and brown wash drawing of a carved mantelpiece with grotesque face, acanthus pilasters, and separate scrolled bracket stu

Mantelpiece

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil botanical study of a large fern frond beside a flowering stem with lobed leaves and buds on cream paper.

Leaf Studies

Samuel Colman, 1880

Pen and brown ink sketch in four registers showing Alexander the Great's birth, a sacrifice, a battle, and a triumphal proces

Sketchbook Page: Birth of Alexander the Great; Battle of Alexander and Darius; Triumph of Alexander

Felice Giani, 1800

Grey wash drawing of a theatrical hilltop town with turreted buildings, spires, and classical columns framing the scene.

Stage Design, Town on Hill with Turreted Buildings

Bibiena Family, 1770

Watercolor design drawing of a neoclassical bottle cooler with female masks, gilded grape garlands and a Greek key rim.

Design for a Bottle Cooler

Giovacchino Belli, 1800

Circular drawing with a central heraldic shield bearing a tree, flanked by two seated women and cherubs above.

Design for a Tondo with Arms of Cardinal Giulio della Rovere

called il Trometta Niccolò Martinelli, 1570

Pen and wash drawing of architectural ornaments with an urn, griffin relief, and acanthus scrolls, with handwritten calculati

Architectural Studies and Accounting

Carlo Marchionni, 1770

Drawing of a rococo ceiling design with a central circular medallion, scrollwork panels, garlands, and putti on blue-grey pap

Design for a ceiling

Robert de Cotte, 1720

Pen and brown wash design with draped curtains, oval medallions, cherubs and columns in a symmetrical decorative scheme.

Decoration for the marriage of Prince Paluzzo Altieri

Giuseppe Barberi, 1790

Charcoal and pastel drawing of three robed figures in an oval frame, one raising a torch against a pale disk.

Decorative Design

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Four brown ink and wash studies of mythological scenes with nude figures, putti, a centaur, and a winged lyre player.

Glauco and Scylla, study after Agostino Carracci

Felice Giani, 1820

Watercolor embroidery design of purple flowers, red poppies and wheat beside a looping gold ribbon with tassels.

Design for the Embroidery of the Top Part of a Man's Coat, Pattern No. 1410 of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"

Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1780

Pen and grey wash drawing of a kneeling saint gazing up at a cross in clouds, with angels and cherubs in an arched frame.

A Saint's Vision of the Cross

Francesco Saverio Mergolo, 1830