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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Engraving of a chained bearded man lying in a dark cell beside several motionless children on a stone floor.

Ugolino and His Sons

Pietro Bettelini, 1810

Engraving of a shepherd boy resting beside his crook, with sheep, a leaning tree and distant buildings in a green landscape.

A Shepherd Boy

Alexis Peyrotte, 1740

Hand-colored print of stylized fantastic flowers in grey, pink, blue and orange on a branching stem with feathery foliage.

Fantastic flower motif from "Nouvelle Suitte de fleurs iéales"

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1750

Engraved plate of a reclining river god with reeds and landscape in an oval, framed by an ornate scrolled border.

River God, plate from a suite of 6 ornamental designs with the Judgement of Paris

Flemish Adriaen Collaert, 1690

Engraved ornamental plate with a central oval of a winged nude figure, surrounded by grotesque scrolls, masks, lions and sphi

Plate 28, from Grotteßco: in diverßche manieren

Hans Vredeman de Vries, 1560

Engraving of fighting horses rearing in a hilly landscape with a wolf at lower left and trees at upper right.

Fighting Horses, from the fourth set of "Equile Joannis Austriaci"

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1600

Hand-colored engraving of two bearded men talking beneath a flowering tree, with armed attendants and a horseman nearby.

Laban reproves Jacob for leaving secretely

the Younger Gerard Jean Baptiste Scotin, 1720

Engraved design drawing of an ornate standing cup with a tall domed cover, decorated with masks, cherubs and scrollwork.

Standing Cup with Cover, from "Novum opus cratero graphicum..."

Matthias Zündt, 1550

Engraved vertical ornament with a flaming candelabrum, winged birds, medallions, mermaids and scrollwork on a pale sheet.

Ornamental Candelabrum

Daniel Hopfer, 1520

Etching of Apollo radiating light above a rocky slope with a winged horse, muses with a lyre, and scattered armor and books.

Scene with Apollo

Thomas Christian Winck, 1800

Engraving of Diana and nymphs bathing in a grotto pool, with a hunter with antlers at left, captioned in Latin.

Diana and Actaeon

Michael Hartwagner, 1700

Hand-colored design of a painted wall pilaster with birds, fruit garlands, grotesque figures, and classical medallions.

Wall Decoration, Plate XI from Le loggie di Rafaele nel Vaticano (Raphael's Loggia in the Vatican)

Giovanni Volpato, 1770

Brown ink and wash design drawing of a wall with a winged putto in an octagon, eagles, garlands, and a console table with a g

Design for a Console Table and Looking Glass

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pen drawing of an ornate altar cross flanked by winged angels and cherubs on clouds, with circular emblems.

Design for an Altar Cross

Pietro Belli, 1810

Watercolor and pencil study of a spotted Japanese lily with pencil sketches of related flower forms on cream paper.

Japanese Lily, East Hampton

Samuel Colman, 1880

Pencil sketch of a low cloud bank over a horizon with a faint bull outline and handwritten dates above.

Clouds and a Bull, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Ink and wash sheet with octagonal scenes of Cupid and Psyche and small studies of winged Cupid figures, labeled in Italian.

Cupid and Psyche: Four Octagons and Eight Drawings of Cupid

Felice Giani, 1810

Brown ink and wash design sheet with ornamental panels, scrollwork, a rosette medallion, and a feathery plume motif.

Design for an Embroidered Frontal

Giuseppe Barberi, 1810

Pencil sketch of a winged figure above a reclining sleeper reaching toward light rays, labeled Insomnia.

"Insomnia," Study for a Poster for Paine's Celery Compound

Kenyon Cox, 1890

Pen and ink sketch of a draped woman gesturing over a reclining nude man on a bed beside a lit column.

"The Blessing of Sleep," Study for a Poster for Paine's Celery Compound

Kenyon Cox, 1890

Engraved rococo cartouche with scrolls, flower garlands, a violin and horn, and an empty central field for lettering.

Cartel décoré pour la Musique

Pierre Gabriel Berthault, 1750

Engraved rococo cartouche with cherubs, floral scrolls, and church emblems at the base, labeled l'Eglise.

Cartel with Ecclesiastical Motifs

Pierre Gabriel Berthault, 1770

Engraved plate with two flaming incense burner designs flanking a central ornamental mount with scrolls and laurel.

Designs for Two Incense Burners and a Cartel Clock Case

Henri Sallembier, 1770

Engraved rococo cartouche with an empty center, scrollwork frame, floral garlands, and books and instruments at the base.

Decorated Cartel with Poetry Motifs

Pierre Gabriel Berthault, 1770

Engraved design of an ornate wall clock with Roman numerals, rooster heads, floral garlands and a female bust below.

Wall Clock (Cartel) Design (Title Page Before Lettering)

Jean François Forty, 1770

Engraved design plate showing two candlesticks, a winged clock case with radiating rays, and a laurel-wreathed trophy.

Designs for Candlesticks, Cartel Clock Case, and a Trophy

Henri Sallembier, 1770

Engraved design plate showing two ornamental trophies flanking a pedestal monument topped with an urn, numbered 27.

Designs for a Cartel Clock Case, Ornamental Sculpture, and a Trophy

Henri Sallembier, 1770

Engraved rococo cartouche with empty center, bearded mask above, and goods and foliage overflowing a basket below.

Decorated Cartel with Commerce Motifs

Pierre Gabriel Berthault, 1770

Engraved rococo cartouche with scrolling garlands and military trophies of drums, flags and a shield, captioned Le Militaire.

Cartel with Military Motifs

Pierre Gabriel Berthault, 1770

Engraved plate of three designs: two wall clock cases, a laurel wreath trophy, and a console table with a garland.

Title Page and Designs for Cartel Clock Cases, Trophy, and Console Table

Henri Sallembier, 1770

Engraved plate of two cartel clock case designs with scrolls, a dragon, an urn with foliage, and a circular dial opening.

Cartel Clock Case Design

Gilles Marie Oppenord, 1730

Engraved rococo cartouche for poetry with empty center, garlands, a lyre, an open book, a quill and a laurel branch.

Cartel décoré pour la Poësie

Pierre Gabriel Berthault, 1750

Engraved rococo cartouche with empty center, crowned mask, trident, anchor, barrels and shells, marked Cartel décoré pour le

Cartel décoré pour le Commerce

Pierre Gabriel Berthault, 1750

Engraved rococo cartouche with empty central panel, garlands, and a globe and scientific instruments at the base, captioned L

Cartel with Scientific Motifs

Pierre Gabriel Berthault, 1770

Engraved design plate showing two pedestals, a console table, and a cartel clock case with neoclassical ornament.

Designs or Gueridons (Plinths), Console Table, and Cartel Clock Case

Henri Sallembier, 1770