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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Red chalk sketch of a kneeling winged figure with draped cloth, set within a double-ruled border on cream paper.

Kneeling winged figure

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Pencil sketch of old walls and tiled-roof buildings in Toledo above a sloping dirt path.

Walls in Toledo

Arnold William Brunner, 1890

Ornament design sheet with a cherub cameo, a red-figure vase, and a classical female figure cameo in watercolor.

Ornament Design with Vase and Cameos

Michel Angelo Pergolesi, 1770

Red chalk sketch of a seated figure in antique military dress with helmet and armor, within a double ruled border.

Figure in antique military dress

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Pencil sketches of a shuttered building facade, a cornice detail, and two figures with carts on paper.

Sketches of Orléans

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Watercolor study of an arched stone doorway partly covered by ivy, with strong cast shadows on tan paper.

Study of doorway

William Stanley Haseltine, 1850

Watercolor ornament design with a red and black urn, classical cameo figures, garlands, and ribbon bows on a cream sheet.

Ornament Design with Urn and Cameos

Michel Angelo Pergolesi, 1770

Watercolor design for a ceiling with a painted cloudy sky in a square coffered frame, flanked by lattice lunettes.

Design for Ceiling Decoration, for condervatory/music room or perhaps dining room

Frederick Crace, 1800

Watercolor design of a Chinese-style vase with gilt dragon handles on a gilded spiral-column pedestal.

Mounted Chinese Vase on a Pedestal, for the Music Room, Brighton, Royal Pavilion

Robert Jones, 1810

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

Pencil drawing of a shadowed stone archway with carved moldings and columns over a paved courtyard.

Low Hall

Arnold William Brunner, 1870

Pencil drawing of sailing ships moored at a busy wooden pier with cranes, workers and birds in the sky.

Shipyard and Pier

James Henry Moser, 1870

Pencil sketch of a Gothic church with towers and gables above houses and trees on a hillside.

Church, Germany

William Trost Richards, 1860

Pencil sketch sheet with small sailboats on water and studies of men in caps, labeled Napoli.

Sketches in Naples

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Red chalk study on squared grid showing nude figures, standing children with poles, and a seated woman, framed horizontally.

The Common Law, Study for Left Panel of "The Reign of Law," Frieze for Appellate Court, New York

Kenyon Cox, 1890

Gridded pattern sheet with a horizontal spray of pink, white and red roses and green leaves, numbered 908.

Design for Berlin Wool Work

Carl F. W. Wicht, 1850

Pencil sketches of glass vessels, a lamp, and a geometric pattern study, with handwritten notes reading Cairo and glass.

Sketches of Decorative Details from Cairo

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Gouache design of a gold chatelaine with a watch, diamond chains, and an enamelled cameo of a winged figure on a tan backgrou

Design for a Chatelaine with Watch

Alexis Falize, 1880

Charcoal study on blue-grey paper of a nude male back, two heads, and an outstretched arm.

Figure Studies

Carlo Bononi, 1600

Watercolor of Durham Cathedral's tall tower and spires rising above trees and rooftops under a cloudy sky.

View of Durham Cathedral

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Pencil and white chalk study of a reclining nude woman with one arm raised, on tan paper.

Study of Reclining Nude Figure

Louis Schaettle, 1900

Small landscape study: rocky outcrop with green shrubs on left, blue receding mountains and hazy sky on right.

Study of landscape, Drachenfels, Germany

William Stanley Haseltine, 1850

Pencil sketch of architectural column details, labeled moulding profiles, and a water pitcher with handwritten note.

Architectural Details

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Red chalk sketch of two male figures above an ornamented pedestal, framed by orange and green borders.

Two male figures and a decorative motif

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Watercolor of uniformed soldiers beside a cannon in a brick casemate, lit by a bright muzzle flash and smoke.

A Casemate Gun During the Conflagration

Theodore Russell Davis, 1880

Pencil sketch of two hounds playing within a decorative framed border, with wavy bands above and below.

Two Hounds at Play

William Hunt Diederich, 1920

Watercolor design of a central domed pavilion with blue and gold ornament, flanked by two smaller pavilions before distant mo

Designs for Pavilions

Frederick Crace, 1810

Pencil sketch of a steep cliff above a harbor with masted boats on calm water and hills fading into haze.

Last View of Quebec

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

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

Pencil and watercolor sketch of a child working at a table in a woodland clearing beside a basket and trees.

Woodland Camp

James Henry Moser, 1880