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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Charcoal sketch of a figure in a hat looking out at sailboats and rowboats on a sea with rocks and other figures.

Beach with Boats and People, Cullercoats, England

Winslow Homer, 1880

Four brown ink and wash studies on one sheet showing haloed figures, cherubs among clouds, embracing putti and two women.

Lunette with St. Peter and St.Paul with St. Matthew and the Prophet Isaiah, Study after Sebastiano del Piombo

Felice Giani, 1820

Pencil and white chalk sketch of a two-masted schooner towing three dories across choppy sea under streaked clouds.

Schooner with Three Dories

Winslow Homer, 1880

Brown ink and wash drawing of a crowded arcaded interior with seated figures on a platform, riders, and standing onlookers.

The Spirit of Wisdom

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Red chalk drawing of a draped female figure holding a bowl and raising one hand, within a gold and black ruled border.

Minerva Giustiniani

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Pencil sketch of a feathered-hat woman at a table with several wine bottles, one lying on its side, on cream paper.

Woman Drinking Wine, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil study of rocks and leafy undergrowth with ferns on a pale sheet, with a handwritten date and place inscription.

Study of foliage, Trachselwald, Bern, Switzerland

William Trost Richards, 1860

Red chalk study on blue paper of a kneeling draped man seen from behind, with sketched hands and drapery studies nearby.

Studies of a Kneeling Figure

Carlo Maratti, 1800

Pencil sketch of a seated draped woman beside a donkey and tree, with the handwritten word plenty below.

Study for "Plenty"

Kenyon Cox, 1910

Red chalk sketch of a bearded robed man standing and holding a book, head turned upward, within a double ruled border.

St. Ignatius Loyola from St. Peter's colonnade

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Pencil and wash sketch of a steep cliff with small buildings above a calm sea, with a horizon line on the left.

Study of coastal cliff, Amalphi, Italy

William Stanley Haseltine, 1850

Charcoal and chalk study of an elderly bald, bearded man with head bowed and eyes looking downward.

Study for "A Lesson of Charity"

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Pen and wash design drawing of a Gothic-style library bookcase with pointed arch tracery and pierced crest, by Thomas Chippen

Design for a Library Bookcase

Thomas Chippendale, 1750

Watercolor wall elevation with Chinese figure panels, a pagoda-roofed central door, dragon scrollwork and green marbled walls

Wall Elevation with Panels of Chinese Figures, for King's Library, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1810

Pencil drawing of Saint John holding a chalice, draped in a flowing robe, with a haloed inscription above his head.

St. John, Cartoon for Carlisle Window, Paisley Abbey, Scotland

Edward Burne-Jones, 1870

Red chalk drawing of a leaf-patterned rosette, a leafy footed base, and a fluted urn with handles on pale paper.

Urn and leaf-like ornament

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Red chalk sketch of a standing woman in a nun's habit with a veil and flowing drapery, within a double-ruled border.

Standing woman in nun's habit

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Watercolor and pen design sheet with ceiling plan and four wall elevations of a room with painted panels, mirror and drapery.

Design for Ceiling and Four Walls of Room

Frederick Crace, 1810

Red chalk sketch of a robed standing figure holding a long staff, set within a thin gold and black ruled border.

Christ standing

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Pen and ink sketch of a helmeted draped woman flanked by a bearded satyr and a nude male figure on pale paper.

Classical Figures

Girolamo da Carpi, 1540

Red chalk sketch of a winged figure holding a strap above a small putto, with loose hatching, within a double-ruled border.

Winged figure holding strap with putto

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Pencil and white chalk drapery studies of knotted and folded cloth on mauve paper, by Elihu Vedder, 1890.

Studies of Drapery of "Fortune"

Elihu Vedder, 1890

Red chalk sketch of a muscular male figure twisting in motion with flowing drapery on cream paper.

Figure from Last Judgment

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Pencil sketch of a man in a suit seated on a stool, smoking a pipe with eyes lowered.

Seated Man

George Charles Aid, 1900

Red chalk drawing of an angel reaching upward through radiating light rays, with swirling drapery and a cloud below.

Angel in the Church of the Gesù

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Watercolor design of a 19th-century Biedermeier drawing room with a tiled stove, piano, green carpet and potted plants.

Design for a Bourgeois Biedermeier Interior

Pencil sketch on translucent paper of polo players on horseback with raised mallets, folded into a curved lampshade design.

Design for Lampshade, Polo Players

William Hunt Diederich, 1920

Watercolor of two men in period coats and wigs conversing on a shaded park path between trees.

Two Gentleman Conversing in a Park

Louis Carrogis, called Carmontelle, France, 1800

Architectural elevation of a side wall with panelled sections and a central fireplace flanked by pilasters, in peach wash.

Side wall with fireplace

Frederick Crace, 1810

Wall elevation drawing of a symmetrical room with central fireplace, carved overmantel, paneled doors and classical busts in

Wall Elevation

James Byres, 1810