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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Pencil sketch on tan paper of several dories on carriages across a loose horizon, with a museum stamp in the upper right.

Sketches of Dories on Carriages

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pen and ink drawing on blue paper of Hercules rising to Olympus among enthroned gods, winged figures and garlanded cherubs.

The Apothesis of Hercules, Palazzo Gessi, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1810

Grey wash drawing of a bearded reclining figure, an Egyptian woman, and two putti beneath a rococo cartouche.

Design for an Escutcheon with Allusions to Egypt

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1720

Pencil drawing of a symmetrical classical candelabra with urn top, scrolling foliage arms, and a tripod base.

Candelabra

Robert Adam, 1740

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated allegorical woman with an open book, flanked by two winged putti on clouds.

Theology, after Raphael Sansio, Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican

Felice Giani, 1820

Brown wash drawing of a classical nude figure on a pedestal with laurel branches, plus candlestick and ornament studies.

Candlesticks

Giuseppe Barberi, 1770

Brown ink and wash drawing of an ornate bracket with two cherubs, a central mask and flaming urns.

Bracket

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pen and wash drawing of an ornamental trophy with a ribbon bow, floral garland, and laurel branches on a cream sheet.

Design for a Trophy

Richard de Lalonde, 1780

Pencil sketch of a wind-bent pitch pine tree with sweeping branches and clustered needles on pale paper.

A Pitch Pine, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Pen and brown wash design drawing of an ornate rococo library wall with bookshelves, a door, mirror, and classical urns.

Design for a Library Wall

Nicolas Pineau, 1730

Pencil sketch of loosely drawn seated and standing figures within a rectangular frame, with handwritten color notes below.

Figures in a Garden

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Pencil drawing of two vertical panels of stacked military trophies with helmets, shields, armor, swords and ribbons.

Two Panels of Trophies

Felice Giani, 1810

Nude Study

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Red-chalk allegorical frontispiece with an oval portrait of a laureate man in armor, a winged figure, and naval and military

Frontispiece for a History of Peter the Great

Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier, 1770

Wash drawing of a domed ceiling design with coffered panels, classical columns, putti and a central hexagonal opening.

Design for a Painted Oblong Ceiling

Andrea Pazzi, 1700

Pen and brown wash drawing of a female ballet dancer in a lace-trimmed skirt and pearl necklace, shown mid-step.

A Ballet Dancer, Mademoiselle Leclerc

Louis Carrogis, called Carmontelle, France, 1770

Oil sketch of a muted sky with streaked rose and brown clouds over a blue-green band and ochre ground.

Sketch of the Sky

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil sketch of a goat on a rock beside a wooden fence, with a tree behind, inscribed Pandi July 1853.

A Goat in Pandi, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Brown ink sketch of a female figure holding a cup amid swirling drapery and a second figure, drawn in loose hatched lines.

Sketch for a Wall Painting

Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, 1820

Six watercolor trophies of military attributes, including flags, cannon, armor and drums, tied with laurel on cream paper.

Six Trophies composed of Military Attributes

Pierre Ranson, 1780

Ink and wash elevation of a salon wall with double doors, a central mantelpiece with clock, and a pale blue panel.

Wall Elevation for a Salon with Mantelpiece

Louis Gustave Taraval, 1770

Pen and ink drawing of ceiling and wall decoration studies with coffered panels, a statue in a niche, and an inscribed curved

Designs for Ceiling and Wall Decorations

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Graphite sketch of a tall palm with feathery fronds, labeled Tamaca Palm, with a small trunk study beside it.

Tamaca Palm, Colombia or Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a seated nude woman with hair pulled back, resting her arm on a chair, on aged paper.

Seated Nude Study for Portrait of Helen Hamersley

Daniel Huntington, 1880

Watercolor study of three harnessed horses pulling a wooden plow across a field, on textured tan paper.

Study of Three Horses with a Plow, France

Samuel Colman, 1870

Brown ink and wash sketch of a battle between centaurs and Lapiths, with warriors grappling and raised weapons.

Sketchbook Page: Battle of the Centaurs and Lapiths

Felice Giani, 1810

Painted sketch of a young soldier in a grey greatcoat and dark cap, head bowed, with red fabric and pencil figures nearby.

Young Soldier, Sketch of a Soldier Giving Water to a Wounded Companion

Winslow Homer, 1860

Brown ink and wash drawing of an ornate canopy cresting with plumes, swagged drapery and fringed hangings.

Cresting of a Canopy

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pen and ink sketch of a seated bishop in a tall mitre and robes, with the artist's name inscribed at the right edge.

Study of a Seated Bishop

Belisario Corenzio, 1600

Pencil sketches on paper of a gnarled tree trunk, hands, and a white cedar sprig with handwritten notes.

Shaking Hands and a Gnarled Tree Trunk, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840