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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Watercolor design of an arched wall panel with blue and gold floral motifs, rosettes, and ornamental borders.

Design for a wall panel in Moorish Style

J.D. Woodward, 1890

Pen drawing of a crowd on steps before a stone portal with a banner reading Disegni originali di artisti moderni.

Title-page for an Album of Drawings, "Disegni originali di artisti moderni"

Giovanni Piancastelli, 1920

Watercolor interior wall design with two arched niches holding seated gilded figures, a blue urn, and a scrolled frieze.

Design for the Entrance Hall, the East Wall, the Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1800

Charcoal design sketch of two stylized hounds with curved tails inside a decorative arched frame.

Design for Firescreen, Hounds

William Hunt Diederich, 1920

Red chalk drawing of a draped female figure with a halo and anchor, framed by a gold and black double border.

Hope from the loggia at St. Peter's

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Watercolor design of a red double door with classical urn in an arch, flanked by red and marbleized wall panels.

Red Door, Marbleized Wall

Frederick Crace, 1810

Red chalk drawing of a robed female saint holding a palm frond, standing on a pedestal within a black and gold border.

St. Lucy from St. Peter's colonnade

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Watercolor design elevation of a decorated interior wall with a scrolling frieze, paneled doors and a red lattice railing.

Entrance Hall, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1810

Watercolor of moored sailing boats and rowboats in calm water beneath an overcast sky with a distant shoreline.

A Seascape

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Watercolor interior elevation with chinoiserie landscape wallpaper, latticed doors, red drapery and a central altar table wit

Interior with Chinese Wallpaper

Frederick Crace, 1800

Painted floor design with a cream mosaic-like ground, red border of palmette medallions, and scrolling floral corner motifs.

Design for floor covering

Pen and ink drawing of mounted cavalry driving a large herd of cattle across a field past a tree and stream.

The Cattle Raid by the Confederate Cavalry

Alfred R. Waud, 1880

Pencil sketches of two men seated on rocks, one at left seen from behind and one at right holding a paper, on tan paper.

Two Sketches of a Man Seated on Rocks in San Remo

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Watercolor design of a curved ceiling with pink pleated drapery, red and blue lattice panel, and paneled doorway.

Ceiling Decoration, probably for the Conservatory/Music Room

Frederick Crace, 1800

Pencil study sheet of women in bonnets at a market, some seated, some standing, with baskets and handwritten note.

Market Day

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Brown ink and wash drawing of two Holy Family scenes with the Virgin, Christ child and Saint Joseph under a tree.

Holy Family

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1610

Pen and wash drawing of the Holy Family under trees, with a reclining figure and a reaching child studies below.

The Holy Family

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1630

Red chalk sketch of a muscular figure with raised arms and swirling drapery on cream paper, within a decorative border.

God dividing light from darkness, from the Sistine Chapel Ceiling by Michelangelo

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Head of Athena (from a cast)

Adile Marie Osborne, 1900

Green and gold rococo rocaille scrollwork design drawn on tan paper, with interlocking C-scrolls and leafy fronds.

Design for a Painted Coach Panel with Rocaille Motif

Edward Crace, 1740

Pencil drawing of a wall design with ornate pilasters, foliate scrollwork and a decorative lower frieze around a blank panel.

Design for a Wall Decoration, Possibly for the Corridor

Frederick Crace, 1810

Repeating Art Nouveau wallpaper design of golden wheat ears and green scrolling foliage on a pale blue background.

Design for Wallpaper

Anna M. de Pool, 1890

Watercolor design for a floor covering with an arched panel of symmetrical blue and gold motifs and a patterned border.

Design for a floor covering

Red chalk drawing of an angel with large wings, arm outstretched, and loose draped robes, framed by a black and gold border.

Angel with large wings

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Pencil sketch of sailboats on calm water with a rocky headland and shoreline in the distance.

Point Levi From Boat

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Graphite drapery study of swirling and falling cloth, labeled Jacob and the Angel, on aged paper.

Drapery Study for "Jacob Wrestling with the Angel"

Kenyon Cox, 1880

Pen and ink study of the Flight into Egypt with the Holy Family on a donkey, angels above among palm trees, and a distant lan

Study for Painting "The Flight into Egypt"

Antonio Bellandi, 1850

Charcoal sketch of a twisting seated male figure with draped cloth on grey paper.

Fortitude (?)

Giovanni Battista Beinaschi, 1630

Charcoal study of two muscular nude male figures wrestling, one arm raised over the other's shoulder, on toned paper.

Figure Study for "Jacob Wrestling with the Angel"

Kenyon Cox, 1880

Pencil and watercolor study of three plants: a leafy rosette, a tall yellow-flowered mullein spike, and a spiny thistle-like

Study of mullein plants

William Stanley Haseltine, 1850