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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Pencil sketch of seated figures on rocky shore looking at sea with sailboat, with inset views of a rowboat and standing man.

Rocking

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Red chalk drawing of a classical head of Apollo with curly hair and downcast eyes, by Giuseppe Longhi.

Head of Apollo

Giuseppe Longhi, 1830

Red chalk drawing of a male figure supporting a slab beside a wall with garland ornament and a pedestal.

Male figure supporting slab; wall detail

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Watercolor design of a wall with three Gothic arches, blue drapery, dragon-coiled columns and a dragon frieze.

Design for Wall with Three Gothic Arches, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1800

Pen and ink design of a wrought iron bracket with a red patterned hanging lantern on chains.

Design for a Wrought Iron Light Fixture

J. Flinch, 1880

Red chalk drawing of a standing woman in drapery, one arm extended in a pointing gesture, within a gold-ruled border.

Standing female figure pointing

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Sketch on red paper of a robed female saint with raised arm, plus studies of a head and hands.

A Dominican Female Saint in Ecstasy and Other Studies

Sante Pacini, 1770

Pen and ink drawing of a woman in a long coat and bonnet beside a birdcage, carriage, and tree, with a large decorative lette

Miss Violet Carmine, Initial I

Edward Windsor Kemble, 1880

Pencil drawing of two Roman soldiers in helmets and armor, one gesturing upward with his arm raised, in conversation.

Two Roman Soldiers in Conversation

Giuseppe Longhi, 1830

Pencil sketch of jagged glacier ice and a steep rock face under a pale sky, with a handwritten caption reading Glacier Grinde

Landscape, Grindelwald, Switzerland

William Trost Richards, 1860

Pencil sketch of robed figures, including a seated man on stone steps and standing clergy, inscribed 'In St. Peters'.

In St. Peter’s, Rome

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Pencil sketch of a lighthouse on a rocky headland with sailboats on the sea and birds flying overhead.

Kings Sail

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Gray chalk drawing on tan paper of a kneeling angel with bowed head, feathered wings, and draped robe.

A Kneeling Angel

Elisabetta Sirani, 1800

Grey wash drawing of officers by a tree with cavalry behind and a dead dog and helmet on the ground.

Who the Devil Told You We Were Going to Charge?

Ludovico Marchetti, 1890

Pencil sketch of a rocky shoreline with a lighthouse and house on a headland, calm water and a small figure at right.

Study of seashore, Point Judith, RI

William Trost Richards, 1880

Pencil sketch of three studies of a figure in a wide hat and veil, with a handwritten inscription at lower right.

Three Sketches of a Nun Wearing a Hat

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Watercolor stained glass design of a haloed young figure among bearded robed men beneath Gothic arches.

Stained glass window: Young Christ among the doctors

John C. Wolf, 1900

Red chalk drawing of a winged figure with a horn and a putto holding a fasces, among scrolling foliage.

Winged figure with a horn and putto with fasces

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Blue ink drawing of the Madonna holding the infant Christ, with sketched heads in the margins.

Madonna and Child

Egisto Rossi, 1830

Watercolor of a pink sunset over calm harbor water, with red-sailed boats and a silhouetted town with domes.

Sunset Over Sailing Boats

Arnold William Brunner, 1890

Watercolor of a Venetian lagoon with gondolas, a bell tower, a white dome, and a cemetery wall under a cloudy sky.

Old Cemetery, Venice

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Watercolor design of a double door between two glazed bookcases with painted pilasters and lattice door panels.

Design for Doorway and Bookcase, probably for King's Library, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1800

Pencil sketch of the Venice lagoon skyline with domes, bell towers, a gondola and sailboats on the water.

Study of lagoon, Venice, Italy

William Stanley Haseltine, 1870

Pencil design elevation of an entrance hall wall with doorways, a central dragon medallion, dragon pilasters and a fireplace.

Design for the Entrance Hall, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1810

Pen and ink drawing of soldiers hauling a cannon past fallen men and a dead horse on a battlefield, with an explosion behind.

Saving a Gun

Isaac Walton Taber, 1880

Brown ink and wash drawing of five ornate chalices with figural stems and scrolled bases on a tan sheet.

Five chalices

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pencil sketch of a man's head and shoulders, turned to the side, drawn in loose hatched strokes on tan paper.

Self-Portrait

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Pen and ink sketch of three cartouche designs with putti and figures holding oval frames and a scrolled base.

Three sketches of cartouches

Carlo Marchionni, 1770

Pencil sketch of a bearded seated man in an armchair with handwritten notes below, by Daniel Huntington.

Carl Schurz Seated

Daniel Huntington, 1890

Pencil sketch of a kneeling nude figure, head cropped, arms wrapped around the raised knee, shaded with loose hatching.

Kneeling Woman

Walter Shirlaw, 1880