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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Pen and brown wash drawing of four horizontal friezes showing crowded classical figures in Bacchic processions and sacrifices

Birth of Bacchus; triumph of Bacchus and Arianna; Triumph of Silos

Pencil sketch of two coconut palms on cream paper, one standing above a thatched hut and one leaning, with a museum stamp.

Coconut Palm, Two Views

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a sailing ship's rigging and sail in the foreground, with a distant Venetian skyline across calm water.

View of Venice, Italy

Robert Frederick Blum, 1900

Watercolor interior study of gilded paneled walls, striped drapery and a floral-covered gilt bed in an alcove.

Detail, bed alcove, Palace of Fontainebleau

Frederick Marschall, 1880

Pen and grey wash drawing of a symmetrical rococo ceiling design with a central figure under a canopy and scrolled corners.

Design for the Decoration of an Oblong Octagonal Ceiling

Henri Sallembier, 1780

Pencil sketch of a nude woman riding a sea beast with a winged child, a lion head and sea monsters below.

Thetis and Cupid Riding Fish

Fortunato Duranti, 1800

Graphite sketch of a standing nude woman with short bobbed hair, one hand raised to her chest, on cream paper.

Standing Female Nude

James Wells Champney, 1880

Brown ink drawing of nude and draped figures at a feast beside a table, with a distant classical temple in the landscape.

Diana and Callisto, Dining Room, Palazzo Rasponi, Ravenna

Felice Giani, 1810

Pen and ink drawing of Hercules hurling a figure into the sea, with a stormy sky, rocky shore and classical urn.

Hercules Hurls Lichas into the Sea

Felice Giani, 1810

Graphite drawing of a large willow tree with a fence and distant hills in a rural landscape.

Study of a Willow, North Conway, New Hampshire

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Pencil sketch of a standing woman raising a torch beside a seated figure, with clouds and drapery, a study for bank note desi

Motif for Bank Note Design

Walter Shirlaw, 1900

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Madonna on clouds handing a rosary to a kneeling saint, with angels and putti around them.

Madonna Appearing to Saint

Rodriguez, 1640

Pencil sketch of two fishermen carrying baskets on a shoreline beside a rowboat with a seated figure.

Two Fishermen, England

Winslow Homer, 1880

Two brown ink and wash elevations of a bedroom alcove with draped curtains, balustrade, urns and doorways.

Designs for Bedroom Alcove

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Charcoal sketch on tan paper of four soldiers' heads in kepi caps, one smoking a pipe, in varied poses.

Four Studies of Soldiers' Heads

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pencil sketch of a bare, leafless tree with spreading branches on cream paper, with a handwritten date at upper right.

A Leafless Tree, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Pen and wash design sheet with a fringed drapery valance, laurel wreath, lyre emblem, acanthus ornaments and pendant drops.

Project for Drapery

Romolo Achille Liverani, 1800

Pen and wash design drawing of an ornate monstrance with a winged female figure holding an oval frame, flanked by lions.

Monstrance

Pietro Belli, 1820

Pen and wash design sketch for a church ceiling showing clouds, heavenly figures above and a crowd of figures below.

Design for a Ceiling in a Church

Matthäus Günther, 1700

Pen and brown wash drawing of a neoclassical monument with a draped female statue, two flaming urns and seated figures.

Inkstand

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Charcoal and white chalk drawing on blue paper of a standing drummer in a cap and coat, seen from the side.

Side View of a Drummer

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pencil sketch of three horse heads on tan paper, one larger above two smaller studies, with a museum stamp below.

Horse

Robert Frederick Blum, 1900

Pen and brown wash drawing of four octagonal panels with draped allegorical women and classical architectural settings.

Four Allegories of Virtue, Villa Aldini, Montmorency, France

Felice Giani, 1810

Study of Nathaniel Bowditch for "Scientific Group"

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Painted view of a turquoise harbor with ships, framed by a white gate post, lattice fence and palm fronds.

Kingston Harbor from Galloway Hill, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and wash design drawing of a candelabrum with a draped female figure on a marbled column pedestal.

Design for a Candelabrum

Johann Jacob, 1800

Pen and brown wash drawing of two draped bed canopies with fringed valances, tassels and feather plumes on top.

Two bed canopies

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pen and wash design drawing of a spherical water urn on a stand with lion handles, cupid, and figural supports.

Design for a Water Urn with Stand

Joseph Anton Seethaler II, 1820

Pen and grey wash design sketch of a vaulted ceiling with a central seated female figure and two circular putti medallions.

Prudence, Vaulted Panel, Appartmento Napoleonico, Palazzo Quirinale, Rome

Felice Giani, 1810

Ink and wash sketch of a theatre audience with women in upper boxes and men in dark coats in the stalls below.

At the Theatre

Constantin Guys, 1860