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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Pen and ink design of a winged victory figure with a wreath and trumpet, beside handwritten notes and small figure studies.

Design for Victory holding a Wreath and Trumpet and Studies for Various Decorations

Felice Giani, 1810

Colorful watercolor design of ceiling panels with star patterns, rosettes, acanthus leaves and floral garlands.

Design for Ceiling, City Hall, Vienna, Austria

Friedrich von Schmidt, 1890

Graphite figure study of a standing male nude seen from behind, gripping a rope overhead, on tan paper.

Standing Male Nude

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Pen and brown ink drawing of an architectural niche with reclining figures and two seated putti on a pedestal.

Project for Part of a Decoration

Flemish François Duquesnoy, 1630

Pencil and watercolor sketch of two peacocks on open ground with trees and shrubs behind them, by Walter Shirlaw, 1880.

Two Peacocks in a Landscape

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Pencil sketch of a three-masted schooner near a rocky, wave-broken coastline with an oval museum stamp in the corner.

Schooner Near a Rocky Coast

Winslow Homer, 1880

Brown wash design drawing of a fireplace mantelpiece with carved putti reliefs, garlands, and pilasters.

Design for Mantelpiece Reliefs, Noble Cabinet, Palazzo Altieri

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pen and gray wash design for a rococo frontispiece with a central coat of arms, cherubs, flower urns, and garlands.

Design for a Frontispiece

Pierre-Edmé Babel, 1730

Pen and wash drawing of a tall rococo wall panel with scrollwork, foliage, garlands and a bird among shells.

Carved Decoration for a Wall Panel

P. Ludovik, 1730

Ink and wash elevation drawing of an ornamental panel with scrolls, rosettes and acanthus leaves above a fluted pedestal.

Design for a Wrought-Iron Balcony

Jean François Forty, 1770

Watercolor design of a horizontal garland of red and pink flowers with yellow-green leaves, numbered No. 4.

Design for a printed framing, pattern no. 4 of the Fabrique de St. Ruf

Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1810

Pen and ink drawing of two ornate monstrance elevations with scrolling frames, draped swags and small figures.

Project for the Elevation of a Monstrance

Luigi Righetti, 1800

Pen and wash drawing of a rococo cartouche topped by a papal tiara and crossed keys, with an empty central field.

A Papal escutcheon

Filippo Marchionni, 1770

Pen and ink sketch of three panels showing robed figures in arched interiors, studies for Passion scenes.

Three Stages of the Passion: The Mockery, Christ before Pilate, Flagellation

Francesco Coghetti, 1830

Red chalk drawing of a standing cleric in a long robe and cloak, with faint grid lines across the sheet.

Standing Cleric Holding a Book

Giovanni Bernardino Azzolino, 1620

Brown ink and wash drawing of an ornate standing frame with a circular mirror, an eagle on top, and vine and acanthus decorat

Standing frame

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Grayscale design study of three draped allegorical women on clouds, with a steam locomotive and smoke at right.

Design for a Bank Note

Walter Shirlaw, 1900

Ink drawing of two roundels showing winged Victory figures with chariots and horses in front of classical buildings.

Two Roundels with Victories in Chariots

Felice Giani, 1800

Pen drawing of an ornate royal galley seen from the stern, with carved decoration, a canopy, and choppy sea.

A Royal French Galley Seen from the Stern

Pierre Puget, 1660

Pencil drawing of three winged putti playing tambourines and trumpets within an arched architectural frame.

Three Putti with Tambourines and Trumpets, Design for Lunette of the Sala delle Muse, Museo Pio-Clementino, Vatican

Tommaso Maria Conca, 1800

Red chalk sketch of a woman carrying a tray of fruit with a small child walking beside her.

A Woman Leading a Child

Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, 1770

Ink and wash drawing of a winged bearded old man with a scythe leaning on a pedestal with a blank circular medallion.

Elevation of a Timepiece

Pietro Belli, 1800

Brown ink and wash design drawing of three decorative wall panels with niches, trees, garlands, and small landscape scenes.

Design for the Decorations of a Wall Panel

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of a classical column capital with a central female figure flanked by two winged figures.

Capital

Felice Giani, 1820

Graphite figure study of a seated nude man with one arm raised, draped legs, and a signed lower edge.

Figure Study, Possibly for Dome of Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, IL

Carroll Beckwith, 1890

Pencil sketch of three soldiers in long coats and caps standing with upright rifles on tan paper.

Three Soldiers

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pen and brown wash drawing of a saint ascending among clouds, surrounded by angels and putti.

Apotheosis of a Saint

Corrado Giaquinto, 1740

Watercolor of a domed hall with crowds in academic gowns and red robes, galleries above, and a painted ceiling.

Encaenia in the Sheldonia

Thomas Uwins, 1810

Ink and wash sketch of seated soldiers in a camp with conical tents and a crowd of onlookers in top hats.

Zouaves in the Camp of St. Maur

Constantin Guys, 1850

Pencil sketch of a glass bottle with a long neck and a small child's head sketched above it on aged paper.

Glass bottle

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870