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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Charcoal study of a mustached man's head and shoulders on a torn cream sheet, with handwritten name and date below.

Study for portrait, Vicente Blasco Ibañez

Harriet Blackstone, 1910

Pencil sketch of a ruined hilltop castle with towers and walls above a village and a winding road.

Château at Villeneuve

Arnold William Brunner, 1890

Red chalk drawing of a standing robed figure in a tall mitre holding a flame, set within a gold ruled border.

Standing male figure in bishop's vestments

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Brown ink landscape drawing of a tall tree, reeds, a thatched cottage, grazing cattle, and distant hills.

Landscape with a Cottage

Remigio Cantagallina, 1610

Two Sketches of a Cardinal, and a Confessional

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Ink and wash architectural elevation of a classical wall fountain with niches, statues, and a plan below.

Wall Fountain Elevation

Pellegrino Sabbatelli, 1790

Pencil drawing of two wall elevations with ornamental panels, one with birds and foliage, the other with a central bird medal

Wall Decoration, Blue (South) Drawing Room, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1820

Red chalk study of balusters, urns, moldings and acanthus leaf ornaments arranged across a pale sheet.

Study of balusters and sculptural motifs

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Grisaille frontispiece with a seated youth above a page and an armored knight beside a heraldic shield and motto scroll.

Pages and Knights, Frontispiece for "The Man at Arms"

Edwin Howland Blashfield, 1880

Watercolor ceiling design of a dove carrying a flower garland through clouds, framed by diamond and rope borders.

Design for Ceiling

Frederick Crace, 1800

Pencil sketch page with three studies of women and handwritten notes comparing idealized and realistic depictions.

Three Sketches of Women in Pireus

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Shaded drawing of a reclining male nude modeled after classical sculpture, with a raised arm and draped cloth behind.

Study of Sculpture of Reclining Male Nude

Kenyon Cox, 1880

Gray monochrome painting of a bearded man in a hat and lace collar walking with a cane, followed by a crowd.

King Charles on the Way to His Execution

Frank Craig, 1890

Pencil sketch of crossed legs in trousers and a shoe, with a small sailboat on water above, and a brown stain.

Sketch of Crossed Legs

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Red chalk sketch of a muscular seated male nude beside a classical pedestal, with hatched shading and a draped cloth.

Ignudo from Sistine Chapel ceiling

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Charcoal study of a standing nude woman seen from behind, head turned over her shoulder, against a sketched background.

Academic Study of a Female Nude

Kenyon Cox, 1880

Pencil sketch of a hillside village of closely packed houses and rooftops with trees, inscribed Villeneuve from Old Château.

Villeneuve from Old Château

Arnold William Brunner, 1890

Decorative wall design with a pagoda landscape, a serpent, a gilded pillar, a bird, and a fan of orange and purple folds.

Design for the North Wall of the Music Room, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1810

Drawing of a standing male nude with one arm raised to his head, rendered in graphite and white chalk on grey paper.

Academic Study of a Male Nude

Giuseppe Longhi, 1800

Pencil sketch of a bearded man seated by an open window beside a small table, with handwritten inscription below.

Billy Martin - Farewell Sketch at Quebec

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Pencil sketch of a cathedral interior with draped black fabric, an arched opening, and a circular medallion above.

Funeral of James Cardinal Gibbons at Roman Catholic Cathedral, Baltimore, MD

Griffith Baily Coale, 1920

Watercolor ornament designs showing two decorated Roman standards flanking a white scrolling foliage panel on a brown ground.

Ornament Design, Panel and Roman Standards

Michel Angelo Pergolesi, 1770

Study of a woman

William Stanley Haseltine, 1850

Charcoal and white chalk study of a woman with curly hair and closed eyes, head bowed, on gray-green paper.

Study for woman

Elihu Vedder, 1890

Pencil design drawing of a classical two-handled urn on a panelled pedestal with a small relief figure.

Design for an urn on a stand

John Nash, 1810

Pencil sketch of a man in a wide-brimmed hat fishing beside a bucket, with a leafy tree and foliage at right.

Study of a man

William Stanley Haseltine, 1850

Red chalk drawing of a bound bearded saint tied to a tree while three men surround him.

Martyrdom of St. Bartholomew

Vespasiano Strada, 1590

Pencil study of a classical helmeted head of Athena, shaded on the right, with handwritten notes on the sheet.

Head of Athena (from a cast)

S. D. Pratt, 1900

Pencil sketch of a hilltop town with fortified walls, a castle, churches and waterfront buildings with small moored boats.

Study of landscape, Spezia, Italy

William Stanley Haseltine, 1850

Pencil design drawing of an arched gate with iron bars and two hounds shown in the upper arched panel.

Design for a Gate, Two Hounds

William Hunt Diederich, 1920