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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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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

Pencil sketch of Florentine riverfront buildings with tiled roofs and small rowboats on the water below.

From my Window, Florence

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Red chalk drawing of three bishops in mitres and robes, standing close together, with loose hatched shading.

Three bishops

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Pencil sketch on tan paper of seated women and children in loose drapery, one figure leaning forward in the foreground.

Study of women

William Stanley Haseltine, 1850

Pencil study of an ornate Corinthian column capital with acanthus leaves above a fluted shaft and stepped base.

Study of a Capital and Base

Arnold William Brunner, 1870

Watercolor design of a gilded classical column arch with a scrolled iron grille and serpent finials between pedestals.

Mantelpiece Detail, Music Room

Robert Jones, 1810

Watercolor design of a colonnade with four bays showing a cloudy sky above red railings, with decorative gold corner brackets

Wall for Decoration, perhaps for corridor, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1800

Grey wash drawing of an elderly monk in a hooded robe seated on church steps beside a column, with a crowd behind him.

Old Monk

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Graphite sketch of several jockeys on galloping horses drawn in angular, overlapping lines on pale translucent paper.

Jockeys on Horseback

William Hunt Diederich, 1920

Red chalk drawing of a standing draped female figure leaning on a tall upright form, with hatched background shading.

Allegory of justice with sword and scales

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Pencil sketch of two scenes with sailboats on water, a rocky headland on the left and a treeline with houses on the shore.

Two Sketches of Sailboats Sailing

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Pencil drawing of a bedroom with a figure lying in bed and several men in dark clothing standing beside it.

That's No Good, the Squire Said, Quietly

Walter Appleton Clark, 1890

Red chalk drawing of a standing veiled woman holding a basket of fruit, with draped robes and hatched shading.

Standing figure with basket

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Pencil study of a carved stone capital with lobed leaves beside a second study of a Rayonnant capital with stylized foliage.

Two Studies of Capitals

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Triangular watercolor design of pierced grillework with quatrefoils, circles and a central six-pointed star in blue-grey tone

Design for pierced marble grillework

J.D. Woodward, 1890

Etching of two men in feathered hats gambling and drinking on a rock beside a tree and tiled house.

Landscape with men gambling

Frederick Bloemaert, 1680

Pencil sketch of a curving bay with white buildings, trees and hills beyond, inscribed Tangier, on tan paper.

Bay of Tangiers

Arnold William Brunner, 1890

Watercolor design of a draped canopy bed with patterned fabric, tassels, and a sunburst medallion behind it.

Design for Bed with Tented Alcove, probably for the Prince of Wales's Bedroom or Boudoir, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1810