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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Pencil and watercolor botanical studies of asters, a pink thistle, clover leaves and seed pods on cream paper.

Studies of Meadow Flowers

Samuel Colman, 1880

Back of a mounted sheet with faint pencil sketch of figures in a sleigh or wagon, plus handwritten numbers.

Soldiers in a Sleigh or Wagon

Winslow Homer, 1860

Brown ink and wash drawing of a reclining couple with a cupid in a garden, framed in an octagon with pencil grid numbers.

Ceiling Design with Rinaldo and Armida, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1800

Pen and wash design drawing of a door with an overdoor relief of seated figures and scrolling ornamental panels.

Design for a Double Door with Overdoor

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Brown ink and wash design drawing of a church pillar pedestal with a relief of two putti and fluted pilasters.

Design for the Pedestal and Base of a Pillar in a Church

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pen and wash drawing of an ornamental frame with fruit garlands, a crowned cartouche, and figures around a central doorway.

Beheading of John the Baptist

Mattia Preti, 1660

Sketch of a steamship and a sailing ship on calm grey sea, with a small rowboat in the foreground under pale sky.

Ships in the North, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated veiled woman reading, with a winged putto holding a torch beside a lamp stand.

Vigilance

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil sketch of a seated figure seen from behind, holding a book and resting a hand on a chair arm.

Sketch of Seated Woman

Daniel Huntington, 1880

Ink and wash drawing of draped figures in a classical interior within an octagonal frame, with a standing attendant holding a

Virgil Reading the Eulogy of Marcellus to Lucretia and Augustus, Palazzo Cavina, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1810

Vertical decorative wall border with gilded cartouches, crowned monograms, and scrolling foliage in blue and gold.

Detail: Wall Decoration, Palace of Fontainebleau

Frederick Marschall, 1880

Watercolor design for an embroidered waistcoat with purple and yellow borders, green and red floral tassels along the hem.

Design for Embroidered Waistcoat, pattern 1919 of Fabrique de St. Ruf

L. V, 1780

Pen and ink drawing of Achilles learning lyre from centaur Chiron, with seated women and a distant landscape.

Achilles Taught by Centaur Chiron How to Play Lyre

Felice Giani, 1790

Pencil sketch of a figure with a parasol walking past a woman in a shawl and a man in a hat.

Man and Woman

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Pen and wash design drawing of a neoclassical urn with female masks, grape garlands, and eagles on a tray below.

Design for Bottle Cooler, Glasses, and Tray

Giovacchino Belli, 1800

Pencil sketch of two girls seated on a grassy bank beside a tree trunk, one wearing a wide-brimmed hat.

Two Girls Seated on a Bank

Winslow Homer, 1870

Red chalk sketch of three standing men in hats, one seen from behind, with loose hatched shading on a pale sheet.

Three Standing Men

called Micco Spadaro Domenico Gargiulo, 1640

Pencil sketch of a woman seen from behind, arms raised and hands gathering ruffled fabric on tan paper.

Study of a Woman

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Pencil and wash sketch of mounted cavalry soldiers with lances and a bugler by a waterfront with ships.

General McClellan's Sixth Cavalry Regiment, Embarking at Alexandria for Old Point Comfort

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pencil sketch of figures and a crowd on pale paper, with the handwritten words "A Call for Volunteers" beneath.

A Call for Volunteers

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pencil sketch of a dagger with an ornate hilt and long blade, with handwritten notes, on a pale sheet of paper.

Dagger

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Pencil sketch of marching infantry soldiers and drummers in the foreground, with a column of troops receding across an open f

Marching Infantry Column

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pen and brown wash drawing with four panels of putti, a lion, an eagle, and allegorical figures for ceiling decoration.

Design for Ceiling Decoration, Four Allegorical Representations

Giuseppe Barberi, 1770

Pencil design for a ceiling with a central chariot scene, winged figures, trumpets and ornamental scrolls in a grid layout.

Ceiling Decoration, Victory in a Chariot, Palazzo Quirinale, Rome

Felice Giani, 1810

Charcoal sketch on blue-grey paper of a man in a cap and long coat, seen from behind, holding a drum and stick.

Drummer Seen from the Back

Winslow Homer, 1860

Brown ink and wash drawing of a deathbed scene with angels playing lute and flute above, putti on clouds, and kneeling mourne

Design for a Monochrome Wall Painting, Church of Corpus Domini, Bologna, Italy, Death of St. Caterina Vigri

Marcantonio Franceschini, 1690

Brown ink and wash drawing of a shaggy goat with curved horns standing in shallow water near rocks.

Study of a Goat

Jean Baptiste Huet, 1770

Graphite study of a seated man reading against a tree, with sketches of hands and feet around him.

Study for Illustration

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Oval grey-blue wash drawing of three putti near an architectural niche, with brown and white highlights.

Three Putti: Design for a Grisaille Painting

Jacob de Wit, 1750

Grey wash drawing of a vertical ceiling design with Apollo, putti, clouds and a reclining draped figure.

Ceiling Design with Apollo

Domenico Antonio Vaccaro, 1770