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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Pencil and watercolor sketch of the snowy peak of Chimborazo rising over an Andean plateau with agave plants in the foregroun

Chimborazo from Riobamba, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and brown wash drawing of an ecclesiastic stall design with a central arched niche, columns, and seated clergy figures.

Designs for Ecclesiastic Stalls

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil drawing of a farmhouse, barn and outbuildings beside a split-rail fence and a bare tree in a grassy field.

Mr. Shriner's Farmhouse

Francis Hopkinson Smith, 1850

Brown ink and wash drawing of a coat of arms with six stars, flanked by two winged putti, trumpet, hourglass and garlands.

Coat of arms of Cardinal Vincenzo Maria Altieri

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pencil sketch of a gnarled tree beside a road, with a low wall and a figure with a cart in the background.

A Road in Polling, Bavaria

Walter Shirlaw, 1870

Pale watercolor of a wide river beneath hazy sky, with sandstone bluffs on the right and a sandbar in the foreground.

Green River from the Ferry, Wyoming Territory

Thomas Moran, 1880

Pencil sketch of a two-masted schooner with dinghies alongside, and a small rowboat with a rower below.

Schooner and Three Dinghies

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pencil sketch of rolling storm waves and clouds with a small distant ship on the horizon, on toned paper.

Combers in a Stormy Sea

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pencil landscape sketch of a river shoreline with trees and hills, with handwritten tonal notes and numbers on yellowed paper

Goat Island and Horseshoe Falls, Niagara River, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of uniformed soldiers in formation with rifles, a sword-bearing officer in the foreground, and figures fading i

Infantry Rifle Drill, Sickles Regiment, Lee's Mills, Virginia

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pencil and wash sketch of men in hats gathered around a campfire with kettles hanging over the flames.

Campfire with Soldiers

Winslow Homer, 1860

Black and white chalk study of a seated male nude looking upward, drawn on blue-grey paper.

Study for a Male Nude

Gian Giacomo Barbelli, 1740

Graphite and chalk study of a standing woman in a period gown with ruffled cuffs and full skirt, on gray paper.

Study of Sophia Chew for "The Republican Court" (Lady Washington's Reception Day)

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Brown ink drawing of Minerva in a helmet writing on a tablet, with an owl on a pedestal and scrolls beside her.

Minerva

Felice Giani, 1800

Pencil sketch of a rural landscape with conifers, farm buildings, a fence, and a distant horizon on tan paper.

View to the Sea, Grand Manan Island, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Brown ink and wash drawing of four allegorical scenes with classical columns, a winged trumpeter, and theatre masks.

Four Allegories of Commedia and Tragedy

Felice Giani, 1800

Pen and brown wash drawing of ornamental designs with putti, foliage scrolls, a pedestal and small birds in medallions.

Ceiling decoration

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil and white-heightened sketch of mountain ridges and snow under a moon, with handwritten colour notes on tan paper.

Moon over the Rhône Valley, Belalp, Switzerland

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Neoclassical design drawing of a centerpiece with a lattice bowl, two draped women holding garlands, and winged sphinxes.

Design for a Centerpiece

Pietro Belli, 1820

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate architectural capital with scrolls and carved animal heads on a plain pedestal.

Design for an Ornament

Carlo Marchionni, 1720

Watercolor of fishermen pulling a boat ashore beside a woman, children, and nets, with a coastal town behind.

Water color; On the shore in Chiaja

Saverio della Gatta, 1820

Pencil sketch on tan paper of a standing female nude with hair pulled back, one hand resting on a ledge.

Standing Female Nude

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Painting of a leaning coconut palm and an ivy-covered palm with a figure in a straw hat at right, under a pale sky.

Coconut Palm with Figure, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a winter landscape with rolling hills, evergreen trees, and distant mountains under a cloudy sky.

Winter View from Long Hill, Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of hop vines with cones and lobed leaves, with a handwritten note reading Hop Vine, East Hampton, 1880.

Sketch of Hop Vine

Samuel Colman, 1880

Pen and brown wash design for a tomb with a draped female figure holding a cross above a sarcophagus and two putti.

Design for a Tomb

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil sketch of a leafy plant beside a tree trunk, with several small studies of faces in the upper right corner.

Plant Sketch with Faces

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Pencil sketch of hills and distant mountains on tan paper, with handwritten color notes including rich green and rainbow red.

Rainbow over Wooded Hills

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil sketch page of trees, leaf studies, a shrub and rocks, with handwritten notes on plant descriptions.

Sketches along the Río Magdalena, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and ink stage design of a group of antique buildings with arches, colonnades, a pyramid, and small figures on steps.

Stage Design, Group of Antique Buildings

Angelo Toselli, 1800

Brown ink and wash design for a stage curtain showing winged figures and muses in a domed temple beneath beams of light.

Design for Stage Curtain: Temple of Fame

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil sketch of a volcanic peak over hills, with handwritten color notes and the date February 19, 1890.

Popocatépetl from Cuautla, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Sheet of pencil and white-heightened sketches showing sailing boats, schooners and sails on a tan ground.

Sketches of Sailing Boats

Winslow Homer, 1880

Textile design drawing with white and blue flowers, leaves and scallop shells on a brown ground, 1800.

Design for a Woven Fabric of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"

Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1800

Pencil sketch of an army wagon with a mule in harness and a soldier beside it, on pale paper mounted in a grey album.

Army Wagon and Mule

Winslow Homer, 1860

Ink and wash drawing of a coffered ceiling design with octagonal and circular panels showing classical sacrifice scenes.

Decorative Design for Ceiling

Felice Giani, 1810

Pen and brown wash drawing of two octagonal allegorical wall designs with seated female figures and winged putti.

Justice and Strength: Project for Two Octagonal Wall Paintings

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil and grey wash sketch of soldiers resting in a wooded camp beside a fire, with a horse and a standing figure.

Soldiers Camping

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pen and brown wash drawing of three scenes with draped classical figures, a sarcophagus and a reclining lion.

Sarcophagus and allegorical figures

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Hazy painted landscape of rocky outcrops and green shrubs on a slope, with pale water at the right edge under a grey sky.

Base of the American Falls, Niagara

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Grey wash drawing of a domed architectural interior with Corinthian columns and a floor plan in the lower right corner.

Architecture seen from below, design for plate 55 in Andrea Pozzo's "Perspectiva pictorum et architectorum"

Andrea Pozzo, 1700

Pencil sketch of East River shoreline with trees, a distant obelisk, and a small boat, with handwritten notes on the left edg

East River from Deck of Steamboat

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Two Sailing Ships

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Pencil sketch of a stone fountain, walking figures in top hats, and a woman in a hat in the foreground.

Fountain

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Graphite sketch of boulders, wooded hills and a distant rocky mountain with handwritten notes in the margins.

In Front of Mount Chocorua, New Hampshire

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Brown ink drawing of a long arcaded palace with a central dome and statues on its corners, shown in wash.

Design for a Royal Palace in the Style of Borromini

Giuseppe Barberi, 1790

Pen and brown ink sketch of the Assumption of the Virgin, with angels above and kneeling figures around a tomb below.

The Assumption

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione

Pencil sketch of Popayan street buildings, distant hills and clouds, with handwritten colour notes in the margins.

Street Scene in Popayan, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil and watercolor sketch of terraced rust-colored rock formations and hazy mountains beneath a blue hill.

Hot Springs, Yellowstone

Thomas Moran, 1890

Pencil sketch of two men by a river, one paddling a canoe, with handwritten notes about the Millinocket River.

Canoe Rider on the Millinocket River, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870

Pencil sketch page of rock formations with handwritten color notes, small studies, and written remarks on cream paper.

Mixed Sketches, Syria

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketches of soldiers in fez-style caps, including a seated figure and a standing man holding a rifle, on cream paper.

Soldiers of New Granada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Loose oil sketch of a weathered stone architectural fragment on grass, painted in browns, cream and gray.

Fragment of the Parthenon, Athens, Greece

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of hazy hills and water with handwritten colour notes such as dazzling gold and purple on grey paper.

Sunbeams above the Catskills, Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Brown ink drawing of an oval classical scene framed by radiating rays, with putti and a scrolled base below.

Decoration in a church

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil sketch of carved rock-cut tomb facades at Petra set into cliffs, with handwritten notes labeling the scene.

The Royal Tombs at Petra, Jordan

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and ink architectural plan of a bastion with a circular central structure, labels, notes, and an octagonal diagram above.

Plan of a Bastion

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil sketch of a standing man in a tricorn hat and cloak, set within a blue-green and yellow ink border.

A Standing Man

Luigi Vanvitelli, 1700

Pencil and ink sketch of a man in a high-collared uniform beside a book, with a cloudy sky and handwritten text on the page.

Sketch, Figure in Uniform with Book

Fortunato Duranti, 1820

Pencil sketch of a man in a canoe raising a harpoon on choppy water, with a billowing smoke shape above.

Man in a Canoe with Harpoon

Winslow Homer, 1890

Pen and wash drawing of a classical double door design with a figure-filled overdoor, fluted pilasters and scrolling ornament

Design for a Double Door and Overdoor

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Colored design drawing of a gilded reliquary with columns, a central urn, winged figures holding it up, and a risen figure on

Reliquary in White Marble and Gilded Bronze

Luigi Righetti, 1810

Graphite sketch of two resting dogs on cream paper, one curled on the left and one stretched on the right.

Dogs

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Painted study of spiky green plants, a red poppy and pink flowers over brown brushstrokes, with a tiny figure in a tan coat a

Botanical and Figure Study

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860