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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Painting of a cardamom flowering spike with pink-tipped white bracts and yellow blossoms against dark green leaves.

Cardamom, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Bust of Man Crowned with Vine Wreath

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Red chalk study of draped fabric folds for a standing woman figure on tan paper, with faint grid lines.

Study for a standing woman, “Vintage Festival,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY

Robert Frederick Blum, 1890

Pencil sketch of a woman in a headscarf seated on a grassy bank, with distant boats and trees across a hazy landscape.

Girl Seated on a Tree Trunk

Winslow Homer, 1870

Brown ink and wash sketch of a lancer on horseback holding a long lance, with the horse outlined faintly at right.

Lancer on Horseback

Winslow Homer, 1860

Graphite sketch of tall umbrella pines with spreading crowns, a smaller pine at lower right, labeled Borghese Villa, Rome.

Study of Pines, Borghese Villa, Rome

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Sketch of a seated man smoking a pipe in a red cap and jacket, with two donkeys on a pale background.

Smoking Man and Donkeys

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of two girls standing in tall grass, one in a wide hat with her arm around the other in a bonnet.

Two Girls in a Field

Winslow Homer, 1870

Graphite and white chalk drawing of a shouting sailor in a sou'wester raising his arm, with a ship on the sea behind him.

The Lookout

Winslow Homer, 1890

Pencil sketch sheet with tree studies, palm fronds, an alligator, and handwritten notes on foliage and bark colour.

Botanical Sketches with an Alligator, Río Magdalena, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Ink and wash sketch of a bearded older man in a wide-brimmed hat, mounted on tan board with a red wax seal.

Head of a Bearded Man

William Merritt Chase, 1870

Ink and wash sheet with thirteen roundel and octagonal studies of Apollo mythological scenes, annotated in red ink.

Thirteen Apollo Subjects for Ceiling

Felice Giani, 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of nude and draped female figures in a landscape beside a classical column and curtain.

Diana and Callisto, after Domenichino

Felice Giani, 1810

Watercolor design of floral sprigs and ferns in a cartouche with green and violet borders, for an embroidered waistcoat.

Design for Embroidered Waistcoat, pattern 1777 of the Fabrique de St. Ruf

Mademoiselle Montalent, 1780

Pencil sketch of a standing male nude with handwritten proportion notes in the margins and along the bottom.

Sketch of a Male Nude with Notations

Winslow Homer, 1850

Pen and ink sketch of a funeral catafalque with an obelisk, flanking draped figures, and ornamental reliefs on a tiered base.

Project for a Catafalque for the Funeral Service for Pope Pius VI in Forli

Felice Giani, 1790

Pen drawing of three vertical candelabrum designs with classical figures, urns, scrollwork and foliage on pale paper.

Candelabrum Designs

Giovanna Benati, 1800

Pen and brown wash design for a wall with arches, pilasters, hanging garlands, draped curtains and candelabra.

Design for Wall

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil sketch of a young woman in a bonnet carrying a basket in a grassy field with trees behind her.

Young Woman Carrying a Basket

Winslow Homer, 1870

Red chalk drawing of a reclining male nude with arm raised behind his head, resting on draped cloth, on worn paper.

Slave from Hero and Leander in the Galleria Farnese, after Annibale Carraci

Annibale Carracci

Pen and ink drawing with red chalk of three men, one seated, one standing looking up, one leaning on a ledge.

Three Men

called Micco Spadaro Domenico Gargiulo, 1640

Watercolor design for an embroidered coat lapel with black fabric, painted flower bouquets, and pearl bead trim on pale paper

Design for Embroidered Coat (upper section), Gilet lapel, pattern 1464 of the Fabrique de St. Ruf

Mademoiselle Montalent, 1780

Colored drawing of an ornate classical ceiling design with medallions, garlands, scrollwork, and figures in red, blue and gol

Ceiling in Hadrian's Villa, near Tivoli

Luigi Rossini, 1820

Brown ink and wash drawing of robed figures in an interior, with an ambassador holding a staff before a seated man.

Ceiling Design: Roman Ambassador Ask the Sabine Numa Pompilius to Reign over Rome, Sala di Numa Pompilio, Palazzo Mil…

Felice Giani, 1800

Watercolor of an ornate interior wall with a central door, sculptural pediment, painted urns and garlands, and a console tabl

Section of wall, bedroom of Marie Antoinette, Palace of Fontainebleau, France

Frederick Marschall, 1880

Pencil sketch of a seated woman holding a lute, with studies of hands and a second instrument on grey paper.

Sketches of a Woman with a Lute, Study for "Titian Showing the Entombment to Charles V and Clement VII"

Daniel Huntington, 1870

Charcoal study of a seated nude woman with head lowered, hands resting on a bench, against a dark shaded background.

Nude Woman

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Colored design drawing of an ornate silver altar lamp with angels, cherubs and gilded details, with inscription and scale bar

An Altar Lamp in the Family Chapel of the Honorati in the Cathedral in Jesi

Luigi Valadier, 1770

Graphite and white chalk study of a seated woman in a bonnet and shawl, drawn on gray paper.

Study of a Seated Woman for "The Republican Court" (Lady Washington's Reception Day)

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Pencil and watercolor study of two grazing cows on grass, with faint sketches of cattle legs above.

Cattle, Two Grazing Cows and the Backs of Calves

Samuel Colman, 1880