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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Pencil sketch of a winged cherub with a floral crown rising above a loosely drawn draped figure on tan paper.

Cherub

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Pencil sketch of a palm tree trunk and fronds on tan paper, with handwritten color notes and a museum stamp.

Palm Tree, Aspinwall (Colón), Panama

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Ink drawing of two caryatids, a seated figure, garland friezes and a crowded classical frieze below.

Friezes; Two Caryatids; Seated Figure

Felice Giani, 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of six ornamental doorknobs with acorns, acanthus leaves, rosettes and an oval face medallion.

Six doorknobs

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Grey wash drawing of an armored allegorical figure with shield, putti and acanthus scrolls, design for a carriage rear.

Design for the Rear of a Carriage with Valor Victorious over Vice and Arrogance

Charcoal sketch of a woman in a headscarf and long skirt, seen from behind, standing on a sloping sandy ground.

Woman Looking Out to Sea, Cullercoats, England

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pencil sketch of an artist seated among easels and canvases in a studio interior, with a handwritten caption below.

Artist in the studio

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Brown ink and wash drawing of a kneeling man offering at an altar while a bearded god and eagle appear in clouds above.

Numa Pompilius Worshipping Jove on the Aventine, Ceiling Design for the Sala di Numa Pompilius, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1800

Pen and brown ink lunette design with classical figures, a lyre and a shield, labelled Poesia.

Design for a Lunette with Allegory of Poetry

Felice Giani, 1800

Ink and wash drawing of robed surveyors measuring a walled site, with a temple floor plan above and an ornate frame.

Study for the First Plan of Solomon's Temple, Plate 420, Physica Sacra

Johann Melchior Füssli, 1720

Pencil sketch of a man in a top hat and a woman in a hat seated at a café table, with a third figure at the right edge.

Café scene

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Figure with Child

Passerotti, 1550

Watercolor elevation of a bedroom alcove with a blue daybed, gilded panels, floral garlands and neoclassical painted decorati

Wall Elevation of Bedroom Alcove

Pierre Ranson, 1770

Pencil sketch page with two standing bulls, a bull head study, and an oak tree with branches, dated September 1840.

Sketches of Bulls and an Oak Tree, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Watercolor textile design of purple flowering branches with green leaves, thorny stems, and blue and ochre decorative borders

Design for Gilet, pattern 1732 of the Fabrique de St. Ruf

Mademoiselle Montalent, 1780

Grey wash drawing of a compote with a scalloped bowl, two dolphin supports and a shell-shaped base.

Design for a Silver and Crystal Compote

Joseph Anton Seethaler II, 1820

Brown ink and wash design of a rococo border with allegorical figures, putti, scrollwork and a blank central panel.

Design for an Ornamental Border Used for the Surround to the General Chart in John Pine's "Tapestry Hangings in the H…

Hubert François Gravelot, 1720

Pencil sketch of clouds and sea with handwritten color notes such as 'silver' and 'sky golden milky' on cream paper.

Moonlit Sky at Sea, Egypt

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil study on grey paper of a hemlock and beech tree beside a forest clearing with sketched branches and foliage.

Study of Hemlock and Beech, White Lake

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Pen and wash design for a tall decorative panel with an eagle, garlands, cameo medallions and a winged figure on a globe.

Design for a Panel

Jean Guillaume Moitte, 1770

Two cloaked figures sit by a glowing campfire at night, with camels and a tent in the shadows behind them.

Bedouin Campfire at Night

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and brown ink sketch of a draped Victory figure with a trumpet beside studies of a wall section and stool.

Sketch of Victory holding Bowknot and Trumpet; sketches of Wall Section and Stool

Felice Giani, 1810

A Standing Stag

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Grey-toned drawing of an executioner with a raised sword beside a kneeling saint, with angels in the clouds above.

Beheading of Saint Paul

Domenico Mondo, 1800

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of a seated girl in a hat beside a basket, with flowers behind her.

Seated Girl with a Basket

Winslow Homer, 1880

Brown ink and wash drawing of armed men kneeling before a crucifix in an arched interior, with a crowd at left.

Saint Giovanni Gualberto and the Miraculous Crucifix

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Pencil sketch of a square-rigged ship on choppy sea with hatched wind strokes at the right edge.

Square Rigger in a Stormy Sea

Winslow Homer, 1900

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated Madonna with a nude child standing on a cloud beside her under a draped canopy.

Madonna and Child

Felice Giani, 1810

Charcoal and chalk sketch on brown paper of a nude woman seated with her back turned, hair up, hands near her face.

Nude Study of a Seated Woman

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Pencil figure study of a standing man in a wide-brimmed hat with one arm raised, shaded background.

Figure Study from Nature

Walter Shirlaw, 1880