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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Pen and wash design drawing of an ornate cross with radiating rays on a decorated stand with a lion figure, 1810.

Design for a Cross with Alternative Suggestions

Pietro Belli, 1810

Brown ink and wash drawing of Christ and the Virgin above clouds and putti, with saints and a bishop gazing up below.

Christ and the Virgin with Patron Saints of Pistoia

Giacinto Gimignani, 1630

Pencil sketch of a layered desert canyon with cliffs receding toward distant hills under a pale sky.

Desert Canyon, Palestine (Israel)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Brown ink drawing of Noah kneeling at an altar with a burning ram, smoke rising, and attendants beside an ornate vase.

Sacrifice of Noah

Pietro Novelli, 1590

Pen and brown wash drawing of an ornate scrolled gilt bronze design with acanthus leaves and a crown on a pedestal.

Design for a Gilt Bronze Ornament

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1700

Verso of a grey sheet with faint graphite sketches of a right and left hand and a handwritten inscription lower left.

Sketch: A right and a left hand

Donato Creti, 1700

Two octagonal brown ink wash drawings of mythological scenes: Juno nursing Hercules, and Hebe with Hercules aided by Minerva.

Juno Suckling Hercules, Hebe Marries Hercules with Help of Minerva, Designed for Sala di Ercole e Ebe, Palazzo Gaddi,…

Felice Giani, 1810

Pen and wash drawing of a rococo cartouche with scrollwork, cherub heads, and a dove within radiating rays.

Design for a Holy Water Stoup

Thomas Lainé, 1730

Pencil handwritten supply list on cream paper itemizing tools, kitchenware, food, and camping gear.

Supply List, Lake Millinocket, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870

Pen and brown ink design sheet with octagonal putti medallions, scrolled ornament, and a scene of Coriolanus at the walls of

Design for Various Decorations including "Coriolanus at the Walls of Rome"

Felice Giani, 1800

Pencil and watercolor botanical study of hanging white locust blossoms, green leaves, and a flowering twig on cream paper.

Locust Blossoms

Samuel Colman, 1870

Pen and ink drawing of a bound nude man raised among soldiers and onlookers in a classical hall, with a seated judge above.

Martyrdom of St. Andrew

Francesco Coghetti, 1820

Textile border design with four stylized lilies, small flower clusters, and a band of oval scallops on ochre ground.

Design for an Embroidered or Woven Border of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"

Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1800

Pencil sketch of cumulus clouds above a dark treeline and open ground on cream paper, dated Sept 1840.

Clouds over Mountains

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Pencil sketch of Eagle Lake with hills, two rowboats on the water, and rocks and a fallen log on the shore.

Eagle Lake, Mt. Desert

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Brown ink drawing of a classical frieze with an embracing winged couple, a flying winged figure, and a kneeling Cupid with a

Frieze with Psyche and Love

Felice Giani, 1810

Graphite sketch on brown paper of a tropical landscape with hills, trees, a palm, and handwritten notes.

View of the Sabaneta, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Brown ink drawing of a military trophy with helmet, shields, trumpets, spears, banners and an eagle in a rectangular panel.

One of a set of trophies of weapons of war as a decoration of a horizontal panel

Francesco Bedeschini, 1690

Pen and brown ink sketches of a mother and child with a finished wash scene in the lower right corner.

Sketches, The Virgin and Child

Fortunato Duranti, 1820

Oil sketch of a mountain peak over a shadowed valley, with rocky cliffs and evergreens in the foreground under a dusky sky.

Mt. Katahdin from South Turner Mountain, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870

Pen and gray wash drawing of church objects like a crosier, censer, chalice and mitre arranged in a radial trophy.

Trophy with Ecclesiastical Objects

Romolo Achille Liverani, 1830

Ink and wash drawing of a domed classical kaffeehaus with flanking columns and a terrace with steps.

Elevation of a Kaffeehaus

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pencil sketch of gnarled tree trunks, roots, and a grape vine study on pale paper, dated September 1844.

Gnarled Tree Trunks and a Grape Vine, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Brown ink and wash drawing of horsemen and dogs driving deer toward a large net strung between trees.

Deer Hunt with Nets

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Brown ink drawing of an ornamental frame with scrollwork, foliage, scalloped edges and a blank central panel.

Frame

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil sketch of a young girl's head in a headscarf, gazing upward, inscribed "Beggar Girl in Rome" on toned paper.

Beggar Girl in Rome

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Pencil sketch of a hillside village with rooftops and hills, plus a small study of a thatched gateway hut with a wooden door.

Gateway and Partial View of Guaranda, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and brown wash drawing of several ornamental frames, including oval and rectangular designs with garlands and drapery swa

Frames

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pen drawing of a classical domed pavilion with four columns, garland swags, and a statue on top, with a plan below.

Design for a Pavilion

Giuseppe Valadier, 1810

Pencil sketch of a bark-covered wigwam with a dark entrance, a smaller wigwam at left, and bare branches around it.

Wigwam, Niagara Falls

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850