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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Charcoal drawing of two men in bowler hats beside a ticker tape machine spilling tape into a basket in an interior.

"I Don't Think It's Going Up; I Know It's Going Up!"

William Robinson Leigh, 1900

Pencil study of a young woman's head and shoulders with hair parted and drawn back, dated 1859.

Study for Portrait

Léon Bonnat, 1859

Red chalk drawing of an ornate urn-shaped vase with scrolled handles, arabesque decoration, and a masklike motif on a pedesta

Vase with arabesque decoration

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Watercolor design for a stained glass window with Adam and Eve, three biblical figures, and scenes of Annunciation, Nativity,

Design for Stained Glass Window, Saint Peter's Episcopal Church, Albany, NY

Edward Burne-Jones, 1880

Watercolor design for a stained glass window with a saint, robed figures, a child, and a Crucifixion medallion above.

Design for Stained Glass Window, St. Paul's Church, Boston, MA

Edward Burne-Jones, 1870

Pen and wash drawing of a rococo garden terrace with a seated figure, arcade, trees, and ornate scrolled frame.

Divinité Chinoise

Gabriel Huquier, 1730

Watercolor design for three gothic stained glass lancet panels with figures and leafy borders, labeled for Paisley Abbey.

Design for Stained Glass, Southeast Window Nave, Paisley Abbey, Scotland

Edward Burne-Jones, 1870

Pencil and colored pencil drawing of a floor lamp with shade plan, elevations, and a floral vase motif on the column.

Floor Lamp, Henry J. Allen Residence, Wichita, Kansas

George Mann Niedecken, 1910

Grey and red chalk design drawing of an ornate panel with garlands, birds, and figures in a garden scene.

Feste Bacchique

Jean-Antoine Watteau, 1710

Grey ink drawing of a shepherd with a staff and a seated woman under trees, framed by rococo scrollwork and garlands.

Le Berger empressé

Gabriel Huquier, 1730

Brown ink and wash drawing of armored soldiers and struggling captives in a tangled military scene on stone ground.

Two Groups Captives from the Victory of Leo IV over the Saracens

Felice Giani, 1820

Black chalk drawing on blue paper of a sibyl raising one arm, holding a book, with heavy draped robes.

The Cumaean Sibyl from Raphael's Fresco in St. Maria della Pace

Pencil architectural drawing of a ceiling fixture with a globe light, with dimensions and a handwritten label for Henry J. Al

Ceiling Fixture, Entrance Hall, Henry J. Allen Residence, Wichita, Kansas

George Mann Niedecken, 1910

Design for stained glass showing nude Adam and Eve beside trees in two gothic arched windows, with an apple.

Adam and Eve, Design for Stained Glass Window, Frankby Church, Birkenhead (Cheshire), England

Edward Burne-Jones, 1870

Red chalk drawing of a winged cupid figure with curly hair and one arm raised, over a faint blue grid on tan paper.

Cupid

Chalk drawing on blue paper of a draped female figure in a twisting pose with bare feet, study for a fresco.

The Phrygian Sybil from Raphael’s Fresco in St. Maria della Pace

Pencil and yellow-coloured design drawing of a suspended glass-dish ceiling light fixture with cords, with a title block and

Light Fixture for Mr. Allen's Study and Mrs. Allen's Room, Henry J. Allen Residence, Wichita, Kansas

George Mann Niedecken, 1910

Pencil and ink drawing of a light fixture cross section and glass disc plan for a 1910 residence interior.

Light Fixture and Plan of Glass Disc for Mr. Allen's Study and Mrs. Allen's Dressing Room, Henry J. Allen Residence,…

George Mann Niedecken, 1910

Red chalk sketch of a monkey in a feathered hat and cloak playing a violin with a bow while seated.

Monkey Playing a Violin

Jean-Antoine Watteau, 1700

Drawing of a veiled female saint holding a lily and cross in a stone arched niche, a study for a stained glass window.

Study for the Goddard Memorial Window, in St. John's Church, Providence, Rhode Island

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1880

Study of Woman's Head

Jean-Antoine Watteau, 1720

Red chalk study of classical statues and columns in an interior, with a draped figure at right, within a double-ruled border.

Studies with figure of Apollo from Raphel's School of Athens

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Graphite figure study of a muscular male torso with raised arms and several separate hand studies on grey paper.

Figure Study for Diana and Her Attendants among the Constellations

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1880

Woman with Flowers

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1880

Pen and wash drawing of an ornamental garden design with scrolling frame, garlands, central fountain and figures in landscape

Gardens of Bacchus

Gabriel Huquier, 1730

Brown ink and wash drawing of robed classical figures, a bearded man with a lyre, and a seated woman holding a book inscribed

Group with Petrarch and Sappho in "Parnassus" after Raphael Sanzio

Felice Giani, 1820

Brown ink and wash drawing of turbaned, robed figures gathered around a seated man beneath a draped canopy.

Two Attendants with the Heavenly Horseman

Felice Giani, 1820

Pencil and colored pencil design drawing of a fringed table lamp with a yellow shade and tiered base, with handwritten specif

Portable Lamp for Living Room, Henry J. Allen Residence, Wichita, Kansas

George Mann Niedecken, 1910

Watercolor study of robed standing figures, some with haloes, against a diamond-patterned background in red, blue and green.

Study of "Altarpiece of Saint-Germer-de-fly," Paris, France

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Pen and brown wash drawing of a nude man carrying an older man on his shoulders, with two draped onlookers.

The Aeneas Group from the Conflagration in the Borgo

Felice Giani, 1820