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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Study of a Horse, Quimper, Brittany

Samuel Colman, 1870

Loose pencil sketch on cream paper of a goat's head above a reclining dog.

Dog and goat

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Pencil sketch of a horned cow in a barn beside a feeding trough, with a second cow head in the foreground and hanging harness

Cattle Study for Sheep-Shearing

Walter Shirlaw, 1870

Watercolor study of three harnessed horses pulling a wooden plow across a field, on textured tan paper.

Study of Three Horses with a Plow, France

Samuel Colman, 1870

Pencil sketch of a horse's head and neck in loose graphite lines on cream paper.

Horse

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Red chalk sketch on grey-blue paper of a dog lying down with its head resting forward.

Sketch: A couching dog

Giovanni Maria Viani, 1700

Watercolor study of a brown and white cow's head with curved horns against a loose blue sky.

Head of a Cow, Étretat

Samuel Colman, 1870

Dog

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Pencil and watercolor sketch of a peacock with a long tail in a garden with trees and shrubs.

Peacock in a Garden

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Brown ink and wash drawing of two long-beaked birds among acanthus leaves and seed pods on a curving stem.

Two Birds in Foliage with Seed Pods

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil sketch of a horse's head and a saddle on a cream sheet mounted in a grey sketchbook album.

Head of a Horse and a Saddle

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pencil sketch sheet of sheep in various poses, grazing and resting on the ground, by Walter Shirlaw.

Sketches of Sheep

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Graphite sketch sheet with multiple studies of cow heads, eyes, horns, and legs on cream paper.

Studies of Cows

Samuel Colman, 1860

Pen and ink wash drawing of Hercules wrestling and killing the Nemean lion, with an Italian caption below.

Hercules and Nemean Lion

Felice Giani, 1800

Pencil sketch of a cow lying down on tan paper, head turned toward the viewer, with horns and hatched shading.

Studying of a Lying Cow

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Watercolor study of a cow's head facing forward, with white face, brown ears and curved horns on tan paper.

Two Studies of Cattle

Samuel Colman, 1870

Graphite sketch of a cow's body and back with hatched shading, a study for a mural by Kenyon Cox.

Study for "Herding," "The Progress of Civilization: Hunting, Herding, Agriculture," State Capitol, Des Moines, IA

Kenyon Cox, 1900

Pencil and watercolor sketch of two peacocks on open ground with trees and shrubs behind them, by Walter Shirlaw, 1880.

Two Peacocks in a Landscape

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Watercolor study of unfolding horse chestnut and maple buds with yellow blossoms on a pale paper ground.

Horse Chestnut and Maple Buds Unfolding, Central Park

Samuel Colman, 1880

Pencil and wash sketch of a standing uniformed officer with a kepi and sword, with a horse's head faintly below.

Officer and Head of a Horse

Winslow Homer, 1860

Watercolor of a tall brick tower and palazzo in Siena with horse riders on a curving track in the foreground.

Horse Race, Siena, Italy

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

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

Pencil sketch of a man in a wide-brimmed hat riding a horse, seen from behind, on a tan sheet of paper.

Man Riding a Horse

Winslow Homer, 1860

Red chalk drawing of three goats, one standing, one lying down, and a head study at left, on tan paper.

Three Goats, after an etching from Berchem's "Animalia" (Animals) [ Animalia ad vivum delineata et aqua forti aeri im…

Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem, 1650

Oil study of a brown and white cow standing side on in a sunlit field, with blue-green background.

Study of a Standing Cow

Samuel Colman, 1870

Anatomical Sketches of Human and Animal Heads

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Gray monochrome painting of a rooster and hens on a diagonal wooden roost, with chicks gathered in straw below.

Cock and Chickens

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Study of a Mule

Samuel Colman, 1870

Ink and wash sketch of a bobolink in flight above reeds and a pool of water, on tan paper.

Bobolink

Ernest Thompson Seton, 1890

Pencil sketches of a kingfisher wing's outside and inside, with handwritten color notes labeling the feathers.

Wing of a Black-capped Kingfisher

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Pen drawing of a Tammany tiger on New York City skyline watching Teddy Roosevelt hunt a mountain lion in Colorado.

Tammany Tiger: "Teddy's going to hunt mountain lions so that gives me a vacation"

John Tinney McCutcheon, 1900

Sketch of a song sparrow perched on a branch above a nest with eggs among leaves, drawn on brown toned paper.

Song Sparrow

Ernest Thompson Seton, 1890

Pencil sketches of four bird wings on cream paper, annotated with handwritten color notes like greenish, blue, and light red.

Sketches of Wings

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Pencil sketch of three elephants, one with long tusks, moving through tall grass beneath trees.

Ivory at Home

Frederic Villiers, 1890

Pencil and charcoal sketch of three young birds with open beaks in a grass nest on brown paper.

Birds

Ernest Thompson Seton, 1890

Pencil sketch of a bird wing with labeled feather groups and anatomical annotations on a beige paper sheet.

Study of a Wing

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Engraved rococo cartouche design with a grotesque mask, winged griffins, an oval cameo portrait and scrolling ornament.

Design for Cartouche with Cupid, a Horse and Spears from "Cartouches Nouvellement Inventez"

Charles-Nicolas Cochin the younger, 1790

The Crackle, or Crow-Blackbird

Ernest Thompson Seton, 1890

Pencil study of a sparrow wing with handwritten labels naming its feather groups, on a pale paper sheet.

Study of a Sparrow's Wing

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Engraved page of six rococo vegetable ornament designs around a central title cartouche, by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740.

Ornament Design with Two Dead Birds lying on Acanthus Branch, from Livre de Legumes [Series of Vegetable Ornament], p…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Grayscale sketch of wolves attacking a steer on an open plain, with a pack running in the background under a hazy sky.

Lobo Showed the Pack How to Kill Beef

Ernest Thompson Seton, 1890

Pencil sketch of a bird wing with handwritten colour notes such as cerulean and greenish on cream paper.

Sketch of a Wing

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Engraving of a hare and a lion made of curling ornamental leaf scrollwork, running across a hatched landscape.

Lion and Hare Composed of Ornamental Leaf-Work, from Neue-ersonnene Gold-Schmieds Grillen (New Designs for Ornaments…

Wolfgang Hieronymus Von Bömmel, 1690

Etching of sheep grazing on a hillside with a dog standing watch on the ridge under a hatched, overcast sky.

Le Guet du Chien

Charles-François Daubigny, 1850

Grayscale illustration of a dark bird pecking at shells and pebbles among grass and leaves, with a handwritten signature belo

The Handle of a China Cup, the Gem of the Collection

Ernest Thompson Seton, 1890

Symmetrical engraved grotesque with a central urn, dolphins, winged lions, putti and acanthus scrolls.

Grotesque with Dolphins and Winged Lions

Master of the Die, 1530

Etching of a rooster crowing on a hay pile, with hens foraging below under a hatched sky and a fence line in the distance.

Le Chant du Coq

Charles-François Daubigny, 1850

Engraved frieze of hunters on horseback and foot attacking lions, an elephant, hounds and winged creatures beneath a tree.

Wild Animal Hunt (frieze)

Etienne Delaune, 1570

Engraved rococo ornament plate with a crested bird, kneeling figures, scrollwork cartouches and an umbrella-holding figure.

Ornament Design with Figures and Birds

François-Thomas Mondon, 1730

Black and white ornamental frieze with two birds perched on arches, flanked by scrolling foliage, flowers and wreath motifs.

Frieze with Birds, Flowers, Wreaths and Scrolls

Theodor Bang, 1590

Engraving of a bearded winged figure seated on clouds atop a lion, reading a scroll against radiating light.

Saint Mark, seated on a Lion

Giulio Romano, 1510

Etching of a bearded magus and a youth beside a horse, with a groom and an owl on a branch above.

Magus and Youth, with a Horse and Groom, plate 19 from the Scherzi di Fantasia

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1750

Engraving of a braided horse labeled Saxo walking on a hill, with a walled town and river boats behind it.

A Saxon Horse, from the first set of "Equile Joannis Austriaci"

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1600

Etching of three long-tailed ducks flying low over rough sea under a rainy, cloudy sky with a distant shoreline.

Old Squaws

Frank Weston Benson, 1910

Engraving of a white horse in a stone archway with a halberd, armor, and a brazier, dated 1505.

The Small Horse

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Black and white print of a man in a doorway petting a large moose beside a snowy log cabin.

Boy with a Moose

Arthur Henry Howard Heming, 1910

Engraving of two lions caught in a net as shielded hunters with torches approach through a palm landscape.

Lion trap

Flemish Jan Collaert II, 1600

The Rhinoceros

Albrecht Dürer, 1510

Black-and-white illustration of two men in fur hats and winter clothing walking through deep snow past evergreen trees.

"Cat, Answered François; "Dat's Mister Lynk,'" Illustration for Mooswa & Other of the Boundaries (William Briggs, 190…

Arthur Henry Howard Heming, 1910

Etching of a large elephant in light facing robed, bearded men holding a scroll in shadow at left.

Otras Leyes por El Pueblo (Other Laws for the People)

Francisco Goya, 1810

Monochrome illustration of a snake raising its head above grass toward a frightened rabbit in the foreground.

"Mammy, Mammy!" He Screamed in Mortal Terror

Ernest Thompson Seton, 1890

Etching of a striped cat crouched near an archway while a small mouse watches from the left edge.

The Large Cat

Netherlandish Cornelis Visscher, 1650

Engraved rococo ornament with scrolls, a seated plumed figure, birds and flowers, by Antoine Aveline, 1730.

Ornament Design with Birds and a Figure

Antoine Aveline, 1730

Pencil sketch of a rider on a galloping horse leading a pack of running dogs down a hillside, with a second rider behind.

Tannery, with His Dogs, Came Galloping Up the Cañon

Ernest Thompson Seton, 1890