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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Pencil sketch of a rounded coastal rock headland with an arched opening at its base, drawn on tan paper.

Cuckhold Head from Signal Hill, St. John's, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Tan-toned mural design sketch showing a central female figure with shield and staff, flanked by caryatid figures under a clou

Mural Design

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Grey wash drawing of a cemetery stage design with a tall memorial column, urns on pedestals, steps, and small figures.

Design for a Stage: A Cemetery

Pasquale Canna, 1800

Pale floral border design of hydrangea clusters and leaves on a brown ground, an unfinished textile design from 1800.

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

Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1800

Pen and brown wash drawing of a robed standing figure in a circular medallion framed by classical trophies and ornament.

Design for Overmirror Decoration for the Noble Cabinet, Palazzo Altieri

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Red chalk drawing of a kneeling veiled woman in draped robes, with a study of folded cloth below on toned paper.

Studies of the Virgin Mary and a Standing Man

Gugliemo Cortese, 1640

Grey ink and wash drawing of a classical hall with fluted columns, coffered ceiling, relief friezes and draped curtain.

Stage Design, Interior of Hall in Antique Style

Romolo Achille Liverani, 1800

Charcoal drawing of a young child with voluminous curly hair turned to the side, shaded softly against a pale tan sheet.

Portrait of a Child

Samuel Worcester Rowse, 1820

Pencil and white chalk sketch of maple trees with branches and foliage on tan paper, with handwritten note at lower left.

Maple Top on Road to Jackson, New Hampshire

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Pen and brown wash drawing of the dead Christ mourned by the Virgin Mary, with angels and cherubs above.

Lamentation over Christ

Francesco Saverio Mergolo, 1810

Watercolor study of an apple tree with branches of green leaves and small apples on a pale background.

Apple Tree (Study for a Decorative Design)

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Pen and brown wash drawing of a draped monument with putti, a helmeted figure, and shields, by Giuseppe Barberi.

Monument

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil sketch of a flat-topped island above two studies of floating icebergs on tan paper, with handwritten location note.

Island off Henley Harbour with Two Floating Icebergs, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and watercolor sketch of Phaeton and Apollo on a chariot amid clouds and sun rays, with a winged cherub below.

Phaeton Bidding Apollo Farewell

Felice Giani, 1810

Loose sketch of rolling hills, a distant mountain, and cloudy sky above a wide valley with a dark wooded slope at left.

Mountainous Lanscape

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Brown ink and wash sketch of hunters with pumpkins among ducks, reeds and trees beside a pond.

Hunting Ducks using Pumpkins in the West Indies

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Watercolor design of a four-branch candlestick with a standing figure, atlas figures, gilded eagles and relief-panelled pedes

A Candlestick with Four Branches

Luigi Righetti, 1800

Pencil and wash sketch of a snow-dusted mountain peak emerging from mist, with handwritten notes on the sheet.

From Window of Chalet, Top of Mt. Scheidegg , After a Mist and Storm

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Brown ink and wash drawing of flying putti with a garland, a she-wolf nursing two infants, and musician putti below.

Three Putti with Garland; Romulus and Remus Breastfeeding from She-Wolf; Two Putti Playing Cymbals

Felice Giani, 1810

Graphite and white chalk drapery study on blue paper of a standing figure in a belted gown.

Drapery Study for Angel in "Mercy's Dream"

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Brown wash drawing of a neoclassical oil lamp design with side cups, fluted stem, and winged lion figures on a Greek key base

Design for an Oil Lamp

Joseph Anton Seethaler II, 1820

Pen and brown wash drawing of decorative panels, griffins, putti, columns and architectural ornament on one sheet.

Rendering of Various Decorative details of Bologna; Verso: Architectural Details

Felice Giani, 1810

Ink and brown wash drawing of a classical funerary monument with two draped female figures flanking an urn.

Monument

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Grey wash drawing of a reclining river god on a monument with putti, a lyre, and inscribed pedestal among trees.

Monument for a poet

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil and wash sketch of a bearded teamster in a hat seated on a horse beside a wagon wheel.

Study of a Teamster

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pencil sketch of two men sitting in a canoe on water, surrounded by reeds, grasses and evergreen trees.

Two Men in a Canoe

Winslow Homer, 1890

Pencil sketch of rustic peasant houses with pitched roofs and chimneys in a valley, with trees and a path in the foreground.

Peasant Houses in a Valley

Eugène Edouard Soulès, 1830

Ink and wash architectural elevation of a room with four figure niches and a sarcophagus with a reclining animal beside it.

Design for the Egyptian Room, Palazzo Nuovo, Rome, Italy

Ferdinando Fuga, 1740

Pen and gray wash design for a vaulted ceiling panel with a central figural scene and two small putti medallions.

Abundance, Vaulted Panel, Sala d'onore, Appartmento Napoleonico, Palazzo Quirinale, Rome

Felice Giani, 1810

Ink and wash stage design showing oriental buildings, a fluted column, and a fountain set among rocky caves.

Stage Design, Oriental Buildings Amidst Caves and Rocks

Romolo Achille Liverani, 1800