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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Watercolor design of a blue wall with gold fretwork panels showing Chinese figures, a pagoda, and hanging pink lanterns.

Design for Wall Decoration, Blue (South) Drawing Room, Royal Pavillion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1810

Pencil sketch of a bearded peddler with a bowler hat and produce basket beside a lamp post on a busy city street.

The Peddler

Jerome Myers, 1900

Pencil sketch of a tall tree with a full leafy canopy above shrubs and undergrowth on a cream sheet.

Study of foliage

William Trost Richards, 1870

Pastel portrait of a woman in a jeweled tiara and white fur, holding a jeweled scepter against a dark blue background.

Personification of Europe

Rosalba Carriera, 1720

Pen and watercolour drawing of a mother with two children in a green-draped boudoir, with a toy horse and a cat nearby.

Mother and Two Children in a Boudoir

Jean Baptiste Huet, 1780

Pen and ink drawing of three men on a grassy ridge, one using a telescope, overlooking a valley with a flag at left.

Buzzard's Roost Gap-Ga

Theodore Russell Davis, 1880

Pen and wash drawing of a bearded man with a sword and a woman offering a basket of loaves before a curtain and columns.

Figure Presenting Loaves to a General

Bohemian Karel Škréta, 1650

Seated male nude study in chalk on grey paper, legs crossed, leaning on a rock, with detailed muscular modeling.

Academic Study of a Male Nude

Pio Piatti, 1810

Study for "A Florentine Picnic"

Elihu Vedder, 1870

Dark monochrome drawing of a seated young woman and a stooping older woman holding white cloth in a dim interior.

White My Flax, Red My Ring, Gold the Heart of My Betrothed

Henry Patrick Raleigh, 1910

Red chalk sketch of a winged female figure in draped robes standing on a stepped pedestal, arm outstretched.

Winged figure on pedestal

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Red chalk drawing of a bearded saint in a tall headdress holding a book and a palm, within a double-ruled border.

St. Stephen from façade of S. Silvestro in Capite

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Red chalk sketch of two winged putti among clouds, set inside a double ruled border with orange and green edges.

Two putti

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Charcoal study of a nude bearded man standing with a staff, with a sketched animal hide behind him on aged paper.

Nude Study of Man with a Staff

Kenyon Cox, 1880

Red chalk drawing of a winged figure in drapery standing between a window and a column, within a gold border.

Winged figure between window and column

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Charcoal and white chalk portrait sketch of a young woman with hair pinned up, looking sideways, on grey paper.

Portrait Sketch of a Young Woman

Elihu Vedder, 1890

Red chalk sketch of a bearded robed figure beside a draped companion, with a handwritten number at upper right.

St. Nicholas of Bari from colonnade of St. Peter's

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Portrait of Aunt Alicia McNeill

James McNeill Whistler, 1840

Grey-toned painting of a stagecoach with passengers and four horses descending a dusty hillside road past rocks and trees.

Down Grade Into The Valley

William Henry Sheldon, 1890

Pastel portrait of a young woman in a white turban and pearl necklace holding a scorpion, against a blue sky.

Personification of Africa

Rosalba Carriera, 1720

Colored drawing of an ivy wreath with a flute tied by a blue ribbon bow, by Antoine Berjon, 1780.

Trophy with Flute, Ivy and Blue Ribbon

Antoine Berjon, 1780

Red chalk drawing of a winged figure holding a bow, sketched with hatched shading on cream paper within a ruled border.

Winged figure with bow

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Charcoal portrait of a young man with tousled hair, dark jacket and white cravat, his hand resting at lower right.

Portrait of a Young Man

Giuseppe Sabatelli, 1820

Charcoal and white chalk study of a standing female nude with curly hair, holding a thin rod, on grey paper.

Study of Female Nude

Elihu Vedder, 1890

Nude Study of Seated Man

Kenyon Cox, 1880

Red chalk drawing of a standing male figure in a draped chiton, with loose hatched shading and a ruled border.

Standing male figure in chiton

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Ink drawing of overlapping grotesque male heads with wild, flowing hair and dense hatched shading on paper.

Grotesque Heads

Pietro Antonio Novelli, 1770

Graphite sketch of a group of bearded heads clustered around a central male figure with a draped cloak.

Group of Heads

Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, 1800

Watercolor design of a lobby with green marbled walls, pink columns, paneled wood ceiling, double doors, and red carpet.

Design for a Lobby, Possibly the Ante Room to the Music Room

Frederick Crace, 1810

Pen and brown ink drawing of a kneeling monk in ecstasy beside a crucifix and skull, with angels among clouds above.

St. Bruno in Ecstasy

Marcantonio Franceschini, 1800