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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Grey wash drawing of an ornate bedstead in an arched hall with robed figures gesturing, inside a rococo frame.

Study for The Iron Bedstead of King Og, Plate 324, Physica Sacra

Johann Melchior Füssli, 1720

Pencil sketch of a bearded man in a long overcoat standing with one arm resting on a support, by Daniel Huntington.

President Chester A. Arthur, Standing

Daniel Huntington, 1880

Pen and brown ink drawing of a woman in a headscarf raising a hammer beside a reclining figure and a tent.

Jael and Sisera

Luca Giordano, 1700

Painting of a large tree with vines and roots on rocky ground, with green hills and misty mountains behind it.

Tree with Vines, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Narrow vertical ink and wash drawing of a sinuous vine with leaves and buds, a design for a pillar ornament.

Pillar strip

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Graphite and white chalk drawing of a tall palm tree with drooping fronds on a brown paper ground.

Abaye Palm, Mt. Salus, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of two costumed female figures with suit symbols and handwritten color notes on cream paper.

Playing cards

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Four pencil and pastel studies of circular ornaments filled with stylized flowers, leaves and vines on a tan sheet.

Flower Studies (Four Designs for Circular Ornaments)

Samuel Colman, 1880

Narrow pen and brown wash drawing of a pillar with leafy foliage, a lion mask vase, and two candle brackets.

Pillar strip with a candle bracket

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pen and ink drawing of a nude male figure seen from behind with arms raised, with hatched modeling of the musculature.

Standing Man with Raised Arms

called Micco Spadaro Domenico Gargiulo, 1650

Brown ink and wash sketch of the Baptism of Christ with a central standing figure, flanking figures, and a dove in clouds.

Baptism of Christ

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1610

Graphite pencil study of a female figure in a head wrap with a bare arm and hand resting in the foreground.

Study of Mercy for "Christiana and Her Family Passing through the Valley of the Shadow of Death"

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Pencil sketch of a seated soldier on a box beside a standing figure, with faint tents in the background.

Soldier Sitting on a Box

Winslow Homer, 1860

Café

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Pen and ink design for a mace with putti holding an oval medallion above a fluted shaft and garlands.

Project for a Mace

Vincenzo Belli, 1840

Pencil sketch of a bearded man beside a faint child figure, with an open book in the foreground.

Sketches for "Lesson of Charity" and portrait of Peter Richards, Jr.

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Pen and ink architectural drawing of two obelisks flanking a gate with figures, with a plan of an arched structure below.

Ornament

Giuseppe Barberi, 1770

Black and red chalk study of a raised forearm and left hand on grey paper, with a small rounded shape above.

Study: An erected forearm and left hand holding something

Giovanni Maria Viani, 1700

Pencil sketch of a man in a cap playing a bugle in a room with a stool, cabinet, and staircase.

Man Wearing Zouave's Cap

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pen and ink sketches of ornate monstrances with radiating rays, angel figures and pedestal studies on pale paper.

Sketches for a Monstrance

Giuseppe Barberi, 1810

Pencil sketch of a soldier marching with a rifle over his shoulder, seen from behind, on tan paper.

Soldier Marching

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pen and brown wash design drawing of a mantelpiece with a figural bracket and a frieze of garlands and putti.

Design for Mantelpiece Decoration

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Watercolor design of a rococo paneled wall with a door and an oval medallion showing a couple in a garden.

Section of wall, small anti-chamber, Palace of Fontainebleau

Frederick Marschall, 1880

Watercolor study of a crouching brown camel with a saddle and bridle on a cream sheet of paper.

Crouching Camel, Syria or Palestine (Israel)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Ink and wash design of two symmetrical trophies with armour, laurel wreaths, swords, drapery and a crown on paper.

Design for Two Trophies

Jean Charles Delafosse, 1740

Red chalk study on blue-grey paper of a robed figure with raised arm, plus hands holding a lantern and a box.

Portrait of a Cardinal

Giuseppe Passeri

Brown ink and wash design sheet showing a low domed ceiling, garland swags, and a floral scroll border with a lyre.

Designs for a Low Domed Ceiling

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil sketch of a seated man in a frock coat and bow tie, turned to the left, resting his hands in an armchair.

William E. Dodge Seated

Daniel Huntington, 1880

Pencil sketch of two coconut palms on cream paper, one standing above a thatched hut and one leaning, with a museum stamp.

Coconut Palm, Two Views

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a nude woman riding a sea beast with a winged child, a lion head and sea monsters below.

Thetis and Cupid Riding Fish

Fortunato Duranti, 1800