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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Watercolor wall elevation with chinoiserie figures, pagoda ornaments, pink doors and a green marbled wall above a fireplace.

Wall Elevation, probably for the Banqueting Room, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1810

Pencil sketch of rooftops and the Red Lion Hotel sign beside a harbor with sailboats and flying gulls.

Red Lion Hotel

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Grey wash drawing of cavalry charging past a fallen officer and horse, with an overturned cart and a discarded helmet in the

Blücher Unhorsed at Ligny

Rufus Fairchild Zogbaum, 1880

Seven Sketches of Heads

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Pencil sketch of two large bare trees over a meadow with rocks, a ruined hilltop castle and mountains at left.

Landscape, Lake Brienz, Interlaken, Switzerland

William Trost Richards, 1860

Painted design of a chinoiserie room wall with red drapery, winged dragons, pagodas and a willow landscape in red and gold.

Design for the South Wall of the Music Room, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1800

Pen and ink drawing of four seated men in suits and hats on wooden chairs, two smoking, in an interior room.

On the Border-land of Crime

John Tinney McCutcheon, 1900

Brown toned sheet with a faint sketch of figures around a body and a darker ink group with a haloed figure above.

The Entombment

Giulio Romano, 1600

Pencil sketch of figures with parasols on rocky shore, with a sailboat on the sea and distant coastline.

On the Rocks, Mt. Desert

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Watercolor wall design with chinoiserie landscape panels, pagoda and tent scenes, ornate scrolled frames and garlands.

Design for Wall Decoration, Yellow (North) Drawing Room

Frederick Crace, 1810

Pen and ink design for carved panelling with two putti holding garlands beside a central bust and blank framed panels.

Project for Carved Panelling

Giovanni Francesco Romanelli, 1650

Pencil sketch of large leafy trees, a cottage and distant mountains, inscribed Interlaken, July 25 1860.

Landscape, Interlaken, Switzerland

William Trost Richards, 1860

Foreground Studies, Ramapo

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Watercolor design of a gothic window with blue and pink drapes, gold fringe, serpent finials and yellow fluted panels.

Window Decoration, Probably for the East Wall of the Music Room, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1820

Design sheet with brown and blue sketches of a teapot, cups, covered bowl and saucer decorated with scrolling floral patterns

Design for China Decoration

Rose Samson, 1900

Red chalk sketch of a male figure in an ascending pose with draped garment and outstretched arm, within a ruled border.

Ascending male figure

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Red chalk sketch of an urn with scroll handles and a pitcher on an ornate pedestal, on cream paper with a border.

Urn and pitcher

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Watercolor design drawing of an ornate rococo chimneypiece with a cast-iron grate and polished steel hearth.

Chimneypiece Design with Cast-iron Grate

Benjamin Dean Wyatt, 1830

Red chalk drawing of two ornate candelabras with baluster stems and scrolled pedestals on cream paper.

Study of candelabras

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Pencil design drawing of a wall with three arched panels showing a peacock, potted plants, herons, and lattice patterning.

Design for North wall, Yellow Drawing Room, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Robert Jones, 1810

Red chalk drawing of two seated draped figures beside a central escutcheon in scrolled ornamental framing, within a green and

Ceiling detail with two seated figures and escutcheon

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Red chalk drawing of two urns and a scrolled ornamental detail on a pale sheet with gold border.

Two urns and an ornamental detail

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Graphite sketch of a crowd of figures raising a cross, with a central figure stretched along the beam.

Study for the Elevation of the Cross

Pietro Dandini, 1680

Watercolor design drawing of a paneled wall with blue ground, central recessed panel, side pilasters and a cornice.

Paneled Wall

Frederick Crace, 1810

Pencil drawing of an ornate courtroom with coffered ceiling, Corinthian columns, marble floor, and a mural behind the judge's

View of Court Room, Federal Building, Cleveland, OH

Arnold William Brunner, 1910

Watercolor elevation of a Chinoiserie-style interior wall with scrolling plasterwork frieze, tall windows and red lattice bal

Entrance Hall, West Wall, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1800

Pencil sketch of craggy mountain peaks with snowy patches and a row of trees along the lower edge.

Study of Landscape

William Trost Richards, 1860

Watercolor design of a yellow wall with five chinoiserie landscape panels framed by dragons, tassels and a lilac balustrade.

Design for Wall Decoration, Yellow (North) Drawing Room, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1810

Brown ink sketch of a bearded elderly pilgrim in a turban holding rosary beads and a staff, with a small study in the corner.

Half-length Sketch of an Elderly Pilgrim

Agostino Carracci, 1600

Red chalk drawing of a winged female figure draped in cloth, leaning on a large decorative scroll.

Winged female figure with decorative scroll

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770