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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Pen and brown wash drawing of a neoclassical interior with seated and standing women, children, and a bust on a pedestal.

Cornelia, Mother of the Gracchi, Palazzo Cavina, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1810

Red chalk drawing on tan paper of a seated, curly-haired male figure with outstretched arm and white highlights.

Kneeling Man

Gian Giacomo Barbelli, 1600

Pencil and watercolor study of an ornate stone basin on a carved pedestal beside a striped wall and faint figures.

Study of Basin, Siena Cathedral

Walter Shirlaw, 1860

Oil sketch of the Catskill mountains at sunset with orange and rose sky and dark trees in the foreground.

The Catskills at Sunset, Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870

Pencil sketch of a reclining doll with handwritten colour and portrait notes on tan paper.

Sketches for Portrait of Marguerite Burrows

Daniel Huntington, 1880

Pencil sketch of sunbeams radiating over mountain ridges with handwritten colour notes on tan paper.

Sunbeams over Mountains, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and brown ink drawing of three ornamental arabesque designs with winged figures, swans, urns and garlands.

Design for Ornamental Arabesque Motifs

Étienne de Lavallée-Poussin, 1770

Pencil and chalk sketch of rocky coastal outcrops at half tide, with reflections in calm water under a pale sky.

Rocks at the Coast at Half Tide, Grand Manan Island, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Graphite sketch on grey paper of two women seen from behind in period dress, with a seated figure in a bonnet at right.

Studies of Standing Woman for "The Republican Court" (Lady Washington's Reception Day)

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Pencil study of a female figure's head and torso with surrounding sketches of lily flowers and annotated botanical notes.

Study for female figure and flowers

Kenyon Cox, 1900

Pencil and white chalk drawing of a dusty street with thatched-roof houses and streaky clouds in a tan sky.

Calle de Commerce, Barranquilla, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a fountain jet beside colonnade columns and trees in St. Peter's Square, with handwritten color notes.

Bernini's Fountain in St. Peter's Square, Vatican City

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Soft pencil sketch on tan paper of a young woman with a draped head covering and lowered eyes.

Madonna

Carroll Beckwith, 1900

Sheet with a red chalk study of a male torso above a pencil sketch of figures in a columned architectural interior.

Study for a group, “Vintage Festival,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY

Robert Frederick Blum, 1890

Pencil drawing of two decorative friezes with rams, candelabra, a shield and swords, and winged sphinxes, griffin and putti.

Two Friezes with Rams, Candelabra, Trophies and Putti

Felice Giani, 1800

Pencil sketch of a wooded island with pine trees in calm water, a sailboat at left, and handwritten notes above.

Wooded Island, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870

Pencil sketch of a church spire, rooftops, a wooden chair, and faint rocky forms on cream paper, dated Aug 68.

Architecture and Landscape Sketches, Austria or Switzerland

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil study of a dense cluster of trees and foliage on tinted paper, with handwritten inscription in lower right corner.

Study of Trees, Geneva

Daniel Huntington, 1830

Pencil sketch of a standing man in a long frock coat with a bow tie, one hand resting on a surface.

President Chester Alan Arthur Standing

Daniel Huntington, 1880

Charcoal study of a woman's head turned upward on grey paper, with white highlights and faint grid lines.

Study of Head for "Early Christian Prisoners"

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Brown ink drawing of a classical sepulchral monument with a reclining male figure, lyre, urn, two columns and inscriptions.

Design for a Sepulchral Monument for the Critic Galilei

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil sketch sheet with multiple studies of heads, facial profiles, limbs and seated nude figures, labeled Jupiter and Esqui

Anatomical Sketches of Heads and Torsos

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil sketch of a standing woman in a long gown holding flowers, with a faint second arm study at left.

Sketch for Portrait of a Standing Woman

Daniel Huntington, 1870

Pencil sketch of treetops and branches on cream paper, loosely drawn with open paper around the study.

Treetops, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Pencil sketch of figures with a parasol on a sandy beach, wooden posts and a flat horizon in the distance.

Seashore

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Brown ink drawing of ten octagonal and round panels showing classical mythological figures with handwritten Italian labels.

Ten Octagons with Mythological Figures

Felice Giani, 1800

Pencil sketch sheet of camels in multiple poses, with a robed figure and the handwritten note 'Against evening sky'.

Camel Studies, Against Evening Sky, Palestine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of clouds over a jagged mountain range, with handwritten notes on the sky and peaks.

Clouds over Mountains, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Pencil sketch of resting mules tethered near covered wagons, a log cabin and a tree in the background.

Resting Mules Tethered to Wagons

Winslow Homer, 1860

Ink and wash design of a decorated portal with draped fabric, candelabra, lion figures and floral garlands.

Decoration of a portal in honor of a prelate

Paolo Pozzi, 1770