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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Red chalk drawing of a seated turbaned woman reading an open book, with a younger figure behind her on the left.

The Persian Sibyl

Michelangelo, 1600

Pen and grey wash drawing of two architectural window cases with pediments, garlands, and a carved mask.

Two Window Cases

Filippo Marchionni, 1800

Pen and ink drawing of an ornate ceremonial mace with an oval cartouche flanked by two figures on a tall shaft.

Mace with Arms of Pope Pius VII

Giuseppe Barberi, 1810

Pencil landscape sketch of a winding river valley with rocky banks and distant mountains, annotated near Latacunga, Ecuador.

Landscape near Latacunga, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and grey wash drawing of a draped female figure balancing on a sphere, holding a pole that supports a double-bowled oil l

Desing for an Oil Lamp

Vincenzo Belli, 1820

Pencil sketch of two schooners and small dories on calm water, with soft reflections on a tan sheet.

Two Schooners and Dories

Winslow Homer, 1880

Watercolor design of a painted ceiling above a living room elevation with fireplace, marble dado, draped sofa and Italian not

Design for Living Room with Alternate Suggestions

Gaspare Salvi, 1810

Pencil portrait of a young woman with a braided hair and shawl, drawn on brown paper with handwritten inscription below.

Senorita Filetta Molina Bolador del Carmen, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a child in a wide-brimmed hat reaching for a toy sailboat near water and rocks.

Theodore Cole Pulling his Toy Sailboat, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Pencil sketch with handwritten colour notes for a landscape, showing faint horizontal bands and small shaded patches on cream

Prairie Landscape, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

The Appeal

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Monochrome watercolor of a granite cliff above conifers and boulders reflected in still water at Mirror Lake, Yosemite.

Mirror Lake, Yosemite

Thomas Moran, 1870

Pencil studies of monkeys on cream paper, including a head study of a marmoset and a young monkey, with handwritten labels.

Money and Marmoset

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Pencil and chalk drawing of snow-capped Cotopaxi volcano emitting smoke above hatched hills, with Spanish inscription.

A View of the Volcano Cotopaxi from the Hacienda San Antonio, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and ink architectural drawing of an altar mensa with a central wreath, lion-head brackets, and flanking pilasters.

Design for an Altar Mensa

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1760

Red chalk drawing of a rococo candle bracket with two cup-shaped holders and curling leafy scrollwork on toned paper.

Design for a Candle Bracket

Romain Girard, 1770

Grey wash drawing of a ceiling design with an enthroned female figure, a dove, putti and allegorical figures among clouds.

Sketches for a Ceiling Painting: The Triumphant Church

Domenico Antonio Vaccaro, 1740

Pencil sketch of a railway bridge spanning a rocky mountain ravine, with distant hills drawn in light lines.

Railroad in the Mountains, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Pencil sketch of a mountain range with two palm-like plants in the foreground and handwritten color notes on tan paper.

Mountain Range with Palm Trees, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Pencil sketch of a hazy distant lake and clouds at sunset, with handwritten color notes along the lower edge.

Sunset in the Hudson Valley, Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of two slender bare trees rising from boulders, with a small shrub at right, on tan paper.

Trees and Boulders near Millinocket, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870

Ink and wash drawing of a woman in a bonnet and fringed shawl conversing with a man in a top hat holding a cane.

The Conversation

Constantin Guys, 1850

Pen and wash architectural drawing of an arched doorway with rusticated stonework, keystone and rosettes, with handwritten me

Doorway with alternative suggestions

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pen and brown wash drawing of two ornamental ceiling panels with scrolls, garlands and central circular medallions.

Ceiling

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil and chalk drawing of a stone gate tower with pointed roof and gabled houses along a village street on tan paper.

Neumagen sur la Moselle (Neumagen on the Moselle)

Eugène Edouard Soulès, 1820

Graphite sketch of a rocky mountain notch with dark stone outcrops and a shadowed stream channel below.

Notch, Mt. Mansfield

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Loose oil sketch of Roman rooftops and pale ochre buildings in hazy warm light, with a distant church tower.

Rooftops, Rome, Italy

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of the Salzburg fortress on a hill above town buildings, with a church spire and distant mountains.

Salzburg, Austria, viewed from the Kapuzinerberg

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Brown ink and wash drawing of a large domed building on a waterfront, with rowboats and a sailing ship on the water.

Enormous Structure Situated on a Stream

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Ink and wash drawing of an ornate footed incense boat with scroll handles and a central medallion on a stepped stem.

Design for an Incense Boat

Filippo Marchionni, 1740