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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Brown wash drawing of a man leading a horse and cart past a stone farmhouse and large trees.

In a Village

Charles Nicolas Ransonnette, 1840

Pencil and white chalk sketch on blue-grey paper of two bearded older men with studies of their hands.

Two Studies of Daniel Huntington for "The Atlantic Cable Projectors"

Daniel Huntington, 1890

Brown ink drawing of a tall decorative panel with a winged female figure, draped fabric, cornucopia and scrolled ornament.

Design for a Painted Panel

Étienne de Lavallée-Poussin, 1770

Pencil sketch of a standing man in a long coat with one hand in his pocket, study for a portrait.

Sketch for Portrait of Mr. Samuel Ward Sr., Standing with Hand in Pocket

Daniel Huntington, 1880

Pencil sketches of a leafy tree and an uprooted tree with exposed roots on cream paper, dated September 1840.

Sketches of Tree and Roots, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Circular pen drawing of a sun chariot with horses, winged figures and draped women among clouds, with reclining figures below

The Sun, the Hours, and the Seasons, for Palazzo Gessi, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1810

Brown ink and wash drawing of a sarcophagus-style monument with a central medallion portrait and two draped figures.

Project for an Epitaph in High Relief

Vincenzo Gajassi, 1830

Hazy blue mountains rise above a green valley with ferns and shrubs in the foreground under a pale sky.

In the Blue Mountains, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Sketch of two standing oxen, a hay-laden cart, and a covered cart with a resting ox on tan paper.

Oxcarts, Rome, Italy

Samuel Colman, 1870

Watercolor design sheet with a floral embroidery pattern of leaves, blue blossoms and pink buds for a waistcoat, marked 1691.

Design for Embroidered Waistcoat, pattern 1691 of the Fabrique de St. Ruf

Mademoiselle Baulieu, 1780

Pale feathery leaves in a flowing branch pattern on a warm brown-orange ground, an unfinished 1800 textile design sketch.

Design for an Embroidered or Woven Fabric of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf," Unfinished

Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1800

Pencil sketch of farmhouses on a hillside with trees and distant mountains, inscribed Guaranda June 3 37.

Houses in the Mountains of Guaranda, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Ink and grey wash sketch of a theatrical grotto set with arched colonnade, rock formations and a balustraded terrace.

Stage Design, Grotto

Pietro di Gottardo Gonzaga, 1700

Pencil and watercolor sketch of craggy snowy mountains above a forested valley with a small farmhouse.

Hoher Göll and Hohes Brett from Berchtesgaden, Bavaria (Germany)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Brown ink and wash design for a vertical decorative panel with a classical statue, scrolls, foliage and a temple facade.

Design for the Decoration of a Panel

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Charcoal and chalk drawing of a kneeling soldier giving water to a wounded comrade, with a standing soldier and battlefield b

Soldier Giving Water to a Wounded Companion

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pen and wash design drawing of a three-armed candelabrum with floral motifs, an urn with figures, and a plan view below.

Design for a Candelabrum

Jean-Louis Prieur the Younger, 1780

Pencil sketch of a domed mosque with a minaret above a city wall, with trees at left and right, dated 1860.

Mosque in Bezetha, Jerusalem, Palestine (Israel)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and brown ink drawing of a symmetrical architectural stage backdrop with arches, columns, pediments and oval cartouches.

Design for a stage backdrop with alternative suggestions

Vincenzo Scamozzi, 1600

Graphite study of a seated crowned woman in draped robes holding an open book, with a grid and handwritten colour notes.

Study for "The State," "The Reign of the Law," Appellate Division Court House, New York, NY

Kenyon Cox, 1890

Chalk drawing of a triangular pediment with a central shield-bearing female figure, horses, a chariot, and seated allegorical

Industry and Commerce (Design for Pediment)

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Etching of a jester figure with a spear facing a winged serpent on a rock, beside a thatched pavilion and pine branches.

Plate 6, "Suite de douze Pêcheurs et Chasseurs"

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1770

Engraved view of the Saint-Germain-en-Laye château facade with a formal parterre, central fountain and strolling figures.

St. GERMAIN EN LAYE

Gabriel Pérelle, 1700

Engraved title page with an oval laurel-wreath border announcing bronze sculpture designs by Jean François Forty.

Title Page

Jean François Forty, 1770

Engraved elevation of an ornate wrought iron sanctuary railing with scrolls and acanthus leaves on a stone base.

Grille d’appui posée a l’entrée du Sanctuaire de l’Eglise du Seminaire de Messieurs de l’Oratoire, executée et compos…

France Gabriel Bonthomme, 1770

Banquette avec des accotoirs

Richard de Lalonde, 1770

Chambranle avec colonnes Corinthiens

Richard de Lalonde, 1770

Engraved page with two ornate ewers decorated with sea figures, cherubs, masks and strapwork.

Designs for Ewers, from Dessins d'orfèvrerie (Designs for Metalwork)

René Boyvin, 1540

Engraved architectural plate of a decorated door frame, cornice and entablature with acanthus scrollwork and moulded profiles

Porte d'Appartement

Richard de Lalonde, 1780

Engraved plate showing Doric entablement, cornice, impost and archivolt profiles with column shaft and scale bar.

Developpement de l'Entablement Dorique avec Corniche, Imposte, Archivolte à l'usage des Portes et Fenêtres

Flemish Jean-François de Neufforge, 1760