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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Etching of a schoolmaster with a birch rod disciplining boys in a classroom, set within an ornate rococo frame.

L’école des Garçons

Jacques Bacheley, 1740

Etching of a man in a wide hat leaning on a fence beside a tall fern and a flowering plant on a brick pillar.

Man in a Garden

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1770

Engraving of three nude putti by an urn with a bird, and a sleeping child beside a tree in a landscape.

Boys Playing with a Bird

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1770

Etching of three goats resting under a large tree, with rolling hills, distant buildings and cloudy sky behind.

The Three Goats

Claude Lorrain, 1630

Red-ink trophy design with a cross, crown, open book, sword, trumpet and foliage in a double-ruled border.

Trophy Design

P. Moithey, 1780

Oil sketch of a rushing waterfall over rocky ledges with dense trees and a faint rainbow in the lower right.

A Waterfall in Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1853

Engraved dedicatory page with a central text cartouche, allegorical women, coats of arms, and hunting animals along the borde

Dedicatory page of the set "Mediceae familiae rerum feliciter gestarum Victoria et triumphi"

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1570

Loose oil study of billowing cumulus clouds lit gold on the left, above a muted horizon and bare paper below.

Cloud Study

Frederic Edwin Church, 1871

Gondole

Richard de Lalonde, 1780

Sketch of two church domes, a gilded one with cross motifs and a smaller terracotta dome, above rooftops under grey sky.

Colombia or Ecuador, church roofs

Frederic Edwin Church, 1853

Engraved plate of six rococo ornament motifs with scrolls, leaves and curls, numbered 169, by Franz Xaver Habermann.

Designs for Ornament Motifs

Franz Xaver Habermann, 1720

Painted sketch of a whitewashed church with a bell tower and terracotta roof, with a rider on a donkey on dry ground.

Colombia, Baranquilla Church

Frederic Edwin Church, 1853

Etching of the Arch of Septimius Severus in Rome with a tall column, a domed church, and small figures among ruins.

Arch of Septimius Severus from "Vedute di Roma"

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1750

Painted study of thatched adobe houses in a dusty street, with a woman standing in a doorway and a wooden fence.

Colombia, Barranquilla, Two Houses

Frederic Edwin Church, 1853

Two engraved arabesque panel designs with urns, scrolls, doves and draped female figures, on a book page.

Two Arabesque Panel Designs

Juste Nathan François Boucher, 1770

Engraved design of a two-candle wall sconce with scrolled arms, laurel wreath and garlands on a printed page.

Bras de Cheminée à la moderne

Juste Nathan François Boucher, 1770

Portrait of a young boy with dark hair in a dark jacket, white shirt and yellow bow tie against a grey background.

Colombia, Barranquilla, portrait of boy

Frederic Edwin Church, 1853

Engraved plate of an arched double door with an overdoor scene of putti, flanked by ornate panels, with a scale bar below.

Decoration de Porte a placards dans son chambranle fermé par le haut en anse de panier

Jean Mariette, 1680

Engraved elevation of a multi-story stone house facade with dormer windows, pediments, and shopfronts on the ground floor.

Maison Rue Neuve Notre-Dame; Facade Demolié en 1828

A. Lenoir, 1600

Oil sketch of a snow-capped volcano with brown peaks and rust-colored smoke clouds under a pale blue sky.

Cotopaxi seen from Ambato, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1853

Engraved title page with three putti on clouds above French inscription naming Boucher's fifth book of child groups.

Title Page

Jacques Gabriel Huquier, 1770

Engraving of a formal garden with a domed trellis pavilion, clipped hedges, and strolling figures in period dress.

Le Berceau de L’hôtel de Condé

Adam Pérelle, 1700

Sunset over a lake and wooded hills, with a dark mountain at left and sunlight glinting on the water.

Eagle Lake Viewed from Cadillac Mountain, Mount Desert Island, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Engraved ornamental vase with dolphin handles, a lion mask at the base, and a relief frieze of nude figures on its body.

Ornamental Vase Design

Edmé Bouchardon, 1730

Red chalk drawing of an ornamental covered urn with lion head handles, acanthus scrolls and a laurel garland with cameo.

Ornamental Vase Design

A. Panier, 1790

Oil sketch of a golden plateau, lavender mountain, and thatched hut under a pale blue sky.

Ecuador ?, mountain plateau with hut

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Engraved plate of muscular angels on clouds blowing long trumpets, some holding open books, from Piroli's Last Judgment serie

Plate, from Le Jugement Universal

Tommaso Piroli, 1800

Engraved design of a stove in an arched niche, with a classical urn of flowers above a decorated base and a scale bar.

Design for a Stove

Richard de Lalonde, 1780

Painted landscape of a Victorian house with a tower among trees above a sunlit lawn and stone wall.

House in Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1885

Engraved plate showing a draped bed in plan and side elevation with tassels, bolsters, and a scale bar.

Lit à la Polonaise à tombeau retroussé à la Chinoise

Pierre Ranson, 1790