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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Woman in a dark dress reaching into a blossoming apple tree in an open field under a cloudy sky.

Girl Picking Apple Blossoms

Winslow Homer, 1870

Oil sketch of a brown and white cow standing before a reddish barn wall, painted in loose brushwork.

Study of a Standing Cow, Farmington

Samuel Colman, 1870

Loose oil study of a brown and white cow grazing with its head down on a dirt ground, with a barn wall behind.

Study of a Grazing Cow

Samuel Colman, 1870

Loose oil sketch of three pink peonies and green leaves against a dark reddish-brown wash on pale paper.

Red Peonies

Samuel Colman, 1920

Painting of a child at a spinning wheel in a farmyard with a stone doorway, thatched roof, and trees beyond.

French Farmyard

Winslow Homer, 1860

Painted study of a seated woman wrapped in white electric cables, holding a telephone, against a gold background.

Study of Pendentive Figure for Electricity, Dome of the Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building, World's Columbian Exp…

Carroll Beckwith, 1890

Oil painting of heavy green ocean swells breaking over dark rocks, with white surf and a distant headland under a pale sky.

Heavy Swells

Howard Russell Butler, 1910

Oval portrait of an older woman in a lace cap and red shawl with fur trim, set in an ornate gilt frame.

Portrait of Sarah Amelia Cooper

B. C. Porter, 1890

Three boys in a grassy field eating watermelon beside a whole melon, with a wooden fence and cloudy sky behind them.

The Watermelon Boys

Winslow Homer, 1870

Oil sketch of fallen fluted column drums and stone blocks among grass on a hilltop, with distant hills under a pale sky.

Broken Column, Parthenon

Lockwood de Forest, 1860

Painting of a woman in a dark hat and yellow jacket smelling a blossom beneath a flowering tree in a green field.

The Yellow Jacket

Winslow Homer, 1870

Watercolor design of a classical column with a Corinthian capital and ornate gold scrollwork filling the shaft.

Design for an Ornamental Colonette

Gertrude M. Clarke, 1900

Engraved portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte seated in a chair at Fontainebleau, wearing a military coat and tall boots beside a d

Napoleon Bonaparte at Fon

Giuseppe Guzzi, 1820

Watercolor of a 19th-century study with a writing desk, marble table, sofa, framed portraits and a brass chandelier.

A Study Interior at St. Polten

Matthäus Kern, 1837

Pen and ink architectural drawing of a left-turning spiral staircase with plan view and curved structural sections.

Perspective and Plan View of a Spiral Staircase that Turns to the Left

Adolph Bordeaux, 1880

Pen and wash drawing in four panels showing men hunting geese and ducks with falcons, nets, and dogs.

Goose and Duck Hunt with Falcons [above right]; Goose Hunt [below right]

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Pencil sketch of an infant's head and shoulders with handwritten inscription naming Leonard Cox beneath.

Portrait of Leonard Cox

Kenyon Cox, 1890

Gridded embroidery pattern with orange scrollwork, flowers, a garland, and a blue box with scissors and candle.

Wool Embroidery Design (Berlin Wool Works)

T. P. Devrient, 1850

Watercolor corner design for a mosaic floor with red acanthus scrolls and a twisted ribbon border over a tessera grid.

Corner Design for Mosaic Floor

Frederick Krieg, 1910

Pencil sketch of three children, two lying on the ground and one standing, on tan paper with a handwritten date.

Sketch of Three Children

Arnold William Brunner, 1870

Colored design drawing of a geometric mosaic floor with a central floral medallion, teal lattice tiles, and maroon and gold b

Design for Mosaic Floor

Frederick Krieg, 1910

Ink and watercolor sketch of a man in a grey suit and red vest holding a croquet mallet beside a red ball.

Croquet Player

Charles Dana Gibson, 1900

Painted Berlin wool work pattern on squared grid showing repeating pansy flowers, green leaves, and red key-pattern borders.

Wool Embroidery Design (Berlin Wool Work)

T. P. Devrient, 1850

Pen and ink drawing of two uniformed men riding one mule while a standing man in a hat watches, with pine trees behind.

Youse Sartin Overload Dat Mule

Allen Carter Redwood, 1880

Portrait of Louise King Cox

Kenyon Cox, 1890

Pen and watercolor drawing of a man in Scottish evening dress with tartan kilt, sporran, and red sash.

Scotsman in Evening Attire

Charles Dana Gibson, 1900

Pencil sketch of a bearded robed man and a veiled woman in a wooded landscape, with small figures in the background.

Cacciaguida Greets Dante and Virgil

Giuseppe Longhi, 1830

Pencil sketch of a standing woman in a wide-brimmed feathered hat and long dress, on pale textured paper.

Sketch of a Woman

Kenyon Cox, 1880

Charcoal and white chalk study of a forearm and hand gripping a dark oval object on grey paper.

Study of arm

Elihu Vedder, 1890

Pencil sketch of a large elm tree with dense foliage and arching dark branches on aged paper.

Study of elm tree

William Trost Richards, 1850