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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Pencil sketch of a seated nude woman with hair pulled back, resting her arm on a chair, on aged paper.

Seated Nude Study for Portrait of Helen Hamersley

Daniel Huntington, 1880

Painted sketch of a young soldier in a grey greatcoat and dark cap, head bowed, with red fabric and pencil figures nearby.

Young Soldier, Sketch of a Soldier Giving Water to a Wounded Companion

Winslow Homer, 1860

Brown ink and wash drawing of an ornate canopy cresting with plumes, swagged drapery and fringed hangings.

Cresting of a Canopy

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pen and ink sketch of a seated bishop in a tall mitre and robes, with the artist's name inscribed at the right edge.

Study of a Seated Bishop

Belisario Corenzio, 1600

Pencil sketch of women in shawls in the foreground and a group of figures on a rise, with faint sea horizon lines.

Men and Women Looking Out to Sea, Cullercoats, England

Winslow Homer, 1880

Watercolor design for an oval gilded frame with rosette band, rope moulding and a garland of leaves at the top.

Project for an Oval Frame

Luigi Righetti, 1800

Graphite drapery study on tan paper showing a standing figure in a heavy classical robe with lightly sketched head and arm.

Drapery Study for "Tribute Money"

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Pen and brown wash drawing of a helmeted warrior pointing beside an altar marked Apollo, with a ship and crowd in an octagona

Themistocles

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil sketch of a seated man with curly hair and beard in a suit, one hand on a chair arm, with handwritten notes.

Study for Portrait of Charles J. Martin

Daniel Huntington, 1870

Pen and wash drawing of a rococo overdoor with cherubs in a cartouche and a carved chimney piece beside a mirror panel.

Design for an Overdoor and Chimney

Nicolas Pineau, 1730

Red ink drawing of architectural elevations with a door, overdoor, classical moldings, scrollwork, and two putti.

Elevations of a Door, Door Frames, Overdoor, and Adjoining Wall Panel

Mauro Antonio Tesi

Watercolor design drawing of a gilded goblet with fluted bowl, classical relief panels, and garland-decorated pedestal foot.

Design for a Chalice

Luigi Righetti, 1770

Pen and ink drawing of a foreshortened painted ceiling with columns, cherubs, and a central sky scene by Cesare Sermei.

Project for a Painted Ceiling

Cesare Sermei, 1650

Pen and blue wash drawing of a robed male figure gazing upward beside a cherub holding a staff on a cloud.

King David

Antonio Bicchierari, 1750

Grey wash drawing of the crucified Christ with a kneeling saint and angels in an arched composition.

Saint Jadwiga kneeling before the Crucified Christ; preparatory drawing for an altarpiece at the church of San Stanis…

Polish Szymon Czechowicz, 1720

Pen and wash drawing of a standing man with a huge nose and tricorn hat, surrounded by smaller caricature heads.

Caricatures

Carlo Marchionni, 1720

Pencil sketch of a standing woman in draped robes holding a child, set within a painted blue, yellow, and black border.

Standing Laundress

Luigi Vanvitelli, 1700

Pencil sketches of a reclining river god and other figures with handwritten notes, on a pale sheet of paper.

Two Sketches of River Gods

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1740

Pen and ink wash drawing in two scenes: a haloed figure meeting walkers above, and a crowded arcaded city square below.

Apollonius meeting the Messenger of the Brahmans [above]; Apollonius Ridding the People of Ephesus of a Plague Demon…

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Graphite study on blue paper of a woman's bowed head and an outstretched arm with hand, by Daniel Huntington.

Studies for Angel in "Mercy's Dream"

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Pencil study sheet with loose bird sketches, angular forms and handwritten colour notes including blue, lilac and sunlight.

Garden

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Watercolor and ink design drawing of a mantel clock topped by a seated archer woman and a greyhound, with a green marble case

Design for a Mantel Clock

Jean-Louis Prieur the Younger, 1780

Red chalk study of a religious altarpiece with a standing infant above cherub heads and kneeling and praying figures below.

Project for an Altar Painting

Pencil and white chalk sketch of a gnarled evergreen tree with twisted branches on brown paper, by Frederic Edwin Church.

A Gnarled Evergreen, Grand Manan Island, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of an ornate fireplace with a carved mantelpiece and surrounding wall in a room interior.

Fireplace

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Pencil sketch of tree trunks, a board fence, and faint animal legs on cream paper.

Tree Trunks beside a Board Fence

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

A White-Brown Cockatoo

Flemish Frans Snyders, 1610

Pen and brown wash design for a frame with an empty oval cartouche labeled Otway, above a pedestal with a lyre and a head.

Design for Frame Surrounding the Portrait of Thomas Otway

Hubert François Gravelot, 1730

Chalk drawing on blue-grey paper of a young boy balancing a tray of bottles on a pedestal, pointing outward.

The Youthful Vendor

François Boucher, 1750

Pencil sketch of a floating iceberg and distant mountains with a small head study and handwritten color notes on aged paper.

Sketches of a Man's Head and Floating Iceberg, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850