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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Soft pencil study of a young boy's head, face turned to the side, drawn on pale paper with light shading.

Study: Head of a boy

Mauro Gandolfi, 1810

Pencil sketch of a man with a full mustache in a frock coat, surrounded by handwritten color notes on tan paper.

President Chester Alan Arthur, Study of Head

Daniel Huntington, 1880

Pen and brown wash drawing of a female ballet dancer in a lace-trimmed skirt and pearl necklace, shown mid-step.

A Ballet Dancer, Mademoiselle Leclerc

Louis Carrogis, called Carmontelle, France, 1770

Profile Head of a Soldier

Winslow Homer, 1860

Bust of a Model, Rome

Daniel Huntington, 1840

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

Frame and chandelier; male portrait bust

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pencil portrait sketch of a seated older man in a suit and bow tie, hands resting in his lap, in an armchair.

Robert L. Stuart Seated

Daniel Huntington, 1880

Pencil portrait of a balding, heavy-set man in a high-collared coat and cravat, turned to the left, within a ruled border.

Portrait of a Man, Giuseppe Valadier

Jean-Baptiste Joseph Wicar, 1820

Watercolor study of a brown and white cow's head with curved horns against a loose blue sky.

Head of a Cow, Étretat

Samuel Colman, 1870

Pencil sketch of a seated bearded man in a jacket holding an open large book on his lap, with handwritten notes.

Study for a Portrait of Mr. Morris K. Jesup, Esq.

Daniel Huntington, 1890

Pencil sketch of a horse's head and a saddle on a cream sheet mounted in a grey sketchbook album.

Head of a Horse and a Saddle

Winslow Homer, 1860

Oil sketch of a standing boy in a fur hat, dark coat, red scarf and white mittens against a loose brown-green background.

Portrait of a Boy

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil sketch of a seated nude woman resting one arm on a ledge, gazing over her shoulder, on gray paper.

Seated Female Nude, Study for Portrait of Mrs. Cortland DePeyster Field (nee Hamersley)

Daniel Huntington, 1880

Head of a dolphin

Filippo Marchionni, 1770

Charcoal sketch of a young peasant woman in a headscarf, head bowed to one side, with a signature at lower left.

Portrait of a Peasant Girl

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Pencil sketch of a seated woman in a long dress with hands folded, with a separate hand study and handwritten notes.

Sketch for Portrait of the Youngest Daughter of William Astor

Daniel Huntington, 1870

Portrait of Sophie Huntington

Seth Wells Cheney, 1840

Bust of Man Crowned with Vine Wreath

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

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

Ink and wash sketch of a bearded older man in a wide-brimmed hat, mounted on tan board with a red wax seal.

Head of a Bearded Man

William Merritt Chase, 1870

Loose pencil and watercolor sketch of a seated man in a jacket and bow tie, with an inscription at upper right.

Portrait of W. M. Darling, New York

James Henry Moser, 1880

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

Pencil and wash sketch of a standing uniformed officer with a kepi and sword, with a horse's head faintly below.

Officer and Head of a Horse

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pencil caricature of a bearded man with round spectacles and tousled hair on a cream sheet with a museum stamp.

Caricature of James McNeill Whistler

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Graphite study of a woman's head turned upward, eyes gazing up and to the left, on toned paper, 1850.

Study for Head of Mercy in "Christiana and Her Children"

Daniel Huntington, 1850

A Bavarian Peasant

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Tomb Portrait of Queen Isabella I of Castile

Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta

Pencil sketch sheet with multiple studies of hands and a sleeve cuff, preparatory studies for a portrait.

Sketches of Hands for Portrait of William Amory

Daniel Huntington, 1880

Graphite sketch of a woman's head with downcast eyes and a draped veil, on tan paper.

Study for Head of the Madonna

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900