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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Pencil sketch of a standing bald man with head bowed, one arm bent across his chest and the other extended outward.

Bearded Man Standing

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Pencil sketch of a street vendor's stall with a hanging lantern, a bowl, and handwritten color notes beside it.

Street vendor

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Pencil sketch of a standing woman in a draped gown with one arm raised, on cream paper.

Sketch for a Portrait of Mrs. Bella Worsham

Daniel Huntington, 1870

Pen and wash drawing of a crowned tabernacle with a chalice in a sunburst, flanked by two kneeling winged angels.

Design for a Tabernacle Door to be Executed in Bronze

G B C, 1710

Brown ink and wash drawing of turbaned, robed men in discussion around a celestial globe beneath draped curtains.

Magi Conversing about Heavenly Bodies, after Perino del Vaga

Felice Giani, 1820

Pencil portrait sketch of a bearded seated man with a separate study of a hand holding a chain above.

John Jay Phelps Seated, Separate Hand and Chain Study

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Pencil study of a winged fairy figure named Puck, seated in motion with butterfly wings and construction grid lines.

Puck, Study for Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, IL

Carroll Beckwith, 1890

Pen and grey wash sketch of rococo scrollwork, acanthus foliage, a pedestal and a bird, with handwritten sums.

Sketches

Filippo Marchionni, 1740

Pen and wash design for a pendant with a crown above a heraldic shield and scrolled ornament.

Design for pendant with crown and coat of arms

Medici Family, 1500

Brown ink and wash drawing of a swooning woman held by two winged angels, with a man and a cherub beside her.

Ecstasy of Saint Teresa

Felice Giani, 1810

Pen and brown wash sketch of a bed alcove with draped curtains, a canopy, a bed post, and a garland-decorated arch.

Bed Alcove

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pen and ink design sketch of a domed classical mantelpiece with columns, garlands, and detail studies of ornament.

Design for a Mantelpiece

Giuseppe Valadier, 1810

Pencil and watercolor sketch of two bearded men in military-style uniforms and kepis, one with a sash and one with a cane.

From Richmond

Winslow Homer, 1860

Charcoal drawing of a seated nude woman beside a swan, with a small pencil sketch of a crouching figure below.

Girl with Swan

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Ink and wash drawing of an ornate escutcheon with coat of arms, flanked by cherubs and an inscribed cartouche below.

Design of Escutcheon with Coat of Arms

Leonardo Scaglia, 1640

Pen and wash design for a tall painted panel with classical figures, sphinxes, garlands and a central medallion of three wome

Design for a Painted Panel

Jean Guillaume Moitte, 1770

Brown ink and wash drawing of robed figures and a crowd beneath arched colonnades in an interior scene.

Christ Healing Paralytics near the Pool of Bethesda

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1600

Study of Dr. Mott for "Scientific Group"

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Pen and wash drawing of six ornate serving utensils and a knife on a pale blue sheet, with laurel and fish motifs.

Cutlery Designs

Pietro Belli, 1810

Pencil sketch of a leafy plant stem with serrated leaves and buds, plus a branch of pinnate leaves, on tan paper.

Plant Sketch

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and wash study of an ornamental ceiling with coffered panels, a column detail, and a temple facade sketch.

Study for the Sala di Apollo, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1800

Pencil sketch of a woman praying with clasped hands and upturned face, with small sketched animal studies below.

Woman Praying, Study for "Communion of the Sick"

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Brown ink and wash drawing of two long-beaked birds among acanthus leaves and seed pods on a curving stem.

Two Birds in Foliage with Seed Pods

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Study of a Woman's Head for "A Magdalen"

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Watercolor and pencil botanical study of buttercups, a sea urchin, and flower details on cream paper.

Buttercups, Mt. Desert

Samuel Colman, 1870

Vertical oil sketch of a glowing orange sunset over purple water with dark green land at the bottom.

Sunset

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a seated man in a loose robe resting his hand on a book, with a separate hand study in the upper left.

Albert Gallatin Seated, Study of Right Hand

Daniel Huntington, 1890

Pencil sketch of a bare dead tree trunk with angular branches extending to the right on cream paper.

Dead Tree Trunk, Lake Millinocket, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870

Tall watercolor of an ornate palace wall with painted medallions, sculpted figures, gilded moldings and faux marble panels.

Section of wall, Escalier de la cour ovale, Palace of Fontainebleau, France

Frederick Marschall, 1880

Pencil study of maple seed pods hanging from branches, with several sketches of budding maple twigs below on grey paper.

Maple Seed Vessels

Samuel Colman, 1880