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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Pencil sketch of a young girl with a hair bow holding a bowl, wearing a belted pleated skirt and ankle boots.

Girl with Bowl

Louise Cox, 1910

Pencil sketch of a helmet on a bracket with handwritten notes, and two figures in top hats labeled little boys at Eton.

Sketch of Helmet and Men at Eton

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Brown ink drawing of a muscular man raising a sword over a kneeling, bound figure in an execution scene.

Execution Scene

Andrea Boscoli, 1800

Pencil sketch of a young man's head and shoulders, gazing directly at the viewer, with hatched shading on hair and face.

Self-Portrait

Kenyon Cox, 1870

Watercolor of Storm King rising over the Hudson River with three sailboats and rocky shore in the foreground.

Storm King, Northern Entrance to the Highlands, Hudson River

Edwin Whitefield, 1840

Pencil sketch of a seated editor gesturing as a kneeling man sharpens a pencil beside a waste basket of papers.

Study for Cartoon, "Editor's Easy Chair"

Thomas Nast, 1870

Red chalk drawing of a reclining male figure with draped cloth and decorative scroll motifs on a cream sheet.

Ceiling detail of figure and decorative motif

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Pencil sketches of gabled buildings with a tower, a sailboat on water, and two figures seated on a grassy bank.

Sketches at Marlborough

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Charcoal and white chalk drapery study on lavender paper, cloth knotted in the center with folds trailing across the sheet.

Study for "Fortune"

Elihu Vedder, 1890

Red chalk drawing of a seated bishop holding a crozier, with a mitre and draped robes against a faint architectural backgroun

Seated bishop

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Pencil sketch of two stylized hounds in a circular frame on yellowed tracing paper, with grid lines.

Hounds

William Hunt Diederich, 1920

Pencil elevation drawing of a domed pavilion with two lamp standards and ornate pilasters, Royal Pavilion Brighton design.

Lamp Standards and Wall Decoration, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1810

Watercolor design of an interior wall with a central double door, red panels, a gold plaque, and decorative fretwork borders.

Design for Wall with Doorway, probably for the Ante Room, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1800

Grey ink wash drawing of a woman in a headscarf and long dark dress holding a pale basket.

Woman with a Basket

George Charles Aid, 1890

Watercolor elevation of a wall with yellow faux marble niche, green pilasters and arched pediment, by Frederick Crace.

Wall Elevation with Marbled Niche

Frederick Crace, 1810

Red chalk drawing of an ornamental balustrade panel with scrolls, rosettes and foliage on a pale ground.

Study for panel of a balustrade

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Pencil sketches on paper of bearded men in caps, small standing figures, and a figure in baggy trousers.

Sketches at Pireus

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Pen and ink drawing of officers on a shore watching warships and smoke from a naval battle on the water.

Officers and General Watching a Naval Battle (Battle of the Monitor and the Merrimac)

Allen Carter Redwood, 1880

Red chalk drawing of a winged figure over a draped pedestal beside an ornate scroll-handled vase.

Ornamental detail with winged figure and vase

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Red chalk drawing of a robed woman with two children beside a tree and a goat in the lower right.

Robed woman with two children and a goat

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Pencil sketch of a standing man in a wide-brimmed hat, long coat and scarf, with one hand near his waist.

Sketch of Man in Coat and Scarf

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Pen and ink design drawing of a chapel wall with a lunette, narrative panels, pilasters and decorative cartouches.

Design for a Chapel Wall

Giovanni Battista della Rovere, 1590

Pencil study of a reclining nude woman with raised arm, after Michelangelo's Night, by Kenyon Cox, 1870.

Study of Michelangelo's "Night"

Kenyon Cox, 1870

Red chalk drawing of a young man's head in a turban, looking to the side, with loose sketch lines around the shoulders.

Head of a Turbaned Youth

Giuseppe Nogari, 1730

Watercolor elevation of a chinoiserie wall design with pink panels, dragons, mythical lions and pagoda-topped niches on blue

Proposed Design for the West Wall of the Music Room, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1800

Red chalk drawing of a seated woman in draped robes, head turned, set against faint architectural lines on pale paper.

Seated female figure in robes

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Pencil drawing of two ornamental wall panels with dragons, lattice borders and a central figure above a carved base.

Wall Decoration (West) Wall, Music Room, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1810

Pencil and white chalk study on grey paper of a winged putto flying upward with arms raised, plus smaller putti sketches.

Studies of putti

François Boucher, 1770

Pencil sketch of a flat marsh landscape with grasses, a large tree at left, distant wooded hills, and small cattle at right.

Study of seashore, Rhode Island

William Trost Richards, 1880

Pen drawing of a tea service with saucer, cup, teapot, sugar bowl and creamer decorated with scrolling ornamental patterns.

Design for China Decoration

Anna M. de Pool, 1880