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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Brown ink sketch of a haloed rider on a donkey with a second donkey at left, set against loose wash clouds.

Christ's Entry into Jerusalem

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1600

Watercolor design for a stained glass window showing a priest giving communion to a kneeling boy, watched by other figures.

Stained glass window: First communion

John C. Wolf, 1900

Watercolor elevation of a paneled interior wall with two wood-veneer doors, decorative upper panels and a central framed pane

Side wall elevation

Frederick Crace, 1810

Pencil design drawing of an ornate doorway with an arched top, flanked by chinoiserie pagoda panels and decorative columns.

Design for Doorway

Frederick Crace, 1810

Watercolor design sheet of a tea service with blue floral sprigs, gilded scrollwork and lattice patterns on teapot, cups and

Design for China Decoration

Mary Morison Brownson, 1890

Pale watercolor of a Venetian lagoon with a church tower, small sailboats with pink sails, and mooring poles under a hazy sky

Study of lagoon, Venice, Italy

William Stanley Haseltine, 1880

Figure of a Man: Study from Life

Agnes Blackwell, 1880

Graphite study on toned paper of leafy plants and undergrowth with white highlights, by William Trost Richards.

Study of foliage

William Trost Richards, 1850

Watercolor elevation of double glazed doors flanked by grey columns and gilded pilasters with floral panels.

Design for a Window, Possibly for Lobby or Vicinity South of Dining Room

Frederick Crace, 1800

Watercolor design of a blue wall with gold fretwork panels showing Chinese figures, a pagoda, and hanging pink lanterns.

Design for Wall Decoration, Blue (South) Drawing Room, Royal Pavillion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1810

Grey monochrome sketch of a figure in dark billowing cloak leaning into wind, with pale hand extended, on a stormy grey groun

Man in a Storm

Walter Appleton Clark, 1890

Watercolor wall design with bare trees, three potted plants on stands, and red and yellow fretwork border against pale blue.

Design for Blue and Silver Wall Decoration for the Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1800

Pencil sketch of a bearded peddler with a bowler hat and produce basket beside a lamp post on a busy city street.

The Peddler

Jerome Myers, 1900

Pencil sketch of a tall tree with a full leafy canopy above shrubs and undergrowth on a cream sheet.

Study of foliage

William Trost Richards, 1870

Pastel portrait of a woman in a jeweled tiara and white fur, holding a jeweled scepter against a dark blue background.

Personification of Europe

Rosalba Carriera, 1720

Design for a Decorative Frieze

Carlo Bianconi, 1800

Pen and watercolour drawing of a mother with two children in a green-draped boudoir, with a toy horse and a cat nearby.

Mother and Two Children in a Boudoir

Jean Baptiste Huet, 1780

Pen and ink drawing of three men on a grassy ridge, one using a telescope, overlooking a valley with a flag at left.

Buzzard's Roost Gap-Ga

Theodore Russell Davis, 1880

Pen and wash drawing of a bearded man with a sword and a woman offering a basket of loaves before a curtain and columns.

Figure Presenting Loaves to a General

Bohemian Karel Škréta, 1650

Seated male nude study in chalk on grey paper, legs crossed, leaning on a rock, with detailed muscular modeling.

Academic Study of a Male Nude

Pio Piatti, 1810

Ink sketch of stylized hounds with looping, flowing outlines on yellowed paper, with a small purple wash.

Hounds at Play

William Hunt Diederich, 1920

Study for "A Florentine Picnic"

Elihu Vedder, 1870

Dark monochrome drawing of a seated young woman and a stooping older woman holding white cloth in a dim interior.

White My Flax, Red My Ring, Gold the Heart of My Betrothed

Henry Patrick Raleigh, 1910

Red chalk sketch of a winged female figure in draped robes standing on a stepped pedestal, arm outstretched.

Winged figure on pedestal

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Red chalk drawing of a bearded saint in a tall headdress holding a book and a palm, within a double-ruled border.

St. Stephen from façade of S. Silvestro in Capite

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Red chalk sketch of two winged putti among clouds, set inside a double ruled border with orange and green edges.

Two putti

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Pen and ink sketch of a standing nude male figure and a seated figure gesturing toward a sphere, mounted on tan card.

Sketches of a Nude Figure in Classical Pose and a Seated Figure

Andrea del Sarto

Watercolor of an ornate gilded palace interior with a mirror, porcelain vases, portraits and rooms receding through arches.

Apartments of Queen Elizabeth of Prussia, Charlottenburg Palace, Berlin

Elizabeth Pochhammer, 1860

Boy playing a lute

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Watercolor wall elevation with a circular pagoda landscape medallion, pink panels, and brown lattice double doors.

Wall Elevation Design, probably for the King's Apartments, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1810