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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Hand-colored print of a kneeling woman in an orange mantle reaching toward the sky above a hilly landscape, titled Cordelia.

Cordelia

Phillippeaux, 1780

Engraving of Saint Paul preaching to a crowd before classical Athenian colonnades and a round temple, with an armored soldier

Saint Paul Preaching at Athens

Marcantonio Raimondi, 1520

Engraving of a man's head turned sideways beneath a wide-brimmed hat, with curly hair and a cravat at the neck.

Study of a Man

Pierre Filloeul, 1730

Engraved plan and elevation of the Chigi Chapel with domed ceiling, arched altarpiece, sculptures and a scale bar.

Plan and Elevation for the Chigi Chapel at the Basilica of Santa Maria del Popolo

Study of a Young Woman

Pierre Filloeul, 1730

Hand-colored print of Christ's head crowned with thorns, gazing upward with blood on his brow and neck.

Head of Christ

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1800

Self-Portrait of Leonardo da Vinci, from "Original Designs of the Most Celibrated Mastesr of the Bolognese, Roman, Fl…

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1790

Engraved print of a flower-filled basket on a ledge, with butterflies and moths flying above the blooms.

Plate 10, from set of Flowers in a Basket

Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer, 1680

Engraved print of a seated man in a conical hat and robe beside a sack, with an urn plant and tree behind him.

Chef des Samar de Tlevang Raptan

Jean-Antoine Watteau, 1730

Engraved design of an interlaced monogram wrapped in flower garlands and topped with stars, on a cream page.

Design for a Cipher (Interlaced Letters)

Charles Germain de Saint-Aubin, 1760

Engraved title page with a scroll cartouche reading Premier Recueil de Chiffres, framed by flowers, foliage and a crown.

Title Page

Charles Germain de Saint-Aubin, 1760

Engraving of putti gathering wood and sitting by a fire beside a thatched cottage, with French verses below.

L'Hyver

François Boucher, 1780

Engraving of three putti gathering flowers and leaves beside a stone urn and ruined wall under a cloudy sky.

Le Printems

François Boucher, 1780

Engraving of putti carrying wheat sheaves and flowers in a field under clouds, titled L'Este after François Boucher.

L’esté

François Boucher, 1780

Engraved floral cipher of interlaced letters made of garlands of blossoms and leaves, with a French title caption below.

Title Page and Design for a Cipher (Interlaced Letters)

Charles Germain de Saint-Aubin, 1760

Engraving of three putti with a goat and grapes under a tree, titled L'Automne, with French verses below.

L'Automne

François Boucher, 1780

Engraving of the Betrayal of Christ with soldiers holding torches and swords seizing figures in a crowded scene.

Betrayal of Christ, from The Engraved Passion

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Lithograph of the brick tomb gate of Washington at Mount Vernon, with obelisks, iron fencing, and figures on a path.

The Tomb of Washington, Mount Vernon, Virginia

Nathaniel Currier, 1830

Etching of moored sailing ships and their reflections on a calm harbor, with riverfront buildings and a smokestack at right.

Below Chestnut Street Bridge

Joseph Pennell, 1880

Etching of a wooded landscape with a path winding between tall trees toward distant figures under an open sky.

Three Figures in a Wooded Landscape

Anthonie Waterloo, 1650

Sepia woodcut of a muscular nude Hercules lifting his arms as a giant wrestles at his feet in a cave with cattle and bones.

Hercules Killing Cacus

Netherlandish Hendrik Goltzius, 1580

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in ornate dark military uniform with gold braid and medals, holding a plumed cap.

Portrait of James Thomas Brudenell

D. J. Pound, 1850

Engraved portrait of a young man with curly hair in a dark cloak and white collar, captioned BYRON.

Portrait of George Gordon Lord Byron

Thomas Phillibrown, 1830

Etched print of a Brooklyn power house with two smokestacks, a crane, and a suspension bridge over the water.

Power House, Brooklyn Edison Works

Joseph Pennell, 1920

Etching of a Gothic chapel entrance with arches, stone stairs and small dark figures climbing toward an ornate doorway.

Entrance to Henry VII's Chapel, Westminster

Joseph Pennell, 1900

Engraved Cooper Union certificate with a building vignette, handwritten attendance text in mathematics, and signatures.

Certificate in Mathematics, Cooper Union

Peter Cooper, 1860

Sepia mezzotint of a bearded man in a fur-collared robe in a barred cell with children and grieving figures, by John Boydell.

Ugolino in Prison (after Reynolds)

John Boydell, 1770

Black and white print of an angel kneeling before the Virgin Mary in a vaulted interior, with a dove above and a lily vase.

The Annunciation, from the Life of the Virgin series

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Pencil sketch of a New York skyline with rooftops in the foreground and several tall towers rising in the background.

New York Skyline - Light Buildings

Childe Hassam, 1910

Dark brown etching of the Brooklyn Bridge towers and lit roadway at night, with a small boat on the water.

Brooklyn Bridge at Night

Joseph Pennell, 1920