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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Pencil sketch of two angular fighting horses rearing inside a circular border on an octagonal cream sheet.

Design for Trivet, Fighting Horses

William Hunt Diederich, 1910

Pen and brown wash drawing of a curly dog lying on a cushion atop a pedestal under a draped canopy with tassels.

Design for Memorial to a Dog

Giulio Romano, 1530

Watercolor ornament sheet with a triangular panel of two winged lions, a laurel wreath, and a crown with ribbons.

Ornament Design, Triangular Panel with Winged Lions and Two Roman Crowns

Michel Angelo Pergolesi, 1770

Watercolor design of a wood-grained door with an overdoor panel showing a fantastic bird in pink, green and yellow.

Design for Door and Overdoor with Fantastic Bird, probably for the Yellow Room, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1800

Pencil sketch of artillery horses with riders and a wagon outline, mounted on a grey sketchbook page.

Artillery Horses with Riders

Winslow Homer, 1860

Brown ink and wash drawing of a symmetrical acanthus scroll ornament with small animals and birds among the leaves.

Design for Acanthus Rinceaux with Animals and Birds

Giulio Romano, 1540

Faint pencil sketch of a dog seen from behind on a cream sheet, with a date inscribed in the upper right corner.

Dog, Shown from Behind

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Pencil sketch of an army wagon with mules on a faded sheet mounted in a grey album page.

Army Wagon with Mules

Winslow Homer, 1860

Graphite sketch of two resting dogs on cream paper, one curled on the left and one stretched on the right.

Dogs

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Brown ink and wash sketch of a horse pulling a carriage with a top-hatted driver, with distant carriages at left.

A Horse and Carriage

Constantin Guys, 1850

Ink and wash sketches of several cattle heads and horns on a cream sheet, with small pencil studies of legs at top.

Sketches of Cattle, Irvington

Samuel Colman, 1870

Pencil sketch of two stag heads with branching antlers on a cream sheet, one large and one small.

Study of stag head

Kenyon Cox, 1900

Watercolor and pencil sketch sheet showing a blue and yellow macaw on a rock with studies of a building and a parrot.

Sketches of Guacamaya, Bogotá, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Graphite sketch of a horse-drawn covered wagon with a driver, plus smaller studies of a head and figures on paper.

Horse and wagon

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Pen and brown wash drawing with two scenes: a giant blinded by men above, and a body on a bier with onlookers below.

Blinding of the Cyclops Polyphemus [above]; The Fidelity of a Roman Dog [below]

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Pencil sketch sheet of camels in multiple poses, with a robed figure and the handwritten note 'Against evening sky'.

Camel Studies, Against Evening Sky, Palestine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of resting mules tethered near covered wagons, a log cabin and a tree in the background.

Resting Mules Tethered to Wagons

Winslow Homer, 1860

Horse

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Pencil sketch of trees, shrubs and a flock of birds in flight, with handwritten notes about colour and foliage greens.

Birds and Trees along the Río Magdalena, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Two watercolor studies of resting brown and white calves, one lying under a tree and one asleep in grass.

Studies of Calves, Stockbridge

Samuel Colman, 1870

Pencil sketch sheet of five sheep in varied poses, several with heads lowered to graze, on a light tan paper.

Studies of Sheep

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Ink and wash sketch of three scenes: horsemen by a river, figures in water, and a crowded battle with an SPQR banner.

Sketchbook Page, Folio 95: Three Paintings after Giulio Romano; Verso: Lion and Eagle

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil sketch of two horses, one saddled and one carrying a mounted rider in uniform, on pale paper.

Two Horses, One Mounted

Winslow Homer, 1860

Watercolor study of a brown and white ox head with long curved horns, facing forward on a gray background.

Head of a Cow or Ox

Samuel Colman, 1870

Pencil and watercolor sketch of three long-horned oxen with a yoke and bell, standing on a light brown ground.

Study of Cattle in Tuscany

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Engraving of three nude putti by an urn with a bird, and a sleeping child beside a tree in a landscape.

Boys Playing with a Bird

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1770

Sketch of two standing oxen, a hay-laden cart, and a covered cart with a resting ox on tan paper.

Oxcarts, Rome, Italy

Samuel Colman, 1870

Engraving of the Fountain of the Animals at Versailles with a central water jet, bronze animal groups and cypress trees.

Fountain of the Animals at Versailles

Jean Raymond, 1760

Engraving of a bird hunt with two hunters, a woman on horseback, a large tree, and flying birds before a distant castle.

Bird Hunt

Jean-Baptiste Scotin I, 1730

Etching of the Horse Guards building in London with a domed clock tower, arched entrance, and small figures in the street.

The Horse Guards

Joseph Pennell, 1900

Red-toned print of two birds with spread wings among leafy trees, grasses and a fallen branch in a landscape.

Hunting Scene: Birds in a Landscape

Jean Baptiste Huet, 1770

Engraving of turbaned hunters with dogs attacking a lion beneath a large flowering palm tree.

Lion Hunt

Jean-Baptiste Scotin I, 1730

Sepia oval print of a seated woman in white robes with a lion and donkey beside her in a forest.

Una and the Lion, from Spenser's "Faerie Queen"

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1770

Reddish-brown print of two birds beside a nest with eggs, surrounded by trees, branches and grasses in a landscape.

Two Birds and a Bird’s Nest in a Landscape

Jean Baptiste Huet, 1770

Misty brown-toned print of a brewery with a tall chimney beside a river, with rowboats in the foreground.

Lion Brewery

Joseph Pennell, 1880

Sepia drawing of a seated shepherd seen from behind, facing a small dog standing on its hind legs in a grassy landscape.

Seated Shepherd Playing with a Dog

Flemish Gilles Demarteau, 1770

Engraved elevation of the east front of the Horse and Foot Guards at Whitehall, with a central clock tower and arcaded wings.

The East Front of the Horse and the Foot Guards at Whitehall

Benjamin Cole, 1740

Engraving of Hercules strangling a lion beside a column, with a castle, tree, shield and bow in the background.

Hercules and the Nemean Lion

Sebald Beham, 1540

Engraved print of an acanthus leaf scroll with two birds, one perched and one in flight, on the right.

Acanthus motif with two birds

Cesare Domenichi, 1610

Engraved landscape of a forest path with figures, cattle, sheep and a shepherd beneath tall trees.

Landscape with Figures and Farm Animals

Pierre Aveline the younger, 1700

Two orange-bellied squirrels, one hanging upside down, climbing a tree branch with green leaves and nuts on a pale background

Orange-Bellied Squirrel

John James Audubon, 1830

Etching of a soldier with a horse, a groom with a staff, and a dog on rocky ground by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo.

Soldier with Horse and Groom, from the Vari Capricci

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1750

Engraving of a boy in a ruff collar riding a spaniel and holding a bird on his raised hand beside an oak tree.

The Dog of Goltzius

Netherlandish Hendrik Goltzius, 1590

Hand-colored plate of a Canada lynx crouching on a mossy log with foliage behind it.

Canada Lynx

John James Audubon, 1830

Oil sketch of a brown and white cow standing before a reddish barn wall, painted in loose brushwork.

Study of a Standing Cow, Farmington

Samuel Colman, 1870

Ink sketch in two registers: robed figures and animals above, a crowd confronting a satyr among rocks below.

Apollonius meeting the People and Animals of Ethiopia [above]; Apollonius Quelling the Ghost of a Satyr in Ethiopia […

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Charcoal study of two sleeping cats, one curled up at upper left and one stretched out at lower right, on tan paper.

Study of Cats

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Loose oil study of a brown and white cow grazing with its head down on a dirt ground, with a barn wall behind.

Study of a Grazing Cow

Samuel Colman, 1870

Pencil sketch of chimneys, rooftops and a scrolled barber's sign on tan paper, annotated Lausanne Sept. 18.

Chimneys - Lusanne

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Graphite sketch of a cow lying down, seen from behind with head turned to the right, horns visible, on tan paper.

Study of a Lying Cow

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Pencil study of two curled-horned rams, one standing and one lying down beside grass and rocks.

Study of Two Rams

Samuel Colman, 1850

Pencil sketch of rooftops and the Red Lion Hotel sign beside a harbor with sailboats and flying gulls.

Red Lion Hotel

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Pen and ink drawing of mounted cavalry driving a large herd of cattle across a field past a tree and stream.

The Cattle Raid by the Confederate Cavalry

Alfred R. Waud, 1880

Watercolor study of three cattle: a brown steer grazing, a black-and-white steer standing, and a brown cow beside a fence.

Cattle, Steers

Samuel Colman, 1880

Pencil sketch of a horse's head and harness on cream paper, with handwritten inscription below.

A Buggy Horse

Arnold William Brunner, 1890

Pencil sketch sheet showing a resting camel, a walled ruin, a horse, a spear, and a mountain slope with handwritten notes.

Camels on a Mountainside with Mixed Sketches, Palestine (Israel)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of three horse heads on tan paper, one larger above two smaller studies, with a museum stamp below.

Horse

Robert Frederick Blum, 1900

Red chalk study of a rearing horse with raised head and flowing tail on an octagonal sheet of paper.

Study of a Rearing Horse after Leonardo da Vinci

Francesco Melzi, 1530

Pencil sketch sheet with studies of calves' heads, a standing calf from behind, and a hog on a pale paper ground.

Studies of Cattle, Heads of Sheep and a Hog

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Pencil sketch of a reclining animal with pointed ears and folded legs on a cream sheet with a museum stamp.

Dog

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Pen and wash drawing of Daniel among lions with a winged angel descending above an arched architectural setting.

Daniel in the Lion's Den

Pietro Novelli, 1640

Pencil sketches of robed figures and dogs on tan paper, with handwritten color notes annotating the clothing.

Figure Sketches with Dogs, Port Said, Egypt

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Dog and lion

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Pencil sketch of two harnessed horses pulling a wagon with a spoked wheel visible on the right.

Horses and Wagon (The Picnic Excursion)

Winslow Homer, 1860