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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Painting of a woman in a dark dress picking apple blossoms beneath a flowering tree in an open field.

Girl Picking Apple Blossoms

Winslow Homer, 1879

Hand-colored floral textile design with pink roses, yellow and blue blossoms and green leaves along a branch border.

Floral design for printed textile

Louis-Albert DuBois, 1800

Hand-colored floral textile design with pink, red and blue flowers and green leaves in a corner border on pale paper.

Floral design for printed textile

Jean DuBois, 1800

Ceiling design with two grey doves flying among pink and blue flower garlands against pale clouds and sky.

Ceiling Design with Doves and Flower Garlands, possibly for the Entrance Hall

Frederick Crace, 1810

Painted floral textile design with white and blue flowers, multicolored lobed leaves, and grey branches on a dotted dark grou

Floral design for printed textiles

Louis-Albert DuBois, 1800

Sheet of seven stylized flower sprays and one naturalistic blossom drawn in grey and red chalk on cream paper.

Sprays of Seven ideal Flowers and of one quasi naturalistic flower

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1800

Pencil sketch of fern fronds and bamboo on tan paper, with handwritten color notes and a round museum stamp.

Botanical Sketches of Ferns and Bamboo, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and ink sketch of two decorative friezes with rosettes, flowers and a meander ribbon, with handwritten color notes.

Recto: Two Friezes with Flowers Verso: Sketch for a Decorative Painting

Felice Giani, 1810

Woman in a dark dress reaching into a blossoming apple tree in an open field under a cloudy sky.

Girl Picking Apple Blossoms

Winslow Homer, 1870

Pencil botanical sketch sheet of Jamaican plants, including a Spanish bayonet palm and leafy vines, with handwritten notes.

Botanical Sketches, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Watercolor study of two pink spotted lilies with stamens and pencil border designs on beige paper.

Pink Spotted Lilies and Maple Seeds

Samuel Colman, 1880

Six ink line studies of squash or pumpkin blossoms with ruffled petals and slender stems on pale translucent paper.

Studies of Squash or Pumpkin Blossoms

Sophia L. Crownfield, 1910

Painted study of spiky green plants, a red poppy and pink flowers over brown brushstrokes, with a tiny figure in a tan coat a

Botanical and Figure Study

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil and watercolor botanical studies of asters, a pink thistle, clover leaves and seed pods on cream paper.

Studies of Meadow Flowers

Samuel Colman, 1880

Pencil sketch of a winged angel with a laurel crown holding flowers, drawn on tan paper with loose arched outlines.

Sketch of Angel with Flowers

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Pencil sketches of trees with handwritten notes on foliage, bark and a monkey on a branch, on grey paper.

Botanical Studies, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Watercolor and pencil study of red cardinal flower spray with sketched blossoms and vase outlines on cream paper.

Cardinal Flower

Samuel Colman, 1880

Black and white ornamental frieze with two birds perched on arches, flanked by scrolling foliage, flowers and wreath motifs.

Frieze with Birds, Flowers, Wreaths and Scrolls

Theodor Bang, 1590

Oil sketch of a pale iceberg on a dark sea under a peach sunset sky, with a small ice flower splash at left.

Iceberg and Ice Flower, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch on cream paper of fern fronds and leaf studies, with the handwritten word 'fern' above the center.

Botanical Sketch of a Fern, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch on cream paper of spiky, fanning leaves and curving plant stems in loose botanical study.

Botanical Sketch, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Graphite sketch sheet of palm trees, tropical trees, a small church, and handwritten botanical labels.

Botanical Sketches with a Church, Río Magdalena, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch on grey-blue paper of a palm tree and a tree trunk with branches, with handwritten labels.

Botanical Sketches from the Río Magdalena, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of an air plant, a fern frond, and a flowering stalk with handwritten notes, above a distant hilly landscape.

Botanical Sketches with a Landscape View, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Brown sheet with faint pencil sketches of tall plant stems and branching foliage, with a museum stamp in the lower left.

Botanical Sketches, South America

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil botanical sketch sheet with tree trunks, a branch, an arum plant and handwritten notes on leaf shapes.

Botanical Sketches, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketches of tropical plants, branches and epiphytes on tan paper, with handwritten color notes.

Thirteen Botanical Sketches from Colombia or Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil botanical sketches of leafy branches on cream paper, with handwritten notes describing young leaf colour and size.

Botanical Sketches, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch on grey paper of bamboo, palm fronds and broad-leaved plants with handwritten colour notes.

Botanical and Meteorological Sketches from the Río Magdalena, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a thatched church, a palm tree, fan-leaf fronds, and rows of shrubs with handwritten notes.

San José de Lapas Church with Botanical Sketches, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850