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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