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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Pencil sketch of a Paris street with bare trees, a street lamp, pedestrians, and tall building facades with chimneys.

View of a Paris Street

Griffith Baily Coale, 1910

Pencil and blue-wash sketch of a stone tower, arched opening and rooftops on city walls.

Buttresses on City Walls; Loches

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Pen and ink drawing of a multi-arched stone bridge over a wooded ravine with ornate lampposts and trees.

A Bridge, Design for Washington Board of Trade Dinner, May 13, 1908

James Henry Moser, 1900

Watercolor of a stone arched bridge over a lake at Blenheim, with deer on the bank and a mansion in the distance.

West View of Bridge at Blenheim, Oxfordshire

F.S.A John Buckler, 1820

Watercolor of colorful sailboats with yellow and orange sails beside a stone quay, with figures and a white parasol.

Along a Canal

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Pencil drawing of a seated helmeted female figure with a spear and oak branch, in a circular classical composition.

Study for "Courage," Lunette in Hudson County Courthouse, Jersey City, NJ

Kenyon Cox, 1910

Pencil sketch of a Baltimore skyline with rooftops and spires, grid panels and handwritten colour notes, 1920.

Baltimore Skyline

Griffith Baily Coale, 1920

Pencil and white chalk sketch on tan paper showing figures on a bridge, including leaning men and women in bonnets.

Silhouettes on the Bridge

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Pencil study of a seated robed woman holding balance scales, drawn within a circular frame on a tan ground.

Study for "Justice," Lunette in Hudson County Courthouse, Jersey City, NJ

Kenyon Cox, 1910

Watercolor design of a Gothic church chancel with a gilded altar, blue vaulted ceiling, and a painted Virgin figure in a nich

Church of St. Paul the Apostle, New York City, Chancel Decoration

John La Farge, 1890

Watercolor of half-timbered medieval houses with slate roofs and a woman with a pitcher beside a brick wall.

Street Scene with Medieval Houses

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Pencil sketch of a Venice waterfront with a gondola, masts, a bell tower, a domed church and strolling figures.

View of Venice, Italy

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Pencil sketch of Popayan street buildings, distant hills and clouds, with handwritten colour notes in the margins.

Street Scene in Popayan, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a narrow street passing under a stone archway, with a robed figure walking toward a distant arched gate.

Street in Tangiers

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Brown ink and wash drawing of a draped figure reading, putti on steps, and a woman with a basket beside classical architectur

Urban Scene with Draped Figure, Putti, and Woman Carrying Basket

Fortunato Duranti, 1820

Pencil sketch of a mountain valley with an arched bridge, large boulders, and a tree, with handwritten color notes.

Monte Rosa and a Bridge near Pontegrande, Italy

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a narrow street in San Remo with arched doorways, balconies, stone steps and a small standing figure.

Street in San Remo

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Watercolor of a Venetian canal street with brick buildings, a footbridge, a lantern, and a figure in a dark cloak.

Canal, Venice, Italy

Francis Hopkinson Smith, 1880

Graphite sketch of a stone arch bridge with wooden railings over a brook, flanked by rocks and trees on tan paper.

Bridge Over a Brook

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Brown ink landscape drawing of figures crossing a wooden bridge over a stream, with trees, a distant house, and clouds.

Landscape with Bridge

Felice Giani, 1820

Etching of a calm Amsterdam harbor with sailboats, rowboats, and spired buildings along the waterfront under a dusky sky.

View of Amsterdam

Léopold Flameng, 1860

Pencil sketch of a fountain jet beside colonnade columns and trees in St. Peter's Square, with handwritten color notes.

Bernini's Fountain in St. Peter's Square, Vatican City

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Wood engraving of women and children at St. Barnabas House, New York, with a doorway panel reading Peace be to this House.

New York Charities - St. Barnabas House, 304 Mulberry Street

Bross, 1870

Woodblock print of boats crowded on a river with streamer-hung poles in the foreground and a distant mountain under blue sky.

Miyato River by Great Bank of Asakusa River, No 68 from One Hundred Views of Edo (Asakusa-gawa Okawa-bata, Miyato-gawa)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1790

Pencil sketch of church spires and rooftops above trees on pale paper, with light blue wash and a handwritten note in the low

City of London, United Kingdom, Part One

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Black and white lithograph of a busy city street with pedestrians, storefronts, a street lamp, and a horse cart.

Lafayette Street

Childe Hassam, 1910

Etching of a dense wooded landscape with two figures crossing a wooden bridge beside a rocky ledge and a distant view.

Wooded Landscape, With Two Figures on a Bridge

Anthonie Waterloo, 1650

Pencil sketch of a distant London skyline with spires and domes above trees, with handwritten color notes below.

City of London, United Kingdom, Part Two

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Etching of a city skyline with a Gothic tower above rooftops, with steamships and smoking factories on a harbor below.

The West Street Building from the Singer Building

Joseph Pennell, 1900

Etching of figures on a stone arch bridge beside large trees, with a rowboat in the river and a dog on the bank.

Figures on a Stone Bridge

Anthonie Waterloo, 1650