biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Design for an Escutcheon
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, 1600–25
Charcoal, pen and ink, brush and bistre on paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. a) The scrollwork frame of an ovoid, with standing figures beside the upper part, a classical warrior at left, a woman at right, both with sticks. Half figures of harpies are beside the lower part. In the centre below is a bowl with an animal's skull in the center. Recto: Above is b) two trees are in the center of the foreground. Houses and mountains are in the middle ground at left and at right. Separated by the framing line is c). Shown is one unity of the decoration. At left is a half escutcheon. Beside it is a half figure of a winged woman. Drapery festoons are supported by the hands of the woman and by parts of the rinceau.
Design for Ceiling and Profile Head; Verso: Moses with the Tablets of the Law
, 18th century
pen and ink on paper
Drawing

Sketch of the decoration of a ceiling and the bust of a beardless elderly man.
Portrait of Galileo Galilei (1562-1642)
Adamo Fioroni, active first half of 19th century, ca. 1830
Engraving on paper
Print

Portrait of Galilei, bust length. Head and body slightly turned to left. The portrait is surrounded by a design of a frame decorated with shells, cartouches, and two puttis above.
Design for the Embroidery of the Lowe Part of an Overskirt of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"
Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, ca. 1785
Graphite, brush and gouache on paper
Drawing

Boughs with leaves and clusters of flowers. Arched edge. Frills sketched along the hem.
Folding fan
, ca. 1880
Lace leaf with hand-painted silk medallions; gilded and carved ebony sticks piqué with steel discs

Black lace fan with two appliquéd black silk cartouches, hand painted with scenes: one of a reclining woman with a basket of flowers, the other a putto with a tambourine. Embroidered with gold and silver spangles. Sticks are ebony with gilt decoration and piqué with steel discs.
Penelope Recognizes Ulysses
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1800–1825
Pen and brown ink over traces of graphite on cream laid paper
Drawing

Penelope shown in profile at left, rising from her seat to greet Ulysses. Hymen with two lighted torches stands behind pair. Minerva shown from back leaving atrium.
Botanical Sketches, Jamaica
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, May 1865
Graphite on tan wove paper
Drawing

Botanical sketches showing several different plants and trees in Jamaica. At right, a tall, six-foot tree with a narrow trunk is visible. Five other plant studies are positioned throughout composition's center and upper left. Sketch of a Spanish Bayonet, or yucca plant, is visible at lower left.
Textile
American Print Works, founded 1835, 1870s
cotton Technique: printed on plain weave

White fabric in a printed design showing groups of three intersecting arrows in diagonal lines.
The Adoration of the Shepherds
Antonio de' Dominici, Italian, ca. 1730–after 1800, ca. 1730
Red chalk on cream laid paper
Drawing

In a rustic shelter, Mary is semi-reclining on a bed of straw, watching over the infant Christ in a cradle, surrounded by marvelling shepherds.
Button
, late 19th century
Wood, paper and brass

Component -d is on card 50
Recto: Two Friezes with Flowers Verso: Sketch for a Decorative Painting
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, ca. 1815
Pen and brown ink on paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Recto: Above: two waved ribbons crossing each other. Calices stand in wedges. In ovoids are lozenges with curved edges, wreath around masks inside. Numbers inscribed and explained in caption: "1 tuta colorita/ 2 turchino/ 3 fondo rosso/ 4 giallo limone/ 5 pavonasso/ 6 fiore verde/ 7 foglie del ovato colo[r] di rosa/ 8 Line[e] gialle/ 9 fondo della maschera celeste." Below: decorated ribbon around horizontal bar from which sprays spring. Caption: "1 Linea verde/ 2 fondo della fetucia, perlino/ 3 giole della festucia verdi legate in oro/ con perle/ 4 meandro giallo/ 5 fondo del meandro turchino/ 6 triangolo rosso con perla/ 7 fiore bianco/ foglie verdi." Verso: above, two figures written in octagon: "venere in abito/ di caciatrice insegn[a] Cartagine a Enea." Two figures, Aeneas and Dido, shown in cave. Underneath figures, caption in pencil: "Enea con Didone nel antro/ ...imene."
Girl Holding a Drinking Glass
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, ca. 1869
Black and white chalk on gray-green paper
Drawing

Vertical view of a young girl, with long flowing hair, holding a drinking glass.
Landscape and Architecture Sketches, as-Samu, Palestine
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, February 17, 1868
Graphite on white wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Landscape and architectural studies around as-Samu, Palestine showing a view of buildings along a horizon at upper left, a sketch of a staircase at right, and a detail of a cornerpeice of an entablature showing shells in semi-circles.

Verso: Architectural studies around as-Samu, Palestine, including the transcription of a Semitic inscription found carved into a rock, along upper margin, and multiple sketches of the profiles of column capitals visible along lower margin.
Pleated fan
Alouïse van de Voord, 1885–90
Cotton bobbin lace leaf backed with silk, pierced and carved ivory sticks, silk tassel

Pleated fan. Leaf ofwhite cotton bobbin-made Valenciennes lace in floral design, backed with silk net. Sticks of pierced and carved ivory in floral design. Guards with figures of birds, cupids and insects. Metal loop at the rivet. Attached tassel.
Study for "The Beneficence of the Law," Essex County Courthouse, Newark, NJ
Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919, 1907
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Two sketches of a young male figure seated with arms raised.
Portrait of Czar Alexander I
, 1843
silk Technique: jacquard woven Label: jacquard woven silk

Rectangular panel showing a portrait of Czar Alexander I, depicting the ruler in military dress.
Trimming
, 19th century
silk Technique: woven

Pink and yellow trimming fragments in a design of lozenges with geometric ornaments.
Fountains
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1746–1809
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

At left: the left side of the elevation of a fountain in a park. A dado zone is on a lower level. Water is intended to pour from holes in three niches and from jars which two figures hold in their hands standing in front of the intervals. upon the flanked pilasters stand small fountains on the upper level. In its center is a fountain, the upper basin of which is carried by seated Atlantes. A semicircular lattice collonade and  trees are in the background. A detail view of the central fountain is above at right. Below at right is a very rough pen sketch of the left half of the elevation of another founrtain upon two levels. Arcades with statues are in the center of the lower level, a pavillion in that of the upper level.
Designs for Obelisks
Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742, 1749-1761
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Bound print

Page with two plates printed next to one another. Each plate features designs for four obelisks with variations on their bases and shaft shape and decoration. The obelisks of the left plate are topped with, from left to right: a base of masks from which emerges foliage; a trophy of helmets, a horn, an axe, and a fasces; an eagle atop a globe with a wreath in its beak; and faceted orb with curved horns and a boar with a crescent moon. The obelisks on the right plate are topped with, from left to right: a pinecone; a grotesque dolphin; an orb with a spear through it; and a crowned orb covered in fleurs-de-lys. Both plates are signed and numbered.
Design for a Monument flanked by Fountains
, 1700
Pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper
drawing

Allegorical figures with trophies flank an obelisk with relief sculpture of trophies of warfare surrounding a blank escutcheon surmounted by a royal crown. The base of the monument has been left blank for the inscription. Waterfalls at either sides; trees in the background. Framing line at bottom with undecipherable scribllings.
Teapot
Royal Worcester, English, established 1751, ca. 1770
soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel
teapot

Globous on cylindrical foot, with cylindrical neck, simple spout and plain loop handle. Flat domed cover. With applied floral knob attached to a stem and foliage in relief. Decoration of floral sprays and butterflies.
Pine Trees Along a Rocky Bank, Catskill, New York
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, September 1844
Graphite on white wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of three large pine trees atop a moss-covered, fern-filled, and rocky steam bank. The largest tree, sketched in the greatest detail, is visible at center left. At lower center, a dirt road descends toward the stream.

Verso: Figure sketch showing at detailed view of a bull's head and face, at center, and below it at lower center/right, the outline of a figure wearing a top hat. The figure resembles a snowman viewed from behind.
Handscreen
, mid- 18th century
Painted paper leaf, turned wood handle

Handscreen with a hand-painted paper leaf. Obverse: a Chinoiserie scene with enthroned woman, Chinese man in hat, and man playing gongs. Reverse: a spray of flowers with three pink blossoms. Turned wood handle.
DÉCORATION DU SALON COMPOSÉ DE TRANSPARENTS. Qui a eté élevé sur deux batteaux placés sur la Seine le 29 Aoust 1739, jour de l’illumination et des Feux d’Artifice ordonnez par Monsieur Turgot Prevôt des Marchand et Messieurs les Echevins de la Ville de Paris, Exécutée sur les desseins du Chevalier Servandony, et rempli par les Musiciens qui ont Conserté devant leurs Majestez, aussitost qu’elle ont été placées sur le Trône qui leur avoit été dressé au pavillon du Jardin de l’Infante, vis-à-vis...
François Baillieul, French, 1697? – 1754, after 1739
Etching on laid paper
Print

A festival print illustrating an ephemeral structure in the river Seine, along with other boats for the festivities, illuminations and fireworks given by the city of Paris in 1739. The large structure in the center, appears to be on a rocky island, with a central tall column topped with a globe and flag, with a surrounding colonnade, topped with flags and decorated with ornament. The whole structure is fitted with illuminations, with a group of musicians in the middle, below the column.  Other boats with figures and illuminations float around the central island structure. There also fountains on the river along with two fountains in the form of dragons. Facades of the buildings along the Seine are visible in the background. The title and description are lettered above, and the address lettered below.
Garment for an ecclesiastical figurine
, 16th–17th century
cotton (for outer jacket); silk (for lining); metallic thread Technique: double cloth (outer jacket): plain weave with warps and wefts of twill

Jacket of blue and white cotton in squares with metallic trim.
Nude
Domenico Corvi, Italian, 1721 - 1803, ca. 1740
Red crayon on paper
Drawing

Young man, sitting, seen from behind.
Portrait of Daniele Chodoiecki, Frontispiece for "Neue Bibliotheh der scönen Wissenschaften," Leipzig, Germany, 1780
Christian Gottlieb Geyser, German, 1742 - 1803, 1779–1780
Stipple and line engraving with etching on paper
Print

Portrait of Daniel Chodowiecki (1726-1801), frontispiece in Neue Bibliotheh der schönen Wissenschaften, Leipzig, 1780
Trimming
, 19th century
silk

Trimming fragment in a design of flowers, leaves and tendrils on scrolling stems in red on a white satin ground with an appliqué of red cord. Narrow red cord (gimp) on both edges.
Window shade and cornice
, 1850–1900
Hand painted silk, wood cornice

Vining floral design typical of Chinese hand painted wallpapers. In foreground, strange rock formation amid grassy plateaus, waterlillies in pond at right, two large predatory birds amidst smaller birds, hummingbird and butterflies. Painted in bright polychrome color.
Ornamental Design from "Nouvelle suite de cahiers chinois a l'usage des dessinateurs et des peintres" No.3, Inventes et dessines par Jean Pillement. Graves par Anne Allen.
Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808, after 1775
Etching with colored inks à la poupé on off-white laid paper
Print

Ship surrounded by fantastic flora.
Two Designs for Portico and Court of Palace
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, early 19th century
Pen and ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of black chalk on heavy white paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle with two horizontal compositions. At top, interior of portico in palace. At bottom, two figures, possibly mother and child, in palace court with archway and fountain at left.
Two Quarters of a Ceiling
François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768, 1740–68
Etching and engraving on paper
Bound print

Two quarters of a rocaille ceiling with alternate suggestions; a central rosette divides the two schemes.
Lit a tombeau antique avec doublure retrousse a quatre colonnes vue par le pied
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, late 18th century
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Design for a four-poster canopy (baldachin) bed with the four posts bending inwards to support a smaller crown above. The crown is topped with feather finials, and corner fleurons ornament, with swags of hanging textiles and bed curtains tied to the posts. The headboard features a central feather finial. The bed linen is decorated with floral motifs. The skirt features floral motifs, scrolling leaves, and hanging swags of textiles with passementeries and tassels. A scale below. The plate is titled, numbered, and signed.
Project for Two Octagonal Paintings: Daedalus using Breasts of Hebe as Model for Bowl for Jupiter. Hebe Receives this Bowl from Him.
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, ca. 1810
Pen and brown ink on cream laid paper
Drawing

Hebe shown leaning upon chair and raising her right arm. Daedalus takes measurement of her right breast with compass.  At bottom: Daedalus sitting upon bench dismisses Hebe with a pitcher and bowl.
Figure Sketches, Mexico
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1883–1884
Graphite on light green wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Figure sketches including fifteen partial and complete views of men and women in Mexico, almost entirely viewed obliquely from behind. At upper left, a sketch of a woman wearing draped clothing is visible beside that of a woman's upper body as she holds a child. At upper center, a scene of multiple figures at a bar or counter is included. At upper right, four partial views of a man in a brimmed hat are visible. Along the lower margin at lower center and lower right, six men and women are sketch from behind. The women wear draped skirts while the men wear broad brimmed hats, boots, and what appear to be wool scarves.

Verso: Landscape sketch showing a view of an expansive plain bounded by mountains in Mexico. The flat terrain extends from the foreground to the background, where a sharp and rugged mountain range stretches across the horizon, faintly rendered. At lower right, a loose sketch of a covered wagon is included.
Design for a Chimneypiece
, 1780–1800
Graphite, pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper
Drawing

A variation of 1938-88-8214. Brackets are above in the lateral stripes supporting cornices of an entablature. Bunches of fruits hang below them. The rinceaux in the upper strip spring from a fruit bowl. The right half suggests colored marble in the lateral and in the upper strip. Shadow, background, base line, plans, scale as in 1938-88-8214. The lateral elevation is shown at left.
Modèles pour divers Compartimens à l’Usage des Plafonds, Voutes et Parquets
Jean-François de Neufforge, Flemish, 1714 – 1791, 1763
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Two designs for ceiling, vault, or floor ornament decorated with neoclassical motifs including portrait roundels, rosettes, festoons of laurel leaves, and meander motifs. A plan view of the designs in relief is included below each design, with a scale along the bottom. The plate is titled, numbered, and signed.
Living room
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1746–1809
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

Living room.
Button
, 19th century
Brass, gold plated

1931-59-115: Flatt button ornamented by a shield with three coc...
Ornamental Vase Design
Joseph Marie Vien, French, 1716–1809, 1760
Etching on laid paper
Print

Bowl-shaped vase with two upturned handles at the neck. The vase is decorated with a festoon, fluting, gadrooning, and acanthus leaf ornamentation. The vase is elevated on a stepped platform that extends to the edge of the image. The plate is signed and numbered.
Design for an Architrave
Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702–1786, ca. 1770
Black crayon, pen and ink, brush and sepia on laid paper
Drawing

On top are three capitals connected by an entablature, with candles standing beside the capitals, except at the left, where the capital is on top of a column and the candlestick is farther from it. The entablature is decorated with festoons. Below the entablature is a frieze with two escutcheons beside a trophy of arms. Partially squared.
Bracket and Rosette Designs
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1785-1788
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

The plate is divided to show two bracket and two rosette designs. At the top is the profile of a scroll bracket with acanthus leaf ornamentation down the front. The rosette has acanthus leaf and bead detailing. The profile of the bracket below, also of a scroll form, has fluting and ribbon twist ornamentation. its paired medallion has a spiraling acanthus leaf pattern. The plate is signed, but the numbering at the lower right is not apparent (in comparison with other versions of this album, it should be numbered 5).
Arabesque Design
Pierre Thomas Le Clerc, French, ca. 1740 - ca. 1796, 1788
Etching and aquatint on laid paper
Print

Arabesque ornament design with neoclassical motifs. Hanging textile, arrows, and festoons of flowers, a mask with feathers, two child satyrs, two putto holding flaming torches, a central vase with fruit, scrolling acanthus leaves, fleurons, s-scrolls, and rosettes. The plate is signed and numbered.
Three Men at a Sheep Shearing
Walter Shirlaw, American, b. Scotland, 1838–1909, ca. 1875
Graphite on cream wove paper
Drawing

Two kneeling men are shearing sheep; the central figure carries a sheep. Below, at right, studies for the right forearm and the left hand of the man at right, who is shearing.
Excerpt from The White Tigress from Illustrations for Short Stories: A Magazine of Fact and Fiction (XIX, No. 1, May 1895, p. 9, 10)
Frederick Stuart Church, American, 1842–1924, 1895
Printed in black ink on paper
Ephemera

Excerpt from a story of a man meeting a Russian ivory carver who then tells the story of the inspiration and creation of a sculpture the narrator was interested in. Page 10 has an illustration of a portrait of a woman with a frame with a tiger on it.
Broken Tree upon a Boulder
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1870–85
Graphite on light green wove paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing the burn trunk of a tree broken over a large, granite boulder. Shown at center, the fracture in the tree occurs at the darkest, most charred point the tree, whose two broken halves are angled downward at left and right. Rough, broken branches extend outward from the trunk throughout. A large, round boulder beneath the tree supports its two decays halves.
Study of Hermes, Preparatory Study for the Fall of the Giants, Ceiling Fresco at the Palazzo Moroni, Bergamo
Gian Giacomo Barbelli, 1649
Charcoal, brush and white heightening on grey-blue paper
Drawing

Seated male figure seen from behind, sitting on a cloud, turning to look outward at the viewer
Rocaille Border Designs
Franz Xaver Habermann, German, 1721 – 1796, mid- 18th century
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Designs for rocaille ornamented borders for doorways, cartouches, or mirrors. The plate is signed and numbered.
Map of Saugerties Area, New York
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1860–80
Graphite on blue wove paper
Drawing

Sketched map of the area around the town of Saugerties, New York. With the upper portion of the composition facing east, the wide, undulating, horizontal band at center represents the Hudson River, while its perpendicular arm at lower center is Esopus Creek, which bends to the south. Saugerties is located on both sides of the creek, on the shore of the Hudson River. People and place names inscribed throughout.
The Fore-part of a Dog
Jean-Baptiste Huet, French, 1745 – 1811, ca. 1778
Crayon-manner engraving in red ink on paper
Print

The fore-part of a hunting dog, with clipped ears and wearing a spiked collar, facing right. Probably from: "Premier Cahier de fragment et de principes de dessius de tous genre…"
Design for a Printed Certifiate of a Religious Ceremony for Children
Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863, ca. 1825
Graphite on paper
Drawing

A kind of tablet with space for an inscription. The risen Christ is in the center. On top is the coat of arms of Pope Leo XII (1823-1829) in front of a frieze. Laterally are calices with knots and wreaths. The part of the frieze are shown in detail below: children, most of them with crosses, are invited by their mothers to pass by a seated woman holding a cross, and accomapnied by two children. A mtoher and child in detail beside, at right. A sainted sheperdess recieves newcomers. Angels are in attendance. A details of a kneeling angel, presenting two sheep, is at right. Top right: sketch of a child, a flower, monogram, in medallion.
Plan et Coupe d'un Sallon au bout d'une Gallerie
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, 1774
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Plan and cross section of a living room with a doorway, with an overdoor semi-circle pediment with two sphynxes and a vase. On either side of the doorway is a niche with a statue of antique inspiration. The walls are decorated with ornament motifs including pilasters with Corinthian capitals, reliefs of antique subject matter, and rosettes. The plate is signed.
Bird Cage in the Form of a Church
, 1850–1900
Wood
birdcage

Standing cage in form of church, with buttressed tower; door, arched windows and ornament of geometric pierced designs.  Tray (part b), opens at back; base (part c) with "fence."
View of Japan
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1892
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Recto: Sketch of a building with a thatched roof; Verso: Sketch of a female figure.
Church of Guapulo, Quito, Ecuador
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, September 2, 1853
Graphite on white wove paper
Drawing

Landscape and architectural study of a church now named the Church and Monastery of Our Lady of Guápulo, in the neighborhood of Guapulo in Quito, Ecuador. In the foreground, a courtyard garden is visible with a fountain and a stone balustrade, viewed obliquely. In the middle distance, the church is characterized by its ornate facade, long nave, and tall, tiled dome. At left and right, sloping hillsides define the valley. Tall mountains rise across a plain in the background.
Stage design, a garden loggia
Filippo Juvarra, Italian, 1678 - 1736, ca. 1700–14
Pen and ink, brush and gray watercolor on paper
Drawing

The small barriers of a monumental gateway are opened. It has the shape of a colonnade with a higher vaulted central part, and with two lower, straight, covered lateral parts. In front of the latter stand statues of angels; the left one is carrying a cross and another objecy; the right one is carrying possibly a trumpet. View through the central part, at a vestibule with stairs, leading up to a gallery which is closed at the back by a barrier.
Design for a Baptismal Font
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, ca. 1775
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper
Drawing

The plan of the bowl resembles a quatrefoil. Below is a round base and a short shaft, with a festoon supported by two cherubim. The lid has, below, moldings and two pediment volutes at the front upon which two angels sit embracing each other, the left one holding in his right hand flower stems. In the center is an onion-shaped cupola with a cross on top. Usual background.