biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Tequendama Falls near Bogata, Colombia
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, June 20–30, 1853
Graphite, brush and white gouache on gray-green wove paper; verso: graphite, brush and oxidized white gouache
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing view of Tequendama Falls nestled in the dense, rugged Colombian jungle. A large, rocky prominence dominates rightmost portion of composition. Slope descends from right to left into a river gorge, with another steep, wooded hillside opposite at left. In the middle distance, the lofty waterfall cascades from a rocky cliff into a mist-filled gully. Other wooded hillsides at left descend to the waterfall, as well.

Verso: Landscape sketch showing view across expansive, mountainous landscape with a snow-capped, conic volcano in the distance on the horizon. Wooded ridgeline visible in foreground with ravines and valleys interspersed throughout middle distance. Low clouds stretch across valley. High mountain range with volcano comprises horizon.
Mnemosyne, Mother of the Muses
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, ca. 1820
Black chalk on laid paper
Drawing

A woman sitting, seen from the left, her head raised upwards.
Album of Prints: Ornament Designs Invented by Jean Berain
Jean Berain, the elder, French, 1640-1711, 1711
Book

Album of prints containing a collection of Ornament Designs Invented by Jean Berain, collated and sold by his son-in-law, Jacques Thuret, in 1711.
Lip-spout pitcher
Auguste Bergeret, French, 1700–1725
Black chalk, pen and ink, brush and blue-gray wash on paper
Drawing

Shown in profile; the handle is at left. It consists of scrolls and a male torso. Divided into many richly decorated sections. An indistinct scene is represented in the main section of the body. The main persons seem to be a kneeling man, a soldier, a priest and a pretor.
Study of Hands of a Violin Player
Walter Shirlaw, American, b. Scotland, 1838–1909, March 1878
Graphite, white crayon on rough grey paper
Drawing

Shown are a violin held by a player and two details: the left hand with most of his arm and fore part of the violin.  Two right hands in the pose of holding the bow; a left hand shown from above; a right hand holding something shown from the fingers; a right shoe, obliquely shown.  The back part of the left shoe shown in profile.  An account at upper edge.
Textile
, 19th century
piña (pineapple) fiber, cotton Technique: plain weave

Cream pineapple fiber ground with a plaid of blue cotton.
Altar mensa
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1746-1809
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper
Drawing

The left half is shown. The central part is projecting. One step leads to it. Laterally are molded panels. The bathtub sarcophagus is supported by a gaine with a lion mask. In the center is an ovoidal opening with a monogram in front and with a framing of palm branches. In the center of the ledge is the tabernacle. In front of the upper mouldings is a festoon supported by a cherubim.
Chimborazo from Riobamba, Ecuador
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, July 1857
Graphite, brush and oxidized white gouache on tan wove paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of the rolling terrain near the city of Riobamba, Ecuador, with Chimborazo and El Altar in the distance. In the foreground at left, a winding river cuts a gully through the landscape. Middle distance comprised of an elevated plain that extends to the horizon, where the snow-capped Chimborazo towers over the surrounding terrain. At right, the spiky peaks of El Altar are also featured on the horizon.
Two Octagons: Vigilance, Beneficence.
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, ca. 1813
Pen and ink, brush and brownish grey wash on rough paper.
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. Top: Vigilance shown seated between two putti raising lamp with right hand, holding something indistinct in left hand. Caption written above in black chalk: "Vigilanza." Bottom: Beneficence shown seated and holding two cornucopiae  helped by two putti. Caption: " beneficenza." Small part of another drawing at left edge. Verso: small parts of two pen sketches. Left edges of left row sketches on reverse of -3394. Captions as in 1901-39-3260. On reverse 1901-39-3260part of pen sketch similar to this. Variant 1901-39-3393.
Designs for Ecclesiastic Stalls
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1746–1809
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

Designs for Ecclesiastic Stalls.
Mr. Shriner's Farmhouse
Francis Hopkinson Smith, American, 1838–1915, August 28, 1856
Graphite, pastel crayon on paper
Drawing

View of a large farmhouse with surrounding fields and barn.
A Road in Polling, Bavaria
Walter Shirlaw, American, b. Scotland, 1838–1909, 1876
Graphite on cream wove paper
Drawing

A group of birches growing at at the bank of a ditch. At right, a road at the rear of structures. A man with a wheel-barrow is walking on it.
Coat of arms of Cardinal Vincenzo Maria Altieri
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1789–1793
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. An escutcheon bears the six stars of the Altieri: - 3, 2, 1. On top a prelate's hat with tassels. The escutcheon is supported at left by a flying and trumpeting angel. At right flies Saturnus, supporting with his left hand the hat and raising with his right hand an hour-glass. Garlands and usual background.
Green River from the Ferry, Wyoming Territory
Thomas Moran, American, b. Britain, 1837–1926, 1879–80
Graphite, brush and watercolor, white gouache on gray wove paper
Drawing

Horizontal view of the river and sandbar in the foreground, receding diagonally to left.  Beyond, a line of castellated cliffs, with a fringe of trees at base.  Cliffs are a pale pink; river is blue, blue-gray and white; sky is white.
Cartouche Decorated with Elements of Fire
Jacques de Lajoüe, French, 1687–1761, 1740
Engraving on white laid paper
Print

The center of the cartouche is defined by an iron door which is surrounded by elements of fire: salamanders spewing fire, serpents, torches, a pitchfork, and leaping flames.
Schooner and Three Dinghies
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1880
Graphite on cold pressed paper
Drawing

Vertical view showing at the top a schooner under sail and three dinghies and at the bottom a boat being rowed by a man and sails.  Horizontally at center of drawing is the upper portion of a woman leaning over a parapet.
Medallion
, 4th–6th century
Warp; z-spun wool, Weft; S-spun wool Technique: supplementary weft floats in plain weave foundation

Medallion contains eight pointed star filled with geometric forms. Mounted on plain weave linen
Pleated fan and case
, late 19th century
Linen Alençon lace leaf, carved and pierced mother-of-pearl sticks, cardboard case lined with silk satin

Linen Alençon lace leaf with a different thread used for outlining the design. Mother-of-pearl sticks, carved and pierced with lattice pattern and baskets of flowers. Each guard with a single cupid. 

Cardboard case covered, padded and lined with white silk satin. Inside, shaped to fit fan.
Combers in a Stormy Sea
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, ca. 1884
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Sketch of a stormy sea with a vessel on the horizon.
Ice Cream Cooler (Seau à Glace; One of a Pair)
, ca. 1795
porcelain (possibly soft paste), vitreous enamel, gold
cooler with lining and cover

Semi-ovoid, cylindrical rim; four rectangular legs with lion mascarpone at knees, and paw feet. Lining a flattened hemisphere, with flaring rim and flat edge. Cover is concave, with textured bulbous handle and cylindrical edge. Decoration of scattered floral sprays and blue ribbons.
Goat Island and Horseshoe Falls, Niagara River, Canada
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1856 or 1858
Graphite on tan wove paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of Horseshoe Falls and Goat Island from the Canadian bank of the Niagara River. In the foreground, the edge of Horseshoe Falls curves into the middle distance, where the vegetation of Goat Island is visible. In the background, billowing clouds rise over the flat horizon in an otherwise open sky.

Verso: Loose figure sketch in the lower left corner showing two embracing women, both adorned in large gowns, who appear to be dancing.
LE REPOS DE CHASSE
Christophe Huet, French, 1695 – 1759, 1743
Etching on laid paper
Bound print

Plate 6 of a series of 23 prints featuring monkeys acting as humans in various figural scenes. In outdoor setting, a seated monkey in gentleman hunter's costume (waistcoat, tunic, pants), rests against a rock. In his left hand, he holds a rifle (gun). In his right hand, he holds a dead goose by its leg.
Infantry Rifle Drill, Sickles Regiment, Lee's Mills, Virginia
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1862
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Horizontal view of a line fo infantry soldiers at rifle drill, with officers.
Campfire with Soldiers
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1861
Recto: Graphite, brush and gray wash on paper Verso: Graphite on paper
Drawing

Recto:  Horizontal view of a campfire with soldiers grouped about it.
Verso: Trial lettering for caption of the illustration, "Songs of the War," published in Harper's Weekly, November 23, 1861.
Design for an Iron Balcony
Gabriel Bonthomme, France, active ca. 1775, 1777
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

Design for an iron balcony with decorative motifs including lyres, rosettes, and a central oval with draped laurel leaves. The plate is numbered but not signed.
Sidewall
, 1890–1900
Machine-printed, mica, liquid

Tobacco brown ground with conventional leaf scrolls in silver and gilt. Mica finish. Marked: "Process patented July 19, 1892."
Cup and Saucer
Le Nove Porcelain Manufactory, Italian, established ca. 1727, late 18th century
porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold
cup and saucer

With green and gold flower and sprig decoration.
Study for a Male Nude
Gian Giacomo Barbelli, ca. 1750
Charcoal, chalk, white heightening on paper
Drawing

A figure shown from the front with a raised head. The lowered left arm is stretched out. The right one is turned toward the back, the first design having been corrected.
Two Furniture Leg Designs
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1775-1788
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Two furniture leg designs arranged horizontally on the page. The leg at left has a top block with a rosette carved on top of an oval medallion. The top flat is comprised of bound laurel leaves, and the shaft of the leg is wavy and bound by cloth-looking x's. The leg at right has a top block with a ribbon-rosette pierced by arrows, a cove of vertical feathers, egg gadrooning at the shoulder, and spiral fluting and lancet lead ornamentation on the shaft. The plate is signed and the numbering appears to have been cut off at the bottom with the trimming of the page. In comparison with other version of the plate, it should be numbered C3.
Plate 6, from Diverses pièces de serruriers (Various Designs for Locksmiths)
Hugues Brisville, French, active ca. 1663, after 1662
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Horizontal rectangle showing scrolling arabesques entertwined with nude figures whose bodies terminate in acanthus leaves. At left, design for a bracket with two figures.
Study of Sophia Chew for "The Republican Court" (Lady Washington's Reception Day)
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, 1860
Graphite, white chalk on grey wove paper
Drawing

Woman standing, her body turned to the left, looking over her left shoulder at the viewer.  Her hands on the back of an armchair.
Fan leaf
, early 19th century
Linen embroidered with silk in satin stich, sequins

Unmounted pleated fan leaf, in linen embroidered in satin stich with sequins. Design of holly leaves and pomegranates.
Minerva
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1804
Graphite, pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper
Drawing

Minerva shown in profile, seated. She writes upon a sword. To the right, scrolls and an artist pallet.
View to the Sea, Grand Manan Island, Canada
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, September 1851
Graphite on tan wove paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view across an elevated meadow of rolling and wooded coastal terrain on Grand Manan Island in Canada. In the foreground, a tuft of vegetation is visible at right while, just beyond it, a group of three or four houses are shown just beyond a split rail fence. At left, a heavily wooded hillside with several tall conifers gently descends toward the center, where another building is visible behind some trees. In the middle distance at center, a road curves up and over a small raise in the land, where several buildings and houses are perched. At right, a small hill rises above the rest of the heavily wooded landscape, which extends into the distance a left before meeting the ocean in the background. Several capes or islands are shown jutting into the water in the background at center and left.
Four Allegories of Commedia and Tragedy
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, ca. 1810
Pen and brown ink, graphite on cream laid paper
Drawing

Page divided into quadrants with further details at right margin. Notes above and below.
Bureau à la Financiére
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Design for a desk with ornament motifs including fluting, garlands, rosettes, ribbon twist, and, at center, a mascaron above a garland of bound leaves. The plate is signed.
Floral Trophy
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, 1778
Etching on laid paper
Print

Floral trophy ornament design incorporating flowers, foliate branches, festoon of flowers and leaves, birds, horn, quiver of arrows, rifle, net, boar's head, and a powder flask. The plate is numbered.
Two Half Panel Designs with a Landscape
Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682, 1654
Etching on laid paper
Print

Two half panel designs with a rectangular landscape in the center featuring two figures and ruins framed by a cartouche, scrolling leaves, festoons of leaves and fruit, female figures, putto, foliate branches, fruit, acanthus leaves, and fish scale pattern molding.
Vignettes of Ships
Jean Berain, the elder, French, 1640-1711, 1711
Engraving on laid paper
Bound print

Vignettes of eleven ships against a blank background. The plate is not signed.
Button
, 1801–25
Silver, brass

1931-59-131: Circular flat button with coat of arms with two sh...
Trimming ornaments
, 1919
linen Technique: crochet

Flower and leaf ornament in a style known as "Irish lace."
POELE dans le genre moderne, avec trophies, pilastres et arabesques
Louis-Gustave Taraval, French, 1738 – 1794, ca. 1791
Etching on paper
Print

Design for a stove heater decorated with neoclassical motifs, in the form of a pedestal decorated with a square panel with two birds, framed by foliate branches, and a quiver of arrows, flaming torch, bow, and a horn at their feet. Framed by horizontal panels of intertwined foliate branches and a basket. And running pattern moldings, featuring egg and dart, fleurons, and leaf motifs. A plan view and scale below. The plate is signed.
Hector's Farewell (Addio di Ettore a Andromaca)
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, n.d.
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, charcoal on light blue laid paper
Drawing

Hector is shown removing his helmet.  The nurse holding the frightened Astyanax stands at right.  Andromaca crouches at Hector's side.  A street seems to be the setting.
Tile
, mid-18th century
Tin-enamelled earthenware

Square tile. Centered with circular medallion enclosing a vase with flowers and two addorsed birds, blue on white. Border of powdered orange-red, with blue on white cherubs' heads at the corners. In black walnut frame.
Design for a Printed Border
, ca. 1790
Pen and black ink, brush and gouache on paper
Drawing

Strawberries and blackberries with big leaves growing from bottom. Blue lower edge, gray margin at left.
Case with three small bottles
, ca. 1770
Leather, painted and varnished; green velvet; glass; silver; cork

Shaped box of leather with sloping cover hinged at back containing three cut-glass scent bottles with silver tops (two have glass stoppers and one cork with silver ring). The decoration on the leather is of the type known as Vernis Martin and shows on the front an elopement scene; on the sides, trophies; and on the back, a chateau on a river. The box is lined with green velvet.
Clef curichie pour differentes portes
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Two designs for keystones over curved doors. The top keystone is carved with a lion head and has military trophy above on either side. The bottom keystone is fluted and has draped garland and ribbon over the curve. The plate is signed.
Ceiling decoration
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1746–1809
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

Ceiling decoration.
Ornamental Vase Design
Joseph Marie Vien, French, 1716–1809, 1760
Etching on laid paper
Print

Lidded vase with two tall, upward looped handles. The vase is decorated with gadrooning on its lid, a meander around the shoulder, and an acanthus leaf pattern over the body. The foot is tapered and extends the acanthus leaf pattern. The vase is elevated on a platform that extends to the edge of the image. The plate is signed and numbered.
Design for a Centerpiece
Pietro Belli, Italian, 1780–1828, early 19th century
Pen and brown ink, brush and gray and pale yellow watercolor over graphite on light green paper
Drawing

Design for a centerpiece, positioned at the center of the sheet. The base is in the form of a truncated column upon which stand two female figures dressed in classical attire (maenads) holding aloft floral wreaths and garlands. They are shown in profile.  The bowl rests on a quiver with arrows, which is positioned between the female figures.  On either side of the base is a griffin carrying a bowl on its head.
Designs for Frames and an Incense Burner
Henri Sallembier, French, ca. 1753 - 1820, 1777–78
Etching on paper
Print

Designs for three frames and an incense burner decorated with neoclassical motifs. To the left, an oval frame with a picture of a landscape sits within the center of a larger rectangular frame. To the right is a frame with a picture of a landscape with a figure. The frames are topped with a vase, wings, helmet, arrow, festoons of foliate branches, and flowers. The incense burner in the center is decorated with meander and scrolling leaf motifs, fluting, caryatids with wings. The plate is numbered.
The Lupercalian Festivals
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1821–22
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of black chalk on white heavy wove paper
Sketchbook folio

Upper drawing, male figure in classical dress at center, with robe billowing behind him, rushing past smoking altar. Figure at right dancing. In background figures visible through smoke. Lower drawing figure in classical armor, apparently Romulus, at right directing ploughman with two oxen. Other figures at left removing(or setting) stones and timbers.
Moon over the Rhône Valley, Belalp, Switzerland
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, September 1, 1868
Graphite and white gouache on tan wove paper
Drawing

Loose landscape sketch showing a view of the moon shining over the Bernese Alps and the Rhône Valley of Switzerland, as seen from the hamlet of Belalp. In the foreground, steep mountainsides at left and right descend inward, revealing a view of the valley floor below, where the Rhône River visibly winds through the landscape. In the distance, the rugged, snow-capped alps that make up the opposite side of the valley form a high, serrated horizon. Clouds hang near the mountain peaks, as the moon floats just above the horizon at upper left.
Akasaka: On the Nawate Road, Yajirobei Takes Kitahachi for a Fox and Beats Him (Akasaka, Nawatemichi ni te Yajirobei Kitahachi o kitsune to omohite chochaku suru) from the Series 53 Stations of the Tokaido
Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858, 1797-1858
Woodblock print in colored ink on paper
Print

Two tall pine trees divide the print in half. Below them are three animated figures. One man is holding up a long pole while the one standing in front of him is mimicking the gesture. A third man is staring at the both of them. Out in the background approaches another figure who is walking by himself.
Design for Embroidered or Woven Motifs of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"
Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1805–1815
Brush and white gouache on glazed tracing paper pasted on paper
Drawing

A flower bough, a rose and three leaves as parts of a garland.
Two Boys Looking at a Book
, 1740–1760
Graphite, brush and wash on laid paper
Drawing

One boy is seated under a tree with a book in his lap, his arm around the other boy's shoulders. The other boy is lying on his stomach, propped up on his elbows. A dog sits expectantly to the left of the seated boy. A faint outline of a church is in the background of the hilly country landscape.
Title Page
Charles-Germain de Saint-Aubin, French, 1721–1786, 1757–68
Hand-colored etching and engraving on paper
Print

Title page for a series of floral bouquets designs with the title lettered in the center of a large flower petal surrounded by sprigs of buttercup with leaves tied together in a floral bouquet. The plate is titled and hand colored. The large central petal is purple/pink with a green underside. The smaller surrounding flowers are yellow.
Water color; On the shore in Chiaja
Saverio della Gatta, Italian, 1777 - 1829, 1828
Black chalk and various water colors on paper.
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Three men move a boat lying on the shore, at left. At right are a standing and spinning woman, a seated woman nursing a baby with a girl standing beside her, three men and an eating child. At left is a rock, at right is a promontory with structure, in the background are Capri and the peninsula of Sorrento. Framing line. The signature is in the lower right corner: "Gatta f. 1828."
Design for an Ornament
Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702–1786, 1728–1778
Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash on paper
Drawing

Architectural element consisting of an ornamental capital with vegetal motif on a pedestal.
Project for an Altar
, 1625–50
Black chalk, pen and ink on paper
Drawing

Right half of design shown. In the pediment is a frame. At right is an attic with ovoid panel containing a sketch of a child. Festoons hang from brackets.
Standing Female Nude
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, 1850–60
Graphite on brown wove paper
Drawing

Female nude figure standing, facing frontally. Her right hand holds a sheet of paper, and her left hand leans on a table.
Coupe de l’Escalier de l’Appartement des Princes, au Château de Versailles / Plan du premier étage de l’Escalier de l’Appartement des Princes
Jean Mariette, French, 1660–1742, 1727–42
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

A plate with an architectural section of the staircase for the Prince's Apartment at the Royal Palace of Versailles in the upper half and a plan of the first floor of the staircase below. The section illustrates a plain ground floor level with two sets of two-leaf doors, and staircase to the right. At the upper level, a set of two-leaf doors with a sculpted rectangular overdoor panel with sphynx; a central arch with a view through to a corridor with more arches and pilasters, and a man next to a vase with flowers in the foreground, to the right. To the right of the archway, a rectangular opening for a door with the same overdoor panel above. Pilasters on the wall in between the doors and the central archway and corbels at the cornice level. The plan below depicts the staircase and ornate flooring with rosette and geometric designs. The plate is labelled.
Coconut Palm with Figure, Jamaica
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, June 1865
Brush and oil, graphite on bright green paperboard
Drawing

Landscape and figure sketch of a Jamaican laborer of African descent who appears to prepare to scale a curving palm tree. From lower center, the palm's trunk curves to the upper right corner, and is rendered with high level of finish. In middle distance at left, the trunk of another tree rises out of frame. The figure lower at right wears tattered shirt and pants with a straw hat and holds a brightly-colored bundle in his left arm.