biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Mountain in Bavaria
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, August 8, 1868
Graphite, brush and white gouache on light brown wove paper
drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of a mountain in Bavaria, Germany. Possibly viewed from the surface of a lake, the scene includes a dense group of trees in the middle distance at center and a rocky, sloping mountain in the background. The mountain ascends diagonally to the center, where its cliff-strewn peak is visible. Distant mountains are faintly rendered at far right.
Autres Vases Elévés sur des Piédestaux
Jean-François de Neufforge, Flemish, 1714 – 1791, 1763
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Six designs for vases on socles decorated with neoclassical motifs and ornament featuring festoons of leaves, fluting, roundel portraits, leaves, meander and scale patterns, and figures. The plate is titled, numbered, and signed.
Platter
, ca. 1740
Brass

Circular with raised boss at center. Decorated with repoussé gadrooning surrounded by a field with inscription. Allover punched designs in three concentric circles.
Fragment
Warner, Sillet & Ramm, 1871 - 1874, late 19th century
silk Technique: compound satin

Tan satin ground with some details of the design in plain weave. Allover closely-spaced design of curving branches with large decorative flowers and foliage. Peacocks perch on branches. Design in the tan functional weft and an extra coral silk weft.
Three Friezes; A Base; An Ornament
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, ca. 1800
Pen and dark brown ink on laid paper
Drawing

Top row, left: vine rinceau, bucrania support festoons at right. Both friezes framed above and below by moldings. Bottom row, left: theatrical masks stand upon lower framing molding in front of pairs of crossed vine branches. Female head and scrolls situated between dolphins, frieze framed between moldings and plinth below. Winged genius stands betweens rinceaus. Verso: sketches include decoration of square ceiling. At right, tympanum with triumphal chariot. Above, leaves and sketch for genius.
Valley View
Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858, 1797-1858
Woodblock print in colored ink on paper
Print

Hiroshige's eye-catching folded valley leads the viewer's eye to meander towards the front of the print. Here we see four partial huts are lit with lanterns. Beneath them, people are resting on benches or standing outside enjoying the day.
New Year's Wish for Germany
Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, German, 1726 - 1801, 1779
Stipple and line engraving on paper
Print

An angel is asked to submit the prayer for peace to God. At right: line separating the prints on the sheet.