biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Canyon and Cliffs, Palestine or Syria
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, February or March 1868
Graphite on white wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Landscape sketch of cliffs and a canyon in the mountains near the present-day border of Israel and Jordan. Visible in middle distance at center, two cliffs--one in front of the other--are made up of multiple horizontal bands of rock strata. Canyon opening visible at center left. Tall, triangular mountain rises at right.

Verso: Two landscape studies showing views of a streaming running through a rugged landscape, at left, and at right (demarcated by a diagonal line), a scene of a winding stone ledge set within a barren and mountainous landscape is visible.
Design for an Oratory (Memorial Chapel)
Giacomo Quarenghi, Italian, 1744 - 1817, ca. 1820
Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, blue, green and yellow watercolor on paper
Drawing

Design for a round building.  A circular, domed structure without other windows than a skylight at the center of the dome.  The building has a Corinthian portico.  It is flanked on either side by short pergolas and sepulchral monuments; cloudy sky is given as the background.
Scale: in pen and black ink, lower margin
Dish
, ca. 1490–1520
Glazed earthenware

Saucer-shaped, painted in center with green bird within orange and green borders and two outer borders in orange and blue.
Corniche pour Salon et Gallerie
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Two designs for cornices decorated with bands of ornament motifs including bound leaf, acanthus leaves, bead and bar course, bound rod, and lamb tongue. The plate is signed,
Medal
Bertrand Andrieu, French, 1761 - 1822, early 20th century
Cast bronze

Medal commemorating the Capitulation of Ulm & Meningen.
Castle Geyser, Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park
Thomas Moran, American, b. Britain, 1837–1926, 1874
Chromolithograph on white wove paper
Print

Horizontal view of a geyser, with tiny figures at its base, spewing water beneath a cloudy sky in the middleground, while visible in the left foreground is a basin and in the left distance a line of green trees.
Man with Arrow
Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808, 1773
Etching on laid paper
Print

Plate from a series of chinoiserie prints depicting figures in landscapes with garden canopies in the form of large parasols. A man sits on an arched wooden platform holding a large arrow. A large canopy supported by a pole above with festoons of flowers and leaves hanging and branches foliage surrounding. The plate is numbered, signed, and dated.
Frieze
, 1880–85
Machine-printed paper, embossed

Gilt ground, vines and border in olive green and black; flowers and butterfly dark red. Printed on embossed paper.
Main Street, East Hampton, Long Island
Samuel Colman, American, 1832–1920, August 11, 1880
Graphite, brush and yellow-green,gray, brown, and black washes with white gouache on gray paper.
Drawing

Horizontal view of a road leading backwards, flanked by rows of trees. Houses and a carriage are shown at left, with a rider standing under a tree, in the right middle distance.
Mount
, early 19th century
Brass

Square, with repoussé acanthus scroll.
Design for an Organ
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, ca. 1820
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper
Drawing

Belonging to -1354. The canopy is supported by two posts at the front, dividing the wider central part from the lateral ones. They are mostly covered by a cloth. At right a flying angel is lifting a curtain, whereas at left a cherub is outside, corresponding with the head of the post. On top of the canopy is a sitting angel. In the central part, above, hangs a festoon. In front of the pipes are two crossed branches in each compartment.
Altar Design
D. Antoine Pierretz, French, active 1647, 1647-55
Etching on laid paper
Print

Design for an ecclesiastical (church) altar decorated with classical motifs featuring sculpted saints, a cross, festoons of leaves, masks (mascarons), pilasters, a broken pediment, sculpted angels, and topped with the sculpture of Jesus surrounded by sun rays and clouds. A plan view of the altar is included below along with a scale. The plate is numbered.
Decorative Panel: Fames Supporting a Swag beneath a Medallion
Jean-Louis Prieur the Younger, French, 1759 – 1795, 1759–95
Pen and black ink, brush and gray and brown wash, white gouache on white laid paper
Drawing

Horizontal composition in which two winged female figures with trumpets/horns hold a swag, each at one end.  Above the swag, at the center of the composition, is a medallion, suspended in the air. It is decorated with a face. The composition is set against a dark background.
Andiron Designs
Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742, ca. 1900
Photomechanical print
Bound print

Designs for two andirons in the form of lidded urns decorated with egg molding, cartouches, acanthus leaves, rings, fluting, mascarons, and scrolls. The plate is signed and numbered.
Design for a Frame with Alternative Suggestions
, 1820–50
Pen and ink, black chalk, brush and brown watercolor, white gouache on paper
Drawing

Design for a frame intended to be executed in metal with alternative suggestions. The left half consists of circumscribed blossoms which are connected by stems with leaves at left and calices at right. In the right half, a ribbon and a bead chain are entwined and waved around a chain of larger beads. The background is colored and framed by a line.
Mount
, early 19th century
Brass

Irregular polygon with repoussé figure of a woman in classical dress holding the severed head of a bearded man.
Mountains of Jamaica
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, May–September 1865
Brush and oil, graphite on paperboard
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing view of the Blue Mountains in Jamaica. Green slopes in the foreground at left and right create "V" that frames the central view, where brown, rugged mountains extend to the horizon. Reddish brown paint articulates a road, visible at center. Above, a varied sky is composed of diverse cloud types, patches of blue, and, at top, the bright light of the sun illuminating a hazy cloud.
Design for a Candlestick
Joseph Anton Seethaler II, German, 1799–1868, 1825–1835
Pen and ink, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

A column surrounded by a grapevine stands on a high pedestal and is topped by two swans supporting a starred sphere. Fasted to it is a ring intended to carry six sockets of which four are shown. Bottom right corner: "N 55;" in reddish ink
Girandole à Plateau, Table de Nuit, Pupitre à Tiroirs
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1775-1788
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Designs for a candlestand; a night table with candle, pitched, and books; and a small dresser with a lectern displaying sheet music. The plate is signed and numbered.
Elevation of Mansion
Whitney Warren Jr., American, 1864–1943, ca. 1894
Graphite, brush and watercolor on paper
Drawing

Front elevation of building
View of an Elevated Plain from Mojarras, Colombia, Part One
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, August 14, 1853
Graphite on white wove paper
drawing

Landscape sketch showing the first part of a panoramic view of an elevated plain within the extremely rugged, mountainous landscape of Colombia, near the town of Mojarras. A rough, nearby ridge extends across the foreground along the lower margin, while, just beyond it at left, a rocky prominence is delineated in some detail. In the middle distance, an elevated plain--articulated as a long, horizontal line--stretches across otherwise rugged terrain. Sharp mountains form an undulating horizon in the background.
Pendant Design
Hans Collaert the Elder, Flemish, ca. 1530 - 1581, 1582
Engraving on paper
Print

A pendant in the form of a sea monster perched on a strapwork base is suspended from a bow knot. The base is composed of faceted gems, a mask, dragons and cornucopia, and is hung with three drop pearls. Riding on the monster's back is a nude youth seated on a shell, an older man with an oar, and a merman with a shell. The plate is numbered.
Two Arabesque Panel Designs
Jean-Baptiste Fay, French, active 1765 – 1790s, late 18th century
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Third plate from a series of ornament panel designs. Two vertical panels with arabesque and neoclassical motifs including birds, roundels and vignettes with profile portraits flowers, festoons of flowers, leaves, and beads, banners, tassels, trophies of instruments and flowers, bagpipe, horns, vase, arrows, flaming torches, scrolling acanthus leaves, rinceaux, fleurons, and rosettes. The plate is numbered and signed.
Rocaille Setting in Landscape with Classical and Chinoiserie Elements
Alexis Peyrotte, French, 1699–1769, ca. 1740
Engraving on paper
Print

Rocaille Setting in Landscape with Classical and Chinoiserie Elements
Four Sketches of Sloops
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1880
Graphite, brush and gouache on gray-green paper
Drawing

Vertical view showing four outline sketches of sloops.  One at top is shown against hill and the other is shown with gouache on sails and starboard part of bow.
The Hypocritical Friend, Illustration for "Königl: Grosbrit [anische] Genealogischer Kalender auf das 1780 Jahr Lauenberg bey J.G. Berenberg"
Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, German, 1726 - 1801, 1779
Stipple and line engraving on paper
Print

A young man returning to his house. His wife awaits him in the door. The poem says that someone treats his friend as an overcoat. When he needs it he puts it close to his hear, but as soon as he comes home he throws it away.
Three Sketches of Schooners
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, ca. 1880
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Vertical view showing three sketches of schooners, with top schooner shown in water against hills.
Trimming
, 18th century
linen Technique: needle lace, six-sided reworked grounds

Serpentine floral pattern with a straight border on one side.
Fragment
, ca. 1780
cotton Technique: printed on plain weave

Fragment shows a couple embracing while a seated female figure looks on. In the background is a soldier mounted on a horse. He uses one hand to restrain a rearing horse. In red on white.
Maniple
, 17th century
silk, linen, metallic thread

Polychrome cut and uncut velvet on a white satin ground in a floral design. Ends trimmed with gold ribbon. Backed with linen.
Button
, 1830–46
Copper, silver, brass back

On card E
Landscape Study, Syria
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, February 1868
Graphite on white wove paper
Drawing

Landscape study showing the sharp and rugged outlines of mountains around the Wadi Mujib--a great canyon in present day Jordan, which was then known as Syria. At upper left, one mountain is rendered in greater detail with visible bands of rock strata.

Verso: Lanscape study of mountains in the Wadi Mujib--a great canyon in present day Jordan, which was then known as Syria. Rendered in some detail, the mountains are madeup of layers of rock strata. One ridge is visible below with another in the upper portion. Rock bands clearly delineated.
Détails d’une Glaciere, surmontée d’une Salle de Danse Egyptienne, de Volieres, et d’un kiosque pour le Parc de Mr Davelouis à Soisy sous Etiole par Dubois ainé Architecte, Eleve et 1er neveu du Feu Antoine Architecte des Monnoies de France
Jean-Charles Krafft, French, 1764 - 1833, 1812
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

Two exterior elevations with surrounding trees for an Egyptian style ballroom built over an icehouse featuring columns and friezes. The plate is titled, numbered, and signed.
Design for a Waistcoat
, 1780-1790
Pencil and various gouaches on paper
Drawing

Design for the embroidery of the left bottom part of a man's waistcoat. Lilac edges. A rose bough, two fantastical flower boughs, and two leaves carrying blossoms decorate the flap of the pocket. Similar motifs decorate the field, the leaf motifs forming festoons beneath the pocket. Seeds are shown instead of blossoms in the central one.
Waterhole in the Desert, Utah
Thomas Moran, American, b. Britain, 1837–1926, 1873
Brush and black wash, white gouache on gray paper
Drawing

Horizontal view of a group of horsemen approaching a waterhole, with a man seated nearby.  Group of trees, at center, in middle distance. Castellated cliffs and hills in  background.
Shrine and figure
, ca. 1640
Oak, gesso, gilded

Figure of a bishop, with crozier in left hand and book with three spheres in right, in niche lined with dark green damask.  Frame has five putti heads, one with wings, with pair of doves below figure of bishop.
On a Country Road
Charles Nicolas Ransonnette, French, 1793 - 1877, 1850-1860
Graphite, brush and grey watercolor on paper
Drawing

A woman with a dog is shown on a road leading from a village in the back toward the spectator. Hilly country.
Compartimens à l’Usage des Plafonds
Jean-François de Neufforge, Flemish, 1714 – 1791, 1763
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Two designs for ceiling ornament decorated with neoclassical motifs including festoons of fruit, rosettes, leaf and geometric moldings, roundel profile portraits, and friezes with figures. 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.
Plan et elevation d'une porte propre a fermer un parc
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Plan and Elevation of an iron gate decorated with wave pattern, monogram and a crown. On the sides of the gates are sphynxes. The plate is signed.
Tile
, late 18th–early 19th century
Earthenware, glazed, high fire decoration

1920-15-147/158: Standing man, en face, holding club (?) and shield...;     1920-15-147: Standing man, en face, holding club (?) and shield...;     1920-15-148: Standing man, en face, with long yellow cloak drap...;     1920-15-149: Standing man, pointing toward a basket of apples a...;     1920-15-150: Blacksmith with hammer and anvil.50;     1920-15-151: Standing man, clutching walking stick under left a...;     1920-15-152: Standing man in long yellow cap, with blue cloak o...;     1920-15-153: Standing man in blue coat and black hat, leaning o...;     1920-15-154: Woman in black hat, holding distaff.50;     1920-15-155: Standing man, en face, his right hand inside his j...;     1920-15-156: Man walking toward right, holding short stick with...;     1920-15-157: Man in blue coat, walking toward left, holding sho...;     1920-15-158: Female dwarf, with disproportionately large head, ...
Designs for Chairs
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1780-1789
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Designs for two armchairs decorated with ornament motifs including sphynx, branch, rosettes. The plate is signed and numbered.
Jewelry Designs
Friedrich Jacob Morison, German, active 1693 – 1699, ca. 1700
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Designs for jewelry, pendants, broaches, bodice ornaments, featuring scrolling leaves, ribbons, stars, and feathers. The plate is signed and numbered.
Design for a Decorative Panel (with Nymphs and Garlands)
Gilles Paul Cauvet, French, 1731–1788, ca. 1775
Red chalk on paper
Drawing

A design for a decorative panel with vertical composition.  From the bottom up: two sea creatures (mermen) carry a base upon which two women stand beside an altar with a burning flame.  The women are raising a wreath directly above the flame.  Next are garlands on which hangs an octagonal medallion, with an image of two sacrificing women.  Two half figures of winged children suspend the medallion from a long string/ribbon.  The composition ends with a decorative.  The panel is inscribed within a frame.
View of Olana
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1872–75
Graphite on off-white wove paper
drawing

Landscape and architecture sketch showing view of Olana atop Long Hill in Hudson, New York. Tall tree at right acts as framing device, with other foliage behind it. Olana, with its tower and hybrid Victorian-Persian stylings, is visible through arboreal window at left. Mathematical equation/account bottom left.
Fragment
, 18th century
tempera on silk Technique: painted on plain weave

White ground with serpentine of intertwining ribbons and vines with floral sprays springing from them. Painted in rose, green, blue, white, orange, yellow, brown, purple, gold and silver.
Woman with a Water
Domenico Gargiulo, called Micco Spadaro, Italian, 1609 - 1675, 1635–1650
Pen and ink on paper
Drawing

At left, a woman holding a water jug on her right shoulder, holding a child with her left hand. At right, a building.
Stage Design: Palace Architecture
Unknown, Italian, 1750–99
Pen and black ink, brush and watercolor on white laid paper
Drawing

Design for a stage set.  View of palace facade consisting of circular arcade in the foreground, surmounted by arcades in the back, niches with fountains. Ruled and curved border at the top.
Escutcheons
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1746–1809
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

Escutcheons.
Canoeing, Maine
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1876–1881
Graphite on tan wove paper
Drawing

Field sketches showing multiple views of canoes piloted on a river or lake in Maine and their riders. In the upper row, a canoe is shown in right profile at left, piloted by a standing figure and hosting another seated individual; at upper right, another canoe with two figures is viewed obliquely from the rear while a sketch of a standing boatman is beside it at right. Below these sketches, two canoes with a single figure are shown from the rear. At center, another canoe with two riders is shown obliquely at left, while a seemingly unmanned canoe is visible at right, in right profile. In the lower portion, four incomplete sketches of canoes and figures are included.
Thetis
Claude Gillot, French, 1673–1722, 1729–37
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

An arabesque design for tapestries (door curtains) featuring the Classical Greek and Roman god Thetis seated on a plinth in the center decorated with dolphins, shells, a mask, nets, and reeds, framed by a canopy, with female figures seated below with swans on either side, and a central vase with coral and rococo ornament, featuring rosettes, fleurons, rinceaux, shell and bat wing motifs. The plate is signed, numbered, and titled with the publisher's address below.
The Month of May
Karl Gustav Amling, German, 1651 - 1702, 1695-1701
Engraving on paper
Print

From a series of the months, after tapestries in Munich by Peter Candid. Figures of gardeners, left and ladies gathering flowers, right, scene divided by an ivy-grown pole in center. Garden setting.
Trophy Designs
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, 1777–79
Etching on paper
Print

Six designs for trophies incorporating leaves, flowers, grapes, wheat, sticks, spear, jugs, fish, distilling apparatus, and shells. The plate is numbered.
Two Panel Designs
Bellay, French, active from 1734, ca.1734-49
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Two designs for ornamental panels printed on the same plate, side-by-side. The designs feature rococo and chinoiserie motifs with ornately decorated frames featuring leaves, c-scrolls, feathers, shells, rinceaux, fleurons, a cartouche, drapery, vases, canopies, birds, balls, and leafy branches. In the center of each panel are figures within fantastical landscapes. To the left, a man and a woman sit on a platform with a flaming torch, bow and quivers of arrows above them. To the right, two figures play musical instruments (a tambourine and a string instrument) with fantastical structures, screens, and vases behind them. The plate is numbered and signed.
Panel Designs of Grotesque Ornamentation
Jean Berain, the elder, French, 1640-1711, 1711
Engraving on laid paper
Bound print

Three panels of grotesque ornamentation featuring strapwork griffins, garlands, Bacchus, vases, birds, vines, masks, snakes, and trophies. The plate is numbered but not signed.
Four Medallion or Frame Designs
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, 1778
Etching on laid paper
Print

Four designs for medallions or frames, oval and round, decorated with moldings and topped with trophies. The ornament and motifs include laurel leaves, ribbon, beads, scrolling acanthus leaves, foliate branches, flowers, rosettes, basket of fruit, potted plant, and a rake. The plate is numbered and signed.
Decorative Monogram Designs
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, 1777–79
Etching on paper
Print

Design for six decorative monograms (letters), comprised of one or two letters featuring floral motifs, foliate scrolls, fur or pelt, flowers, ribbons, water, and succulents. The plate is numbered.
Fragment
, late 16th–early 17th century
silk Technique: cut and uncut supplementary warp pile (velvet)

Fragment of green cut and uncut velvet on an orange-tan ground. Surface broken up into eight-sided spaces, each enclosing a tiny flowering branch.
Tunic fragment
, 800
cotton, wool Technique: single interlock tapestry, 1:1

A fragment with geometrical figures is strongly suggestive of Tiwanaku IV (?) art. The background is dark tan, the design in light tan, medium and dark brown, light red, red-brown, and purple red.
Title Page
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, 1777–79
Etching on paper
Print

Title page and design for six decorative monograms (letters), comprised of one or two letters featuring floral motifs, foliate scrolls, feathers, beads, scrolling acanthus leaves, and fleurons. The plate is titled and numbered.
Panel
, late 18th century
silk on cotton Technique: chain stitch embroidery

Cream-colored cotton (possibly from a curtain or skirt) with detached floral motifs worked in chain stitch. Flowers small garden varieties in clusters three to four inches long; arranged in staggered rows. Shading used in some blossoms. Right selvedge present.
Notebook cover
, 1831
glass beads, linen, paper Technique: embroidered with beads

Beaded fabric used to cover paper notebook. Image of a guitar, book, bowl and flowers on a white ground with a border on one side and a leaf pattern in repeat on a blue background on the other side. Loops at edge to hold pencil; a pouch inside each cover. German script on papers inside, with date 1831.
Lace pattern
, ca. 1905
cotton Technique: plain weave fabric with a printed pattern for premade machine tape lace

Printed lace pattern for premade tape lace. Printed on pattern: Renaissance scarf / Grape & Leaves / Braid - 32 yards / Buttons - 222 / 505 PAT, B30 18 x 54
Textile
, ca. 1784
cotton Technique: printed by engraved plate on plain weave

Red and white toile shows a  scene of trees, foliage and children. A large pear tree has a boy in the branches shooting at a group of four boys in a glade. Two boys play on a seesaw. Under the tree, a boy riding a dog escorts a girl in a chariot drawn by another dog. Large rat at the base of the tree.
Bonze des Tartares Mongous ou Mogols
Antoine Watteau, French, 1684–1721, 1731
Etching on paper
Print

A man standing in profile in a landscape, wearing a straw hat and un umbrella over his shoulder. Trees and clouds in the background. The plate is signed, titled, and numbered.
Design for a Mass-Operational House Designed by Hector Guimard, Construction Directions
Hector Guimard, French, 1867–1942, October 1920
Pen and black ink, graphite on tracing paper
Drawing

Design for a mass-operational house by Guimard, detailing construction directions.
Floor Lamp, Henry J. Allen Residence, Wichita, Kansas
Frank Lloyd Wright, American, 1867–1959, 1917
Graphite, color pencil on beige tracing paper
Drawing

Design for a floor lamp showing in the center: a frontal view of the lamp, with a bird's eye view of the shade above it. At the left: design for how the shade and bulb will work. At right: view of lamp from the side.
Album of Letter (Cipher) Designs
Charles-Germain de Saint-Aubin, French, 1721–1786, 1766
Album

Album containing two series of decorative designs for ciphers (interlaced letters). The plates are signed and numbered.
Lamps w/ sconces, wall
, 18th century
tin

Pair of 18th century tin wall lights