biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Whale Hunt by the Emperor Claudius in the harbour at Ostia, pl. 19 in the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series
Adriaen Collaert, Flemish, ca. 1560 – 1618, 1596 or after
Engraving on paper
Print

Figural seascape scene, with groups in the foreground observing an orca sea monster trapped within a walled area. A statue and a tower at right. Open boats filled with men surround the monster, while spectators watch from the wall.
Frieze
Maxwell & Co., S.A., Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

Mixture of Mission and Art Nouveau style. Alternating rectangular shapes with a floral motif in the center and a curved line of flowers at the top, surmounted by a fleur-de-lis motif. The rectangles are connected by a series of thin swags. Printed in gold, cream, red, and shades of green.
Figure Sketches at St. Peter’s
Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925, ca. 1883
Graphite on cream paper
Drawing

Men standing, a dew kneeling upper right and center.
Brisé cockade fan
, ca. 1865
Drilled vulcanized rubber, silk ribbon

Brisé cockade fan. Sticks and guards are of black vulcanized rubber, drilled with an open design of delicate vines and flowers and a scalloped edge. Guards are attached to center of two outer sticks, all of which, threaded with ribbon. Spread to make a round form.
Border
, 1800–1820
Block-printed on handmade paper

Against a striped background pattern, wide band of this two-band border design contains an oval escutcheon alternating with a cartouche which is formed by scalloped acanthus-leaf frame. Cartouche contains stemmed acorns flanking a rosette. The narrow band consists of classically-inspired acanthus cups enclosing half-hidden egg shapes. Bottom edge is dentilled.

H# 541
Sidewall - sample
Gledhill Wall Paper Co., New York, New York, founded 1900, 1906–08
Machine-printed

Grape and trellis design. Rustic dark brown trellis supports forming perfect squares, from which hang bright blue grape clusters. Printed on tan ground.
Orphrey
, 15th–16th century
linen, silk, metallic thread Technique: woven

Orphrey with a design of the Virgin and angels adoring Christ child in colors of red and gold.
A Couple in a Drawing Room
William Henry Hyde, American, 1858–1943, ca. 1895
Etching in dark brown ink on cream-colored paper
Print

A couple in evening dress are seen near a fireplace in a drawing room. The lady is seated in an armchair while the man stands beside her, adjusting a flower in his lapel.
Advertisement for Sewing Equipment
, ca. 1880
Chromolithograph
Trade card

A black and orange bird seated on a branch is depicted on the recto.
Doubt and other things...
Elihu Vedder, American, 1836 – 1923, 1922
Printed in black, red ink on white paper. Illustrations in color; black and white. Bound in boards.
Book

Verse and illustrations, by Elihu Vedder... Boston, P. Sargent, 1922. 2 p. 1., 9 -289 ['] p. Col. mounted front., illus. (part mounted). Title in red and black.
Embroidered picture
S. Handley, 1800
silk embroidery on silk foundation Technique: embroidered in speckling, running and satin stitches on plain weave

Picture of Warwick Castle in a landscape in silk on cream foundation. Glazed and framed with eglomisé glass.
Sketchbook Page
Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919, 1875
Graphite on paper
Sketchbook folio

Sketch of a woman's head and shoulders in profile.
Armchair
, late 18th century
painted and gilded wood, velvet upholstery

Rectangular backed blue velvet armchair with gold-colored trim.  Headpiece, seat frame, armrests, arm supports and legs in gilded wood.
Fylfot motif
, mid 18th - early 19th century
Mulberry paper (kozo washi) treated with fermented persimmon tannin (kakishibu), and silk threads (itoire)
Katagami

Fylfot (sayagata) is a popular geometric design that was called "saya" during the Edo era. This pattern is a standard map symbol for Buddhist temples in Japan. Originally this pictogram came from the Hindu God of love Vishnu's chest hair. Today, it represents a good omen and virtue.
Border
, 1795–1825
Block-printed on handmade paper

Multi-colored flowers and foliage of assorted variety. At the bottom of the border is a narrow band containing a garland hung with small scale flowers and crosses. The effect is vaguely that of Indian-chintz. Printed in greens, pinks, yellow, gold, mauve, blue, dark red, orange and black on a white background.

H# 724
Mending sampler
, 1879
wool, cotton, and linen embroidery on cotton and wool foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, herringbone, threaded herringbone and overcasting stitches on plain weave foundation

Nine squares of patches on printed cotton and woven fabric.  The squares are separated with woven tape.
Purse
, 1830–50
silk, metal Technique: beaded crochet

Small flat bag of crocheted blue silk with cut steel beads in a diamond pattern, fringed with cut steel beads. Set into frame of cut steel with catch, and chain of  cut steel beads.
Fragment
, late 18th century
silk Technique: painted

White silk, thin taffeta, painted in colors, in thin, delicate all-over vine design, of roses, small blossoms, berries, buds. Colors red, violet, blue, green, brown; overpainting and shading. Two breadths from a skirt, each 59cm long, shows gathering at top and one breadth seamed at top. Fragment (B) of same.
Study for cartoon "Welcome in the Year 1917"
Winsor McCay, American, 1869 - 1934, 1916
Pen and black ink, blue color pencil on illustration board
Drawing

A male figure, with a long beard and hourglass pendant, drives a car while carrying a young child wearing a banner inscribed '1917.' The grill of the vehicle is decorated with eagle wings, stars, and stripes.
Button
, 19th century
Pearl, shell, bronze

Circular button of bronze with central ornament of pearl shell carved to represent flowers with rhinestone center.

On card 28
Purse
, 19th century
silk, steel beads Technique: knotted net

Bag of green silk netted and ornamented with steel beads. Looped fringe of steel beads on three sides; green silk drawstring at top.
Ornamental Vase Design
L.N. Percenet, French, born 1736, 1761
Etching on laid paper
Print

Vase with goat-head pulls. The vase has fluting on its neck and a meander at the shoulder. There is a rosette at the center of the vase with a festoon draped from it. The vase has a low tapered foot. The vase is elevated on a platform that extends to the edge of the image. The plate is signed and numbered.
Ornamental Frame Design
, 18th century
Etching on laid paper
Print

Design for a frame in the form of a garden trellis, decorated with ornament motifs including scrolling acanthus leaves, flowers and floral garlands, and scrolls.
Porta della Carta, Palazzo Ducale, Venice
Walter Shirlaw, American, b. Scotland, 1838–1909, April 1872
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Shown from southwest. The corner column of the Loggia with the Judgment of Solomon in the right foreground. The second floor of the palace and the lower part of St. Mark's are shown. People seated upon the bench.
LES JOUEURS DE VOLANTS
Christophe Huet, French, 1695 – 1759, mid- 18th century
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

A plate from a series of singerie scenes after Huet. Two dressed monkeys stand holding rackets, play with two shuttlecocks in the air between them. Both looking up at the shuttlecocks. The monkey to the right with his racket above his head. The plate is titled, signed, and numbered.
Backlit Clouds
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, September 1844
Graphite on white wove paper; verso: graphite
drawing

Atmosphere sketch of a backlit cumulus cloud with silver lining, likely in or near Catskill, New York. Shaded, the cloud is characterized by its billowing, rounded forms that descend from left to right. 

Verso: Unfinished figure sketch of an individual's nude backside. Only their back and buttocks are shown.
Plate 15, from Grotteßco in diverßche manieren (Various Grotesques)
Hans Vredeman de Vries, Dutch, 1527 - ca. 1606, 1564
Etching on laid paper
Print

Grotesque panel with central panel showing Hercules and the bull flanked by terms with suspending creatures from a string.
LA MENAGERIE DE VERSAILLES
Adam Perelle, French, 1638 – 1695, 1663–1703
Etching on laid paper
Print

View of the front façade of the domed Versailles Menagerie, with its inner courtyards and wrought-iron gates. Within the grounds and in the foreground, figures, horseman, and horse drawn carriages. Trees framing the scene. The plate is titled with a description below.
Study for a Tympanum with Reclining Figure
Pierre-Victor Galland, Swiss, active France, 1822 - 1892, late 19th century
oil on board
Drawing

A figure reclines with back to the viewer as she faces another figure to her right.
Border
, 16th century
linen Technigue: grid of laid cords with needle lace, reticella style

Pattern shows five squares; three in wheel pattern and two in cross with details in needlepoint. Strip is set between two pieces of linen, one having a row of hemstitching.
Plate
Comte d'Artois Manufactory (Rue du Faubourg St. Denis, Paris), French, 1779 - ?, ca. 1780
soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold
plate

Flat marly, scalloped edge. Overglaze decoration in polychrome and gilding showing six concentric rings of flowers, with cluster of roses in center.
Stage Design: Temple of Vengeance
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1796-1801
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper
Drawing

Interior of temple in circular form dome supported by columns and decorated with sculptural centerpiece, griffons in front and statues between the columns.
Sidewall
, 1795–1800
Block-printed on handmade paper

Vertical rectangle, on pieced paper. Octagonal shapes, formed with triple white lines, enclosing dark blue laurel wreaths with orange star at center; intervening space between octagons set with white foliate medallion.
Shoe Buckles
, 18th century
silver, glass pastes, iron
buckles

Pair of rectangular shoe buckles, the simple borders with two rows of small clear glass pastes simulating faceted diamonds.
Minchiate (Tarot) Playing Card
, 17th century
Stencil-colored woodblock print
Playing card

1909-22-1-1/35: Partial set of Italian Minchiate playing cards50;     1909-22-1-14: Part of a set of Italian Minchiate playing cards.50
Design for a Window Case
Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702–1786, 18th century
Brush and gray watercolor, black chalk on paper
Drawing

Corithian columns hold the entablature with a pediment. One reclining figure on each slope of the pediment. Two curtains hand in the window.
Button
, 1870–71
Brass

On card E
Design for a Thurible
Filippo Marchionni, Italian, 1732–1805, ca. 1740
Graphite, pen and ink, brush and watercolor, sepia on paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. Smoke pours fromteh body and cover. Suspension chains on either side.
Two Arabesque Panel Designs
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, 1768–75
Etching on paper
Print

Two vertical arabesque panel designs printed on two separate plates featuring vases, incense burners, female figures, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), rosettes, festoons of flowers and leaves, shell, mascaron (mask), acanthus leaves, meander pattern, rosettes, gadrooning and wave pattern molding. The plates are numbered.
Male Torso From a Plaster Cast
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, 1840
Black chalk, white chalk on light brown wove paper
Drawing

Torso facing frontally. Left hip and right shoulder severed.
Saint Anthony of Padua Holding the Infant
Giacomo Zampa, Italian, 1731 - 1808, ca. 1780
Pen and ink, brush and brown wash, brush and white gouache on paper
Drawing

Saint Anthony is shown half-length. The Infant strokes his cheeks. Below is a line and an upper part of another design.
Mountains in Mexico
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, December 21, 1885
Graphite on off-white wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of mountains in Mexico. Viewed across an extensive plain that comprises the foreground and middle distance, three abrupt prominences rise out of the otherwise flat terrain. Reminiscent of the rock monoliths in Monument Valley, Arizona, these formations have sheer, almost vertical sides and flat or craggy tops. 

Verso: Landscape sketch showing a view of distant and rugged mountain ranges in Mexico. Viewed across a dark, flat plain that comprises the foreground and middle distance, four rugged foothills are visible in front of a long mountain range that extend across the horizon. A flat peak is situated in the background at center.
Ornament Panel with Mars
Nicoletto da Modena, Italian, active 1500 – 1522, ca. 1507
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Vertical rectangle fully decorated with symmetrical grotesque. At top, cameo profiles and horses. Below, a small battle frieze and a pair of bound prisoners.
Nature Study
Walter Shirlaw, American, b. Scotland, 1838–1909, 1875–80
Black crayon on cream laid paper
Drawing

Study of edible plants from nature.
Trimming
, 19th century
silk Technique: woven

Pink trimming fragment in a design of an ornamented zigzag band.
Round table with candlestick
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, ca. 1795
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

The supports are four legs in the shape of pillars with lion's feet and Ionic capitals. The table frame is fluted. The candlestick has the shape of a monumental column, from the lateral sides of the pedestals of which two branches spring, with candles. Below is another cube-like pedestal, in front of the corners of which eagles stand. The front is decorated with a festoon. Usual background.
Hewitt Family Crest and Motto
John Patterson and Co. New York, NY, late 19th century
brass
Button

Component -m is on Cooper Union Exhibition card 5
Circular brass buttons with Hewitt Crest.
Fragment
, 19th century
linen Technique: bobbin lace (provincial style)

Fragment with small clothstitch diamond shapes that surround a smaller diamond-shaped frameworks.
Maternal Affection
William Dickinson, English, 1747 - 1823, 1780
Stipple engraving in brick red ink on paper
Print

Within a circular medallion a seated lady, shown half-length, embraces a child who is about to kiss her om the cheek.
Design for a Wainscotted Wall Panel
F. Cornille, active 1740 - 1756, 1750-1800
Pencil and ink with ink washes on paper
Drawing

The projecting central section shows probably a frame of mirror over a moulding. Pilaster strips with circular medallions showing children, laterally. Dad underneath. Outside are parts of door openings with overdoor. Section of the mouldings. Bordering ink lines.
Chinoiserie with Figure in a Landscape
Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772, 1729-1760
Etching and engraving on white laid paper
Bound print

Chinoiserie scene with a figure in a landscape tending a herd of goats. The border of the landscape is framed by rocaille foliage, birds, vases, and a bottom dragon cartouche. The plate is signed.
Dixie
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1861
Brush and gray, brown wash, graphite on cream-colored paper
Drawing

Vertical view of the interior of a shed with an African American male sitting on a barrel with a view through a window of what appear to be women carrying heavy loads.
A Chariot Procession
, ca. 1800
Graphite, pen and black ink on paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle showing a procession of a chariot with four horses, all with raised hoofs. In the chariot is the blindfolded Cupid. Beside it walks and old man and an eagle.
Costumes of Sorrento, Ischia, Procida, and Gaëta
Saverio della Gatta, Italian, 1777 - 1829, 1828
Black chalk, brush and watercolor on paper, mounted
Drawing

Four women, a man, and children in the dress of their respective regions. At left, woman shown walking and carrying a boy upon her right arm; another boy walks beside her: "Donna di Sorrento". In the center stand two women, the right one suckling a boy. The left one is a "Donna dell'Isola d'Ischia". Beside the right woman stand a man and a girl: "Uomo, e Donna di Procita". The man tries to sell a fish to a seated woman: "Donna di Gaëta". Framing lines.
Sidewall
, ca. 1872
Block-printed on embossed paper

Both full width, (A) giving slightly more than one repeat of all-over foliage design simulating a verdure tapestry. (B) a small fragment stamped on reverse with name of decorator: Ch. SALAGNAD /13829 FAE /10, Rue Royale, Paris. Paper embossed with gridiron of small lozenges. Printed in cream, tans and greens.
Christ on the Cross, plate 118, in Oeuvres de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (Works by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier)
Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, French, b. Italy, 1695–1750, 1748
Engraving on white laid paper
Print

Framed Christ on cross. Frame decorated with putti heads, reeds and foliage. Above Christ, on cross written: J. N. R. J.  Five putti heads in sky around Christ, whose palms are bleeding. Below, a pyre ready, rocks, and dome of church visible in background right.
Design for the Painted Decorations of Three Panels
, 1580-1590
Pen and brown ink, brush and grey wash, black chalk on laid paper.
Drawing

Vertical rectangle with three panels. Above is a horizontal oblong with a bevelled upper left corner. The half-figures of two children carry a lath, the central part forms one half of an oblong, in which stands a framed cameo. Beside the cameo, sit two crouched sphinxes. Below, at left, is a vertical oblong with a niche-like quatrefoil. Two female half-figures stand beside a lit candelabrum. Below, at right, is a niche with a figure carrying a spear in left hand.
Design for a Ceiling
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1780-1789
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Plan of a ceiling showing the placement of columns and the decoration, which includes ornament motifs such as garland, mascaron, rosette, and bead course. The plate is signed and numbered.
Galerie métallique des grands hommes français (Great Men of France)
Raymond Gayrard, French, 1777 - 1858, 1819
Cast bronze
Medal

Bust of Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (1475 - 1564).
Vision of the Cross
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1860–85
Graphite, brush and white gouache on tan wove paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing an imagined scene of a metaphorical landscape. Divided between a lush and a barren landscape, this work may be a continuation of Thomas Cole's unfinished "The Cross and the World" series, which symbolically represents the spiritual and earthly paths through life. Here, two figures walk beside each other in the foreground at lower center. Beyond them, an immense, craggy, and foreboding mountain range in the middle distance divides the composition between an empty and barren landscape at left, and a lush, bright one at right. A luminous Christian cross hangs over the landscape at left, glowing above rugged mountains as if an apparition. In the foreground at left, at the opening of the barren, "spiritual" landscape, a pack of wolves chase a bounding deer beside a rocky outcropping with a tree. This rolling, foreground landscape appears covered in snow, highlighted, as it is, in white gouache. Dark clouds hang above and drop ribbons of rain on the central mountain range and into the lush, mountainous landscape at right. A waterfall topped with a line of palm trees leads to a reflective pool or lake beyond. Sharp, soaring mountains surround the body of water as a bright source of light illuminates the scene from behind. Meaning of this and similar works largely uncertain.
Interior Scene with Women and a Child
François Boucher, French, 1703–1770, 1751
Etching on laid paper
Print

An interior scene with three women and a child near a large fireplace to the right. A women seated on a bench holds a pan to the fire while a woman stands to her left. A third woman sits on the floor, leaning against the bench while holding a baby on her lap. The interior is rustic with jugs, bowls, and baskets scattered throughout. A large barrel in the background. In the foreground some vegetables, a hat, and a shoe. The plate is numbered and signed.
Coffeepot
Doccia Porcelain Factory, Italian, established 1735, ca. 1770–1780
hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel
coffeepot

Pear form with sea serpent form spout and C-scroll handle.  In predominantly manganese palette with blue accents.  One side with a landscape scene with a couple; the young man with a bird and birdcage surrounded by trees. The back with sprigs of roses. The handle and spout with blue outlines.  The lid with sprigs of roses and blue outlines.
Plan de la Maison de Plaisance dans le goût Antique appellé le Temple du Silence, du Comte de Bouville près Portenort par J.J. LeQueu Architecte
Jean-Charles Krafft, French, 1764 - 1833, 1812
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

An architectural floor plan for a country house with its exterior staircases and flanking trees included. The plate is titled, numbered, and signed.
Purse
, 19th century
glass beads, metal frame, silk Technique: beaded knitting

Knitted purse with colored glass beads in design of a wide band of roses on a white ground, with borders of blue flowers on a brown ground. Silver frame with herringbone pattern; bead tassel at bottom. Lined with gray silk.
Angel Carrying a Monstrance
Francesco Solimena, Italian, 1657–1747, early 18th century
Black chalk on paper
Drawing

Figure of an angel or cherubim, standing upright and possibly in flight, turned toward the left, holding a monstrance.
Button
, 19th century
Pearl shell, porcelain painted in bule, brass

Flat button of pearl shell with scalloped edge and center showing landscape; brass shank.

On card 32
Rocaille Ornament Designs
Georg Michael Roscher, German, 1700–1775, mid- 18th century
Etching on off white laid paper
Print

Rocaille designs for frame parts, tables, cartouches, and capitals. The plate is signed and numbered.
Elevation of a town mansion
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1746–1809
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

Elevation of a town mansion, probably for the Palazzo Braschi alle Convertite or, more likely, for the Palazzo Altieri.
Vaulted Panel Design, Allegory of Justice, Palazzo Quirinale, Rome, Italy
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1812
Pen and dark gray ink, brush and gray wash, black chalk on light green wove paper
Drawing

Panel of trapezoidal ceiling vault with horizontal octagon of figure of Justice sitting between putto with faces and putto with book, flanked by tondi of Victories in chariots.
Indian Encampment on the Coast of Grand Manan Island, Canada
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, September 1851
Graphite on light brown wove paper
Drawing

Landscape and figure sketch showing a view of a Native American encampment on the shores of Grand Manan Island in Canada. The camp is visible in the foreground at lower right. Two canoes rest on their sides on the rocky beach while, beyond them, two figures wearing hats--one wearing a top hat and the other, a brimmed hat resembling a bowler--hold oars or skewers beside a smoking fire. Above them, three fish have been gutted and cleaned, and hang from a wooden spit to smoke. At right, a sitting figure who also wears a hat holds and investigates a large, woven basket beside a makeshift hut, constructed of planks and driftwood. Soaring, rocky cliffs tower above them and overlap one another as they recede into the distance towards North Head, which extends into the ocean in the background at left. Trees and other vegetation are sketched along the cliffs.
Botanical Sketch of a Fern, Ecuador
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, May–August 1857
Graphite on white wove paper
Drawing

Botanical sketch showing three views of a fern. At right, two sketches of its leaves and stems are visible. At left, another sketch of the fern's leaves is included.
Puracé Volcano, Colombia and Mt. Sincholagua, Ecuador
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, August 9 and September 1853
Graphite and white gouache on gray-green wove paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing two views of the volcano in Colombia known as Puracé and the mountain Ecuador called Sincholagua. In the upper half, the wide and snow-capped peak of Puracé is visible beyond rugged mountain ridges and foothills that intercede. In the lower half at right, the craggy and snow-capped summit of Sincholagua is shown in a loosely rendered sketch.