biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Interior Wall Elevation with a Bath
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, 1777-79
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

A design for an interior wall featuring ornately painted panels and a bath with a wall-mounted fountain in a central niche. The panels are decorated with pearls, nets, coral, anchors, shells, leaves, crystals, tridents, and wave motifs. The wall-mounted fountain is in the shape of a vase, surrounded by flowers, leaves, and a large shell below. The basin of the bath is decorated with festoons of textiles, wave motifs and leaves. There is a hanging curtain with tassels framing the niche. The plate is numbered.
Button
, late 18th century
Stoneware

1925-2-36: Octagonal mount in the style of Wedgwood Jasperwar...
Design for a Snuff Box Cover (verso); Trophy of Hunting (recto)
Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, French, b. Italy, 1695–1750, ca. 1750
Graphite, pen and black ink, black chalk on paper; verso: black chalk
Drawing

Snuff box decorated with scrolls, shell, and flower boughs.  At left, small-sized and rough graphite sketch of statue;  verso, vertically suspended from a bowknot and showing stag, boar, bird, spear and horn, with caption: Saverne f d'après J.B. Oudry dont l'original est à M. de S (...?).
Cartouche with Two Genii Holding Open Crown
François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768, 1738
Etching and engraving on paper
Bound print

Blank symmetrical upright rocaille cartouche topped by two figures of putti genii supporting an open fantasy crown. A mask at lower center. Vegetation and armorial trophies complete the ornamental scheme.
Classical Figure
Minardi Tommaso, Italian, 1787 - 1871, 1850–1900
Graphite, white chalk on paper
Drawing

Young man in classical attire with walking stick, raising his right hand.
Ships at Sea
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1868
Graphite on white wove paper
Drawing

Loose sketch of two masted sailing ships at sea, facing away from each other.
Botanical Studies, Colombia
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, July 1853
Graphite on white wove paper
Drawing

Botanical study showing views of a group of heavily-shaded cedar trees, at left, and the tops of several bamboo trees, at right.
A Little Shepherdess
Alexis Peyrotte, French, 1699–1769, 1740–45
Hand-colored etching with watercolors on paper
Print

A little shepherdess seated in the foreground with four sheep and her basket beside her. Two fantastic trees at center. in the background, at right, two women stroll before a castle.
Schooner Riding Waves off Mt. Desert Island, Maine
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, September 1860
Graphite on white wove paper
drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of a schooner (or double-masted sailboat) on the waters around Mount Desert Island in Maine. The ocean's undulating surf comprises the foreground. In the middle distance at left, a sailboat leans to the left as it glides atop these waves. In the background at right, the coastal trees of a nearby island or shoreline are visible. The flat horizon cuts across the center of the composition.
Decoration for the marriage of Prince Paluzzo Altieri
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1793
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

Above: a variation of 1901-39-1447. The curtain pole is partly convex and curved. The three frames are surrounded by a garland, hanging below, toward the center of the support. It consists of a winged female half-figure, standing upon a pole, with two spirals below, from which branches rise. Below, at left: the curtain forms a kind of tent. In front of it is a pedestal, with two animals, shown in profile. From it rise two branches which support the three portraits in the usual disposition. Colored background.
Grotesque Design
, early 17th century
Charcoal, pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper
Drawing

Strapwork escutcheon with masks and harpies is framed with grotesque candelabrum.
Dead Pine Tree, Lake Millinocket, Maine
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, September 1877
Graphite on tan wove paper
Drawing

Botanical sketch showing a vertical view of the upper portion of a dead pine tree near Lake Millinocket, Maine. Situated at upper center, the tree's sharp, twisting branches are devoid of needles, while the tree itself tilts slightly to the left.
Design for a Metal Frame
Giovanni Bettati, Italian, 1700 – 1777, 1700-1777
Pen and ink, brush and brown watercolor, black chalk, graphite on paper
Drawing

Different details in the left and right halves. Architectural forms frame an oval. An escutcheon in the bottom center, a cherub in the top center. Angels are suggested crouching in the upper corner; a cherub at right.
Stereograph: "The Whirlpool Rapids-Niagara"
George Barker, American, 1875-1880
Pair of collodion prints
Stereoview

An instantantaneous picture showing the rapids and spray below Niagra Falls. The old suspension bridge and a train crossing it are silhouetted against the sky. "Premium Views by Geo. Barker 11 Main Street, Niagra Falls, N.Y." Roiling water in the forground with a view of the Niagara suspension bridge in the upper left.
View of a Town, Colombia or Ecuador
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1853
Graphite on white wove paper
drawing

Landscape study showing a view overlooking a town in Colombia or Ecuador. In foreground, a tree stands in front of a lone brick wall, at right, with a thatched-roof building at left. Below, the buildings of the town stretch into the middle distance. Tall mountains comprise background, beyond an extended, flat plain.
Cheminée à la Moderne
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Design for a fireplace decorated with ornament including acanthus leaves, lion heads, and lamb tongue. The plate is signed.
Fragments
, possibly 18th century
silk Technique: cut supplementary warp pile (velvet) printed with gilt dots

Dark brown velvet with cut pile is embossed with small gilt dots.
Table Design with Vases
Pierre Lepautre, French, 1652–1716, late 17th–early 18th century
Etching on laid paper
Print

One and a half console table designs with garniture of vases placed on top. At the left, only the right half of the table is shown. The table on the right features a divided design. The cornice on the left has acanthus leaves connecting to it from the central cartouche; the cornice on the right features rosettes in a lozenge pattern. Each leg has variations of floral and scallop decoration. The central lower piece of the table features a pinecone finial and a rooster on either foot. The vases on top of the table are mirrored in form but have variations in design. The plate is not signed or numbered.
Virgin and Child
Claude Mellan, French, 1598 - 1688, 1627
Engraving on white paper
Print

Madonna with Child seated before a tree trunk. She is in side view towards left, looking down; the Child faces frontally. At lower right, some stones with inscription: "C. Mellan G. inven. et sculp. cum privilegio."
Ornamental Frieze Designs
D. Antoine Pierretz, French, active 1647, 1648
Etching on laid paper
Print

Eight ornamental frieze or molding designs featuring strapwork and foliate motifs, including fleurons, rosettes, palmettes, lamb's tongue, strapwork, scrolling leaves, acanthus leaves, and bucranium (animal skulls). The plate is numbered.
Figure studies for a design of a clavichord cover
, late 19th century
Pen and ink, black and white chalk on grey paper
Drawing

A tight-rope walker and a seated figure with a fiddle.
Plan et Elevation d'une Porte avec Pilastre
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Elevation, plan below, of a door with pilasters. The doorframe is carved in large stone and the pilasters have minimal ornamentation. The plate is signed.
View near Ibagué, Colombia
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, July 1853
Graphite on tan wove paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing view of a mountain valley near Ibague, Colombia. Four human-made structures inhabit the gently sloping foreground. Middle distance an impressive view of a steep Andean mountain valley. Various slopes, prominences, and wooded dells comprise floor of valley, as hillsides on left and right ascend toward either margin. In the background, taller mountains rise.
Design for a Garden Vase
Marie Michelle Blondel, French, active mid 18th century, 1744–56
Etching on laid paper
Print

Design for a garden vase. The vase is decorated with fluting, acanthus leaves, foliage, shell, c-scroll ornament, with a central open-mouthed mascaron and a female head below each scrolling handle.
Con Vois Hollandois
Chez Basset, French, 
Hand-colored etching on paper; verso: fabric
Bound print

Perspective view of a seascape along a coastal town. Two ships dominate the scene, with the central ship lowering its sails while the ship on the right has raised sails. Figures in blue, yellow, green, and red coats man the ships, and both ships feature two flags crowning their highest masts. A smaller boat floats behind the larger two, and a fourth boat is partially visible at bottom left. Blue-roofed stone structures scatter the coastline, along with a line of trees. The windows of the buildings are cut out, with fabric visible through the larger openings. A blue sky fills the upper margin.  Printed along bottom margin: CON VOIS HOLLANDOIS / A Paris chez Basset rue St. Jacques a Ste Genevieve

Verso: Patches of colored fabric.
Fragment
, 18th century
silk, metallic thread Technique: plain weave with supplementary weft

Orange ground, faded from red, with a repeat of flowers arranged in a cone shape with a perching bird on the stem. Brocaded in blue, green, white, and grey with gold metallic thread. Alternate rows turning left and right.
Men Pulling in a Ship
Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858, 1855
Woodblock print in colored ink on paper
Print

This is a landscape view on a valley is overlooking the ocean through a bird's eye view. Below on the beach are about a dozen men pulling in a ship from the shore. Two children stand nearby, cheering them on. In the distance are other ships sailing along the ocean.
Three Putti
François Boucher, French, 1703–1770, 1758–63
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Three putti sitting in a landscape with a large cartouche to the right, with acanthus leaf, palm, and shell ornament. One of the seated putti holds a laurel crown while the putto above holds a garland of laurel leaves across his shoulders. The plate is signed and numbered.
Charles V defeating the Turks near Vienna, 1529 [above]; Battle Scene with King, Elephants, Cavalry and Infantry [below]
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, ca. 1583 – 1605
Recto: pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk on laid paper Verso: pen and brown ink over black chalk on laid paper
Drawing

Recto, above: Battle scene with men on horseback moving toward the right. 
Recto, below (inverted): Schematic sketch of an army moving across a landscape. Annotations throughout. 
Verso: Rough sketch of fortifications at the port of Ostend (in present day Belgium), constructed in 1583. Dutch inscriptions.
Bacchanal of Children
Jacob de Wit, 1695 – 1754, 1725–1754
Charcoal, pen and Chinese ink with bistre wash on paper
Drawing

Several children are grouped around the child Bacchus, who raises a bunch of grapes in his right hand. The head of a goat is seen at the right. Verso: portions of two indistinct charcoal sketches for pictures.
Elevations de Buffet à dessus de Marbre
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, 1774
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Elevations of two buffet tables with marble tops. The top buffet features ornament motifs including fluting and rosettes. The plate is signed.
Elevation of a Writing Desk [Bureau Plat]
Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742, 1675–1700
Red chalk on cream laid paper, lined
Drawing

Flat writing desk with scrolled legs composed of lions feet.  Women's heads with wings support desk top.  Front panel consisting of central drawer divided from side panels by symetrically placed C-scrolls decorated with acanthus leaves.
Design for a Pendant
, 1875–1900
Pen and ink, brush and sepia on paper
Drawing

Below is an escutcheon of scrollwork, with an oblong diamond in the center and three pending round diamonds. Above it, the oval frame of a big diamond. Psyche with butterfly wings. On the top, a shell fan with a head in front, sbove the ring.
Procession of the Sacrament
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, ca. 1595 – 1605
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown and black washes, over black chalk on laid paper
Drawing

Recto: In a town square, a procession moves from the left foreground toward a church in the right background. A bishop walks under a canopy at center, carrying a monstrance. Priests with burning candles follow behind. A row of houses is at left. An explanatory inscription in Italian appears beneath a framing line at the bottom of the image. 

Verso: Crowded scene with a standing priest wearing a miter, raising the Host. A lectern is in the left foreground. An explanatory inscription in Italian appears beneath a framing line at the bottom of the image.
Jewelry Design, Connection Between the Disk and the Drop of an Earring
, late 18th century
Pen and ink, brush and gray watercolor on light green paper
Drawing

Jewelry design showing the connection between the disk and the drop of an earring. A spiral of a ribbon with two small disks in the intervals. The disk and the drop are outlined.
Female Nude, Study for "Mercy's Dream"
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, ca. 1857–58
Charcoal and white chalk on gray wove paper
Drawing

Nude facing frontally with her head turned toward the right. Her knees bent and her legs extended to the right. She leans back on her right arm, with her left hand to her bosom.
Design for Part of a Wall or Ceiling Decoration: A Woman Dancer
, early 19th century
Pen and ink on paper, mounted
Drawing

Directed toward the right, with the bust turned toward the spectator. Supporting with her right hand a vase with a flower upon her head. Framed by an ink line.
Medallion or Frame Design
Théodore Bertren, active in France, 18th century, ca. 1771
Etching on laid paper
Print

Design for an oval medallion or frame featuring foliate branches, flowers, interlaced strapwork, cartouche clasps with shell motifs, ribbons, and birds. The plate is numbered and signed with the artist's monogram.
Wall Elevation of the Bedroom of the Prince de Rohan, Hôtel de Soubise, Paris
Germain Boffrand, French, 1667–1754, 1735–36
Pen and black, gray ink, brush and gray and green wash, black chalk, graphite, and white gouache, on three joined sheets of white laid paper; incised, verso reddened for transfer to engraving plate
Drawing

The elevation shows a bed alcove at left, set beside a Corinthian column. The rest of the interior shows a fireplace, center, and a double paneled door at the right. The wooden paneling is richly carved and inset with paintings in the over-door and above the panel at left of the fireplace.
LE CHASTEAU DE MEUDON
Adam Perelle, French, 1638 – 1695, 1679–1691
Etching on laid paper
Print

View of the front façade of the Chateau of Meudon, with its inner courtyard, wrought-iron gate, and dry-moat. The foreground is filled with figures, horseman, and carriages. The title and description of the chateau is lettered on a separate plate, printed directly below the image.
Ornamental Vase Design
Edme Bouchardon, French, 1698–1762, 1737-1749
Etching on laid paper
Print

Vase with twisted claw feet elevated on a stacked pedestal. One handle of the vase is showing and has a fish scale pattern at the bottom. The bottom of the vase has deep, angled carving. The neck of the vase is adorned with a ribbon and satyr mascarons. The print is lettered but is missing the numbering found in earlier editions.
Design for Frame Surrounding the Portrait of Francis Russell, Second Earl of Bedford
Gravelot, French, 1699 - 1773, active in England, 1737–40
Pen and black ink, brush and black wash, red chalk on paper
Drawing

Design for a frame to surround the portrait of Francis Russell, Second Earl of Bedford. A standing frame with a figure of a seated putto leaning upon a helmet in the bottom section. Framing lines and narrow paper margins.
Square
, 5th–6th century
linen, wool Technique: plain woven with discontinous wefts (slit tapestry)

In center a seated figure holds a duck or a goose. The figure is within an oval which is within a square. There is a wide outer border of a curving vine.
Scene of a Village
Katsushika Hokusai, 1760 – 1849, 1760-1849
Woodblock print in colored ink on paper
Print

A scene of a village shows an array of characters of all ages. The left page shows an older man sweeping and cleaning outside. The right side shows an extraordinarily tall man entertaining children as well as a stray dog. Behind the giddy children are other working-class men talking away. An older man, sitting on a bench, is also paying attention to the magician. Behind the figures shows the landscape of the village located directly on the banks of a body of water.
The Strait of Messina, Looking towards Italy
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, April 14, 1869
Brush and oil, graphite on off-white paperboard
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of an anchored fishing boat in the Strait of Messina, looking toward the coast of Italy. In the foreground at right, the fishing boat is show in left profile with its sails drawn. Its hull is painted black with a red bottom. The blue surface of the Strait of Messina comprises the foreground and middle distance, with the rugged, mountainous coast of Italy rising in the background. A town and several buildings are visible along the shore at center left. Above, dark clouds cast a shadow on the mountains below, and possibly indicate a coming or going storm.
Portrait of Gerard Edelinck (1640-1707)
Durocher, 1710-1720
Engraving on paper
Print

Bust-length portrait in three-quarter view to right. The sitter is wearing a huge wig and loose robe. In an oval frame standing on a pedestal. The lower part of the frame has a label attached with inscription.
Design for a Frieze with the Allegory of Literature
Piat Joseph Sauvage, French, 1744 - 1818, 1785-1790
Pen and ink, brush and sepia wash on paper
Drawing

A putto wearing a helmet and shouldering a lance speaks to another one who, crowned with a wreath, pauses in writing. Two more putti are present.
Encensoir
Pierre Germain, French, 1703 - 1783, 1748
Etching on laid paper
Print

Design for an incense burner decorated with ornament motifs including scrolls, rinceaux, and fluting. The plate is signed and numbered.
Design for Woven or Embroidered Borders
, 1820–50
Graphite, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

A rising rinceau; continuation of horizontal bough which is fastened to the lower end of the vertical bough of 1909-13-126.
Sgabello
, 16th century
Carved walnut
Chair

Shaped back bears decoration of paired rosettes, leaves, and scrolls centering a fleur-de-lys and heraldic ornament. Moulded octagonal seat on panelled spreading box frame, moulded and dentillated at base. Front and rear leg panels joined by single stretcher. The front panel bears paired bound and scrolled leaves and centers a panel of feathering.
Designs for Bedroom Alcoves
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1790–1809
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white lined paper, lined
Drawing

Upper row: at left, behind the vaulted roof of a tent is a part of a frieze. Two parts are the supports. Center: a tent, supported by two posts with capitals, with a low roof. At right, three rectangular openings, separated by columns. On top is a frieze with the roof of a tent in front; on a smaller scale the beginning of a sketch. Lower row, at left: three rectangular openings, the supports being posts with capitals. Center: a variation of the motif of the front of the alcove as in -1643. On verso: one below the other, are two sketches for bases of columns.
Study of an Autumn Bouquet
Sophia L. Crownfield, American, 1862–1929, ca. 1890
Brush and oil on black paper
Drawing

A painting depicting an autumn bouquet of daisies, asters and autumn leaves on black paper.
Fragments
, 18th–19th century
silk

Fragments of silk have floral patterns.
Textile
, late 17th century
linen, cotton Technique: lampas; plain weave foundation; supplementary weave is plain weave with no interlaced connection

The pattern is yellow on blue.
Fragment
, late 19th century
linen Technique: Brussels style bobbin lace

Circular motifs and detached leaves.
Study for a Foot
Francis Augustus Lathrop, American, 1849–1909, ca. 1895
Graphite on tracing paper
Drawing

A left foot and ankle, seen from the front.
Design for a Silver Candl
Vittorio Maria Bigari, 1692–1776, 1725–40
Pen and brown ink, brown wash, black chalk Support: white laid paper, joined at center
Drawing

Vertical format;
London Bridge Stairs
Joseph Pennell, American, active England, 1857–1926, 1903
Etching on paper
Print

Vertical rectangle. The bridge is seen to the left, and the stairs directly before the observer. Church towers and the Monument rise in the distance. | Cut at plate-line.
Seat covers
, ca. 1910
Velvet

Red wool velvet chair seat coverings; linen ground; pattern in wool, in small lattice design.
Fragment
, 1000–1400
cotton Technique: plain weave with hand-painted dye resist patterning Label: cotton with hand-painted dye resist

Fine, loosely woven cotton cloth with slightly overtwised yarns, with a small scale all-over design of diagonals of interlocking birds alternating with diagonals of interlocking fishes, each diagonal set off by zigzag line; in reserved natural white on a brown ground.
Fragment
, 17th century
silk, metallic yarns Technique: compound twill weave with discontinuous supplementary weft patterning (brocaded)

Fragment of woven silk with a repeating pattern of a bird perched on a branch of roses arising from a mound. In pale blue, green, and pink silks on a silver metallic ground.
Two Figures
August-Florian Jaccaci, American, 1856–1930, ca. 1900
Pen and ink, with graphite, on illustration board
Drawing

Figures of two boys: one stands, center, leaning against a pedestal, blowing the flute; the other is seated on the ground, before him, facing left in profile.
Textile
, 18th century
silk Technique: plain compound weave

Three lengths of a cream-colored, weft-ribbed cloth with a feathery, symmetrical design of a central floral motif in curving sprays at the side. In shades of green, blue, yellow, light orange, and white loose floss floats.
L'École Domestique
John Ingram, British, 18th century, after 1755
Engraving on paper
Print

A young barefooted girl is seen in a simple domestic interior, seated, instructing two standing children who peer at an open book, resting against her knee. A cat lies in the foreground.
Tailpiece
Homer Wayland Colby, American, 1874–1950, ca. 1910
Pen and ink on illustration board
Drawing

A motif composed of a lighted candle, quill pen, and inkwell.
Cover for card case
, 18th century
silk, paper, paillettes Technique:

Cover is ornamented by bits of brocade showing three openings in paper, which has been cut in floral design. Edges of cover are shaped and bound with pink paper.
La Mere des Gracques, plate 46 from the Histoire Ancienne
Honore Daumier, French, 1808 – 1879, 1842
hand colored lithograph on paper
Print

Vertical rectangle. Interior with figures: woman displaying her jewels to the mother of the Gracchi, who in turn points to her sons as her own jewels.
Study of Wild Plants, Fordham Heights
Walter Clark, American, 1848–1917, 1884
Graphite on paper
Album page

Four high plants rise over grass.
Textile
, mid-19th century
cotton Technique: roller printed on plain weave

Two pieces of a chinoiserie pattern in blue with a design of pagodas and large-scale vegetation.
Frame, for Book Illustration
Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, New York, USA, ca. 1910
Pen and ink on illustration board
Drawing

Scroll work, with waves and rosettes above and below. Fruit, lower left and right. A horizontal rectangle in pencil inside, with writing erased.