biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Boat House, Virginia Water; Verso: Scullery, Virginia Water
Sir Jeffry Wyatville, English, 1766 – 1840, 1825
Pen and black and brown ink, brush and gray wash on off-white wove paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. A view of the boat house from the water; a view of the entrance by land, and a roof plan. Verso: a view of the scullery from the water and a roof plan of the scullery.
caster
, ca. 1800
glass

Pear shaped body, with band of flat diamond cutting and prismatic rings. Fluted, waisted neck and hemisperical top with holes. Waisted join betweenbody and circular dome foot with scalloped edge. Hole in bottom for Cork.
Sketch, Classical Scene with Hermes and Other Figures
Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863, 1820–1850
Pen and ink, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

Sketch, Classical Scene with Hermes and Other Figures.
Overdoor
, 1784–89
Block printed on handmade paper

Printed with panoply of armor: shield, helmet, sword and axe; and crossed branches of laurel and oak. Printed in grisaille on deep blue ground. Horizontal rectangle, composed of four joined sheets of paper.
LA FONTAINE DES BAINS D’APOLLON
Adam Perelle, French, 1638 – 1695, 1670–1703
Etching on laid paper
Print

View of a fountain in the gardens of Versailles, framed by balustrades within a grove with trellis walls and trees and sculptures. Figures (courtiers) walking around along the paths. The plate is titled.
Elevation of a Church for Monte Vergine
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1784
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, red ink on lined off-white laid paper
Drawing

Cross scheme with higher transcept. Four embedded columns support entablatures and triangular pediment. Laterally parapets. Fragment of a blotted plan of a church.
Design for a Tureen
Joseph Anton Seethaler II, German, 1799–1868, 1825-1835
Pen and ink, brush and washes
drawing

The vessel is banded with grapevine suspended from satyrs' heads. The finial is composed of a lion rampant supporting a blank shield and snakes form the handles. A similar banding is on the base, resting on tapering fluted feet.
Plan Général De la Propriété Rurale composée des Maisons Granges, Jardins-Pitoresques et Potagers Appartenant à Me. Belanger à Santeny
Jean-Charles Krafft, French, 1764 - 1833, 1812
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

A general plan view of gardens featuring buildings, and planting, with legend to the right describing each of the sections of the plan. The plate is titled, numbered, and signed.
Arabesque Panel Design
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, 1775–88
Etching on paper
Print

An arabesque panel design featuring a vase with two handles in the form of snakes and decorated with festoons of leaves, fluting and gadrooning motifs. The vase sits on a base or bracket with baskets of flowers, scrolling leaves, s-scrolls, festoons of leaves, rosettes, and a mascaron (mask) below. The plate is signed and numbered.
A Woman Fishing with Children
Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808, 1760-1775
Etching on paper
Print

A chinoiserie-style design for a panel after Jean Pillement, depicting a woman fishing in a small body of water, with four children. The woman and three of the children stand in a landscape under a canopy, in front of wooden structure with a roof, where a fourth child look out of the window. The figures and the roofed structure are in a landscape surrounded by trees, plants and flowers. A small waterfall runs from the pool of water to a vignette of rococo-style ornament below, decorated with fronds and flowers and plants.
Thunderstorm, Hudson, New York
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, July 1866
Graphite on gray-green wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Atmosphere and landscape sketch showing a view of a thunderstorm over a mountain ridge (likely the Catskill Escarpment) as seen from the artist's property on Long Hill in Hudson, New York. Stretching horizontally across landscape, a dark storm cloud flows over a mountain range, creating a bulge at center, as it unleashes a torrent of rain on the sloping terrain below. Articulated as diagonal pencil scratches, the rain also falls on a steeper hill at far left. 

Verso: Atmoshpere sketch showing a small view of the full moon illuminating the edge of a cloud, visible at upper center.
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 motifs including fluting, acanthus leaves, and rosettes. The plate is signed.
Study of the Left Leg of a Seated Woman
, early 18th century
Red crayon on brown paper
Drawing

Left leg depicted from the front and slightly above from just above the knee to the end of the foot.  Leg is angled toward lower right corner of paper. Verso: sketch of a bearded man's head and the strokes of another sketch.
Design for an Ewer
Jan Lutma, Dutch, ca. 1584 - 1669, 1630–60
Black, white, and red chalk, brush and gouache on laid paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle showing an ewer in the auricular style shown in profile. The uppermost part of the design is lacking. The handle consists of a merman and, seemingly, a mermaid leaning backwards toward him. Two panels with reliefs depicting children are shown on the left and right of the ewer's body. The shape of the relief on the left side of the ewer forms mimics the shape of a mouth. The shaft consists of a kneeling merman supporting the body like an Atlas.
Candlestick
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, ca. 1780
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

An urn stands upon a short column. In front of the latter is a mask, suporting with its mount festoons and two branches with the sockets for candles. Only the right side is executed.
Arabesque Panel Design
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, 1775–88
Etching on paper
Print

An arabesque panel design featuring an oval medallion with a standing female figure framed by flowering vases, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), festoons of leaves, scrolling feathers, birds, a basket of flowers, and a mascaron (mask). The plate is signed and numbered.
Decorative door boss and nail
, ca. 1550–1700
Wrought iron

Square pierced and shaped mount, hammered and wrought lines at four corners to form quadrated designs of leaf-like elements. Nail with notched square head and square shank.
Title Page
St. G..., active 18th century, 1772-1777
Engraving on paper
Print

Two vases side by side. The left vase has two handles and a bas-relief of putti playing with a goat. The bottom of the vase is fluted, has a low, tapered foot, and is elevated on a short socle. The vase on the right is oblong. There is a band of swirling acanthus leaf pattern, and the bottom half of the vase is fluted. The vase has a thin, tapered foot, and is elevated on a short socle. The plate is numbered.
Study for the entrance of a temple, “Vintage Festival”, Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1895–1898
Brush and watercolor on tracing paper mounted to board
Drawing

A basin is positioned at the entrance of a temple. Something more than the right half of the tripod is shown. A railing and lower parts of columns which are connected by festoons are shown.
Saucières et Salières
Pierre Germain, French, 1703 - 1783, 1748
Etching on laid paper
Print

Designs for a sauce boat and a salt cellar decorated with ornament motifs including small flowers, ribbon twist, and shells. The plate is signed and numbered.
Design for a Salon Wall
, 1790
Pen and ink, brush and watercolor, black crayon on paper
drawing

A mantelpiece is flanked by narrow wall panels and folding doors.
Interior Wall Elevation
Berthaud frères, French, 1889 – 1911, late 19th–early 20th century
Collotype on paper
Photograph

Collotype reproduction of an 18th-century interior wall elevation with a central sofa niche, to the right a set of doors, and to the left a mantlepiece. The decoration features neoclassical motifs. Above each section, semi-circular over panels with classical scenes and figures. With putto in between. The background pattern is coffered or a large floral diaper pattern. Vertical panels in between each section features figures on plinths and profile vignettes with animals and insects. The plate is signed and numbered with an inscription in graphite, dating the collotype to 1903.
Trimming
, 16th century
silk Technique: supplementary warp pile (velvet)

Design of a curving stem with flowers and leaves between straight borders. In red and white velvet on a white ground.
The Chariot of the Sun Fantasy
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, probably 1868–69
Brush and oil on tan paperboard
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing an imagined view of the Chariot of the Sun riding across the twilight sky above a body of water surrounded by mountains. The rippling surface of a lake or inlet comprises the foreground and part of the middle distance as it reflects the golden-orange glow of the sun above. A group of ancient ruins, including a pair of columns, is situated atop a small prominence in the middle distance at left. A dark mountain range span across the horizon and features a sharp peak at right. Above, the sun stands in as the wheel of a fantastic cosmic chariot, likely representing Apollo's (in the Roman tradition) or Helios's (in the Greek tradition) chariot of the sun. The immense robed figure driving the chariot holds a whip aloft as two pinkish-gold horses carry the load. The sky, otherwise, is a tumultuous mix of puffy and wispy clouds, illuminated in shades of pink and gray in a dark, twilight sky.
Botanical Sketches, Ecuador
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, May–August 1857
Graphite on off-white wove paper
Drawing

Botanical sketch from Ecuador showing a view of a plant with a tall, narrow stem--visible at left--and a detail of the plant's leaves at right.
Adam and Eve, The Temptation
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, early 19th century
Pen and ink, brush and watercolor, black chalk on paper
Drawing

Figural scene in landscape. At left, the figure of Adam stretches his left arm out to reach the apple, which Eve receives from the snake, whose upper body is formed by the bust of a woman. Adam and Eve sit at the foot of the Tree of Knowledge. Two rabbits are in the lower left corner. Saturnus or Death sits still sleeping in the lower right corner, hidden in shadow. Beside him are a scythe, skull, and hourglass. Framing lines in pen and ink and black crayon.
Frontispiece
Christian Wink, German, 1738 - 1797, ca. 1770
Etching and engraving on paper
Bound print

An allegorical frontispiece with a dedication in Latin lettered below. A large figural group within a classical interior. At upper left, winged figures suporting an oval profile portrait of a man topped with a coat of arms. Attributes of architecture in the lower left corner.
Boy
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1880
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Sketch of a young male figure.
Mezzaro (shawl or headcovering)
, 1800–1850
cotton Technique: block printed

Mezzaro in a multicolored design on a white ground. Sprays of roses and other flowers connected vertically by thorny stems. Background covered with tiny black dots. Double floral border.
Towel
, 19th century
cotton, metallic thread Technique: plain weave with supplementary weft looping; embroidered

White solid looped uncut towel except at the ends, where on a border of plain weave is embroidered, in gold, a serpentine stem with five-pointed leaves and small flowers. Scalloped fringe on ends.
LE DEJEUNÉ
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 female monkeys dressed in dresses and bonnets. One seated monkey to the right, holds a teacup and saucer and a spoon. The standing monkey to the left, holds a tray with a bowl and two pouring jugs. The floor below their feet is tiled. The plate is titled, signed, and numbered.
Sampler
, 1755
silk and linen embroidery, linen foundation Technique: two-sided cross, double running, satin, and chain stitches on plain weave

Three religious scenes (Flight into Egypt, Garden of Eden, Crucifixion) with scattered motifs.
Working Women
Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858, 1797-1858
Woodblock print in colored ink on paper
Print

Two women are working beneath the foot of Mt. Fuji. The woman in blue is smiling back, and the other woman is looking directly at her. A small boat separates the women. In the distance, one can see other workers as well as gathering either water, seaweed, or harvesting other sea life. The bright horizon and group of birds hovering around the mountains signify the majestic prominences of the revered peak.
Elevation of a Palace
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1792
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper
Drawing

Five sections, in pairs receding from the central one. Two stories. In the central section are five doors between pairs of windows in the ground floor and a colonnade in the top story. Doors are also in the outer sections.
Decorated Capital Letter A
Jakob Frey, Swiss, active Italy, 1681 - 1752, 1715
Engraving on paper
Engraving

A: Letter "A" standing before God the Father who is talking to Adam, behind whom Eve stands. Framed by a moulding, as are all the letters up to -26.
Two Girls on a Swing
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1879
Graphite on off-white paper
Drawing

Vertical rear view of two girls sitting in a swing, hung from the branch of a tree.
Plate 4, from "A New Book of Chinese Ornaments"
Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808, ca. 1750
Etching on paper
Print

Chinoiserie eschutcheon with a figure with hands folded standing balanced on one foot. A monkey and two birds in the border.
Peep-show Section; Coffee
Martin Engelbrecht, German, 1684–1756, ca. 1750
Hand-colored etching, with engraving Support: white laid paper laid down on thick gray paper
Peep-show

Interior of three rooms, furniture and costumes of the times. Men and women engaged in drinking coffee, smoking, and gaming.
Design for Doors for a Porte Cochère
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Elevation of a set of double doors decorated with panels of ornament motifs including crowned coat of arms, fleurs-de-lys, scrolls, trophy, branch guilloche, and monogram on shield.
Sidewall
, 1880–90
Block-printed

An asymmetrical design of stylized flowers profusely distributed over surface. Printed in deep ivory on cream. The entire background is gilded.
Design for a Table
Jean Joseph Balechou, French, 1719 – 1764, late 18th century
Etching on laid paper
Print

A printed sheet from a series of thirty designs for moldings, carved frames, doors, chimneys and liturgical objects. Design for a table, with a marble top and ornate rococo-style legs and frame, featuring female herms, a roundel portrait, shells, garlands, fronds, scrolls and fretwork ornament. Under the table, a small lidded urn sits on a footed socle. The plate is signed and numbered.
Escutcheon
, 16th century
silk and metallic embroidery, linen foundation Technique: embroidered on plain weave

Escutcheon with the figure of Saint Michael the Archangel slaying Satan, within an oval framework.
Fragment
, 15th century
silk Technique: 4&1 satin damask

Blue and white silk damask.
Dodecagonal Cup with Applied Flowers and Saucer
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present, ca. 1850
hard paste porcelain, gold
cup and saucer

Dodecagonal. Cup has a simple handle and three groups of modelled flowers applied to outside. Saucer has convex sides.
St. Mary Magdalene Penitent
Hendrik Goltzius, Netherlandish, 1558 – 1617, 1585
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Standing figure of Mary Magdalen in frontal view. Her head is turned to left, lookking down. She holds a book in her right hand; her left hand rests upon a skull on a rock. In background, hills, houses, and a crucifix. Inscribed, lower left: H. Goltzius inuen. et sculptor exeubat"; center: "A 1585"; across lower margin: "Dum su a perpetua deplorat crimina fieta, grata pio, neruit Magdalis este deo". Cut within platemark.
Design for the Embroidery of a Lady's Dress, Pattern 591, of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"
Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1785–1790
Graphite, brush and gouache
Drawing

One repeat is shown, consisting of a flower bough and a trophy composed of fruit, a basket, a shepherd's shovel, flower boughs. Bunches of flower boughs are shown in the interval in a vertical row. These motifs are connected by a garland, a bough, a ribbon, respectively.
Shawl
, mid- 19th century
wool, silk Technique: twill plain weave

Square shawl of fine weft ivory wool twill. Border on all four sides of two narrow stripes of tiny brown and white checkerboard flanking a broad stripe of ribbed weave, alternate ribs being ivory wool and ivory silk. Fringe on two warp ends. Two selvedges.
Chaise quarrée Ornée de Sculptures [et] Chaise Ovale Ornée de Sculptures
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1775-1788
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Designs for two chairs, one with a square seat and back, and another with an oval seat and back. The chairs are decorated with textile with ornament pattern, and carved with decorative motifs including garland, striped fluting, and interlaced piastre. Below the chairs are plans for construction, and between the chairs, detail of the carved piastre motif. The plate is signed and numbered.
Wooded Bank, Lake Millinocket, Maine
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1877
Graphite on tan wove paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of a wooded bank at Lake Millinocket, Maine, or possibly another nearby lake. The shore curves from the foreground at left to the middle distance at center, where a loosely-rendered stand of trees rises above several boulders along the water's edge. Multiple possibly dead trees lean diagonally over the water's edge.
Galerie métallique des grands hommes français (Great Men of France)
Raymond Gayrard, French, 1777 - 1858, 1818
Cast bronze
Medal

Bust of Clément Marot (1496 -1544).
Design for an Earring
Giovanni Sebastiano Meyandi, Italian, active 1762 - 1794, ca. 1770
Pen and ink, brush and gray watercolor on paper
Drawing

Jewelry design for an earring. Above, a blossom. In the center, two stems springing symmetrically from a chalice. Three hanging oval drops, each having surrounded by radially arranged leaves.
Rank badge
, possibly 15th century
silk Technique: plain weave with discontinuous wefts (tapestry or k'ossu)

Three fragments of a rank badge showing parts of two birds against a cloud background.
Below the Bridge, Niagara River, New York
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, possibly 1858
Graphite and white gouache on gray-green wove paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of a wooded gorge with a small waterfall beneath a bridge at Niagara Falls. A trickle of water is intermittently visible on the steep slope at center and upper center before joining the waters of the Niagara River, shown along the lower margin. The shaded gorge is otherwise filled with lush trees.
Gnarled Tree and Weed, Obersee, Germany
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, July 1868
Graphite on tan laid paper
drawing

Botanical sketch showing, at center, a gnarled, knotty tree and its lower boughs growing among moss-covered stones. Below, a light sketch of a small plant is visible.

Verso: Loose landscape sketch showing a view of the Obersee in Bavara, Germany, and the nearby terrain. At center, a dense grove of trees is visible, framed by the sharp peaks of distant mountains in the background. Red clouds hang in the sky above. The trees, mountains, and sky are reflected in the placid waters of the lake below.
Wooded Scene - West Campton, New Hampshire
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, September 21, 1855
Graphite on pale green paper
Drawing

Road, foreground, running under trees, away at right. Many trees, shaded deeply at left.
Excerpt from Mrs. Peter Piper's Pickle for St. Nicholas Magazine (V, No. 8, June 1878, p. 521-522)
Frederick Stuart Church, American, 1842–1924, June 1878
Printed in black ink on paper
Ephemera

Two pages from short story. Illustrations by F. S. Church on first page (521). Top illustration shows one bird with its head emerging from the water while the other bird looks down at it. Bottom illustration shows one bird bringing a bug towards another bird standing on one leg.
Design for an Embroidered or Woven Horizontal Border of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"
Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1805–1815
Brush and white gouache on glazed tracing paper
Drawing

A fantastic plant fills the hollow of a pointed crest border over which it rises. Four repeats are shown.
The Grand Cañon of the Colorado
Thomas Moran, American, b. Britain, 1837–1926, March 1875
Wood engraving on cream wove paper
Print

Sun shines through tall mountainous cliffs, narrow opening with river running through.
Decoration of a lateral panel of a coach
, 1650–75
Brush and gray watercolor, pen and ink, black chalk on paper.
Drawing

Vertical drawing  of a side panel of a coach.  "Autumn" is shown seated in clouds.  A putto standing at right beside her, wing-like, brought her a bowl with fruits.  She raises her left hand with a bunch.  She is crowned with a wreath.
Balance cock / coque de montre
, 18th century
Brass

Oval. Pierced vertical center with four foliated scrolls forming a quatrefoil. Engraved border.
Project for a Frieze
, 1550–1600
Black chalk, pen and ink on paper
Drawing

Caryatid holding drapery festoons with acanthus leaf scrolling around a goat, at right.
Button
, 1815–30
Silver

1931-59-5: Button for government official showing three fleur...
Abraham Casting Out Hagar and Ishmael
Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn, Dutch, 1606–1669, 1637
Etching on paper
Print

Abraham stands in the center foreground, facing the spectator, his head turned toward the right in profile. He gestures with his left hand toward the figures of Hagar and young Ishmael, moving to right. Signed and dated, upper right: "Rembrandt / f. 1637."
Study for a Procession, “Vintage Festival,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1895–1898
Graphite, pastel crayon, brush and wash on canvas
Drawing

Male and female figures in procession through an arcade with columns and pedestals.
Ornamental Vase Design
Edme Bouchardon, French, 1698–1762, 1738-1749
Etching on laid paper
Print

Vase with two handles. The upper half of the body has diagonal fluting, which extends to, and within, the handles. The bottom half of the body of the vase has a basket weave pattern, and a goat's head knob. The foot of the vase is tall and narrow, with vertical fluting. The vase is elevated on a plain, squared pedestal. The plate is lettered and numbered.
Design for a Candelabrum
, 1520–50
Pen and ink, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

Design for a candelabrum. At center, a niche with figure, flanked by terms and putti carrying urns. Above, a man and woman, each with a dog. At base, scrolling feet with masks. A nude mad and woman seated below a crowned shield.
Design for a Woven Fabric
, 1825–1850
Brush and green, blue, white, and yellow gouache, brush and black paint on oily tracing paper
Drawing

Vertically undulated stems of which one unit and a part of the neighboring at right are shown. A bough with leaves and a carnation-like blossom rises into the segment. Two more loose flower boughs are shown on top.
Study for a seated woman holding a child, “Vintage Festival,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1895–1898
Pastel crayon on tracing paper
Drawing

A  female figure seated with right arm around a standing child.
Design for Brooch and Pendant
, 16th century
Pen, brush and sepia on paper
Drawing

Above an escutcheon of scrollwork, with an oblong diamond. The left side is outlined. Below the pendant: an escutcheon of scrollwork with a round diamond and two sitting figures. Fire round diamonds are pending. Above, a ring.
Salesman's samples
, ca. 1770
silk Technique: embroidered in chain stitch on satin weave

White satin embroidered using colored silks in designs of flowers on curving stems intertwined with ribbons or floral sprays with ribbons.