biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Two Funerary Monument Designs
Henri Sallembier, French, ca. 1753 - 1820, 1777
Etching on laid paper
Print

Two designs for funerary monuments (tombs) featuring obelisks, coffins, vases, incense burners, draped figures (mourners), pilasters, columns, smoke, military trophy (spears, flags, helmet, shield, leaves), drapery, oval profile portrait, and cartouches. The plate is signed and numbered.
Galerie métallique des grands hommes français (Great Men of France)
Jean Joseph Dubois, French, 1798 - 1841, 1818
Cast bronze
Medal

Bust of Jean-François Regnard (1655 -1709).
Title Page
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, 1777–79
Etching on paper
Print

Title page and design for a decorative panel featuring arabesque and floral motifs including festoons of flowers, cornucopia of flowers, ribbons, vases, horns, scrolling acanthus leaves (rinceaux), and s-scrolls. The plate is titled and numbered.
Baptism of Christ
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, ca. 1580 – 1605
Recto: pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk on laid paper Verso: pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk, with corrections by the artist in white opaque paint on laid paper
Drawing

Recto: Christ stands in the foreground of a landscape, at center, with the dove of the Holy Spirit in the sky above. A river stretches behind him. St. John stands to the right, and two other figures to the left.  
Verso: The dead body of Christ appears at the center of the composition, supported by the Virgin Mary, who stands behind and above him. Two angels at either side hold his arms outstretched.
Design for an Embroidered or Woven Horizontal Border of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"
Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1800–1815
Brush and white gouache, incised line on glazed tracing paper
Drawing

The repeats, five of which are shown, consist of a plant growing from a blossom rosette shown on top of a netted panel with scalloped edges.
Design for a Silk Brocade, Fragment
, 1825–1850
Brush and gouache on oily tracing paper
Drawing

Two undulated stems rise. Three blossoms and lace leaves grow on boughs in the segment, at left, a big lace blossom, at right.
Title Page and 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, festoons of leaves and flowers, scrolling leaves, foliate branches, female figures, rosettes, gadrooning, egg and dart, and fluted repeat pattern moldings. The panel design to the left is the title page for the series. The plates are numbered.
Soldier Sitting on a Box
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1862
Graphite on cream-colored paper
Drawing

Vertical view of a soldier sitting on a box, having his hair cut, with tents visible in background.
Cartouche with Chinoiserie Motifs
Alexis Peyrotte, French, 1699–1769, ca. 1740
Engraving on paper
Print

Cartouche with Chinoiserie Motifs
Colored Rockface, Petra, Syria (Jordan)
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, February - March 1868
Oil and graphite on tan paperboard
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of a vibrantly-colored rockface in the Wadi Musa near Petra. Dominating the composition in the foreground at center and right, the rockface is comprised of layers of rock strata variously colored grey, pink, maroon, brown, and a bluish lavender. Two darkened indentations are visible at its base at center and right. Green foliage and loose rocks are shown in the immediate foreground, while a distant mountainside is visible in the background at left. Above, patches of blue shine through an otherwise overcast sky.
Sunset
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1865–75
Brush and oil, graphite on bright green paperboard
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a luminous sunset over a distant mountain range. Sharp contour of mountains backlit by the orange light of the setting sun, which gives way to a deep blue sky. Foreground landscape loosely rendered in shades of brown and green.
Cotopaxi from near Ambato, Ecuador
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1853
Graphite, brush and white gouche on tan wove paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch from Ecuador showing a steaming Cotopaxi from a distance. Rolling topography in foreground and middle distance frames the volcanic cone, which is covered in snow. White smoke emanates volcano's crater and spreads across the sky to the left.
Transverse Section, Proscenium, and Curtain, Teatro Filarmonico, Verona
Francesco Galli Bibiena, Italian, 1659–1739, 1731
Etching on paper
Print

Horizontal rectangle. The upper part similar to 1938-57-1385. Shown are the elevation of the orchestra pit, sections of the boxes, and of the lower part of the attic. At left is the right edge of the paper sheet like in 1938-57-1439. There are letters at the ends of the lines, those of the last one bieng, "rre;" "tav: 111" is below the left section of the boxes.
Elevation of a bell tower
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1746-1809
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper
Drawing

Three stories; beside the lower and the central ones are remnants of designs of architecture. The plans of the lower stories are octagonal. Both have openings at the front, with balustrades below. The lower one has the shape of an arch. The upper one is angular. Above the entablature of the central story stand statues. The top story has the shape of a round pavilion, with pairs of columns supporting the entablature. Three bells are shown. Colored backgound.
Soupiere porté par des Consoles sur un socle uni et couronné d'une branche de Rose et sa Soucoupe à anse
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1788–1796
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Design for a soup tureen decorated with ornament motifs including a rose branch finial, lancet leaves, tasseled drapery, a portrait medallion, acanthus leaves, and raised scroll feet. The plate is numbered.
Pocket
, ca. 1870
cotton Technique: printed on plain weave

Plain square calico pocket; design of foliage and flowers in yellow, green, and dark brown on light brown ground. Drawstring at top.
L’ARCHITECTURE
Jacques Bacheley, French, 1712 – 1781, mid- 18th–late 18th century
etching on paper
Print

First plate from a series of four, framed within decorative rococo cartouches, with verses lettered below. A group of boys stand within a landscape, featuring architectural elements, a fountain, and buildings in the background. They hold tools associated with architecture and a plan, which another measures with a caliper. The title is lettered below the cartouche, and the plate is numbered.
Decoration of three friezes
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1746–1809
Pen and brown ink on off-white laid paper
Drawing

Decoration of three friezes.
Pied de table pour entre-croisées
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Design for an entryway table with curved legs. The table is decorated with ornament motifs including egg and dart, wave pattern, a mascaron, bound leaves, and scrolls. The table is topped with a vase. The plate is signed
Textile
, 1850–1900
cotton Technique: plain weave; Z/Z twist

Fragment; Yarn-dyed woven pattern of browm and white checks,
Mountain Range and Rowboat, Switzerland
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, August 1868
Graphite on tan wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing an oblique view of a mountain range in the Swiss alps. Sharp, rocky peaks in the middle distance at left are shaded with some level of detail. The serrated mountain range extends to the right toward the horizon. Two men paddling a rowboat are visible in lower left corner.

Verso: Landscape sketch showing a view of a trail leading through a heavily-wooded forest towards mountains in the distance. In the background, the rocky pinnacles of the mountains' peaks are visible.
Project for a Mace
Vincenzo Belli, Italian, 1710 - 1787, 1840–1860
Graphite, pen and ink on two pieces of paper pasted together vertically
Drawing

Fluted handle with a capital, surrounded by garlands. A running angel and another flying on clouds support an ovoidal medallion over crossed laurel boughs. Topped by a cherub and crown.
Design for a Chandelier
, ca. 1830
Pen and black ink, brush and watercolor, graphite on paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. Design for a chandelier, hanging on a cord. Intended for eighteen burning candles; eleven are shown, six being held by arms fastened to an upper ring, and some in the same manner by a lower ring. Upon the rims of the upper ring stand six sockets with glass candles. Three more rings are above and below; one of the latter ones supports a standing diamond glass bowl. Many drops and chains of glass.
Café
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1882
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Partial sketch of a café with two male figures seated at a table.
Border Design with Cross-Section
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1785-1788
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Border design with bands of molding and its cross section at the right. From top to bottom, the molding ornamentation consists of: bead course, planar facade, large egg and dart, ribbon twist, fluting, and lamb's tongue. The plate is signed and numbered.
Stage Design, Palaces and River
Angelo Toselli, ca. 1765? – 1826, late 18th century
Pen and ink, brush and sepia wash on paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Substructure on river edge, classic temple and palaces close to the river.
Sidewall
, ca. 1770
Block-printed on handmade paper

Vertical rectangle. Rectangular framework of twisted ribbons, running diagonally, in black and white dots, with tassels hanging from points of intersection. Vertical serpentines of slender vine with flowers and foliage in black and white. Slip printed in two colors with one woodblock to give a shadow effect.
Textile
, early 18th century
silk, metallic thread, gold paint Technique: embroidered using satin, stem and couching stiches on satin weave; painted

Small fragment with a bouquet of multicolored flowers, leaves and buds tied with a ribbon. Satin weave ground is painted gold.
Figure on a Rearing Horse
, 17th century
Pen and ink, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

Figure on a rearing horse
Bull Hunt with Lassos
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, 1596 or before
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on paper
Drawing

Recto: Men on horseback lasso bulls using long poles and ropes. 
Verso, above: Men in armor attacked by bears. 
Verso, below: Monkeys wash themselves in a basin. In the background, humans wash themselves in a similar manner.
Sifting Spoon
, 19th century
silver
spoon

Elongated scallop-shell shaped bowl pierced in descending lines following the scallop form meeting in the center at a repoussé open circle with ends swirling inward. Along the ridges of the scalloped form, small beads are raised from the surface in descending lines meeting in the center. Short curved handle with winged cherub's mask on the obverse, below a cast Cupid with flowers and rabbit.
Four Medallion or Frame Designs
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, 1778
Print

Four designs for medallions or frames, oval and round, decorated with moldings and topped with trophies. The ornament and motifs include laurel leaves, rosettes, ribbon, beads, acanthus leaves, festoons of leaves, foliate branches, flowers, horn, hunting net, birds, caduceus, and a quiver of arrows. The plate is numbered and signed.
Landscape with Villa
Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702–1786, 1750–60
Pen and ink, brush and bistre wash on paper
Drawing

Foreground: two people walking along a path towards a stream. Behind the stream is a bridge and a house. In the background is a large mountain and clouds billowing out of the mountain.
Elevation and ground floor plan of a mansion
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1800
Pen and brown ink, blue and red pencil on paper
Drawing

The mansion has two main storeys and an upper recessed one. The ground floor, the doorway and three windows are shown at left. The upper floor has seven windows, the recessed floor three. A pointed roof.
Camels on a Mountainside with Mixed Sketches, Palestine (Israel)
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, February 18, 1868
Graphite on white wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Mixed sketches from the deserts of present-day Israel, showing a crouching camel, a building, camels climbing a mountainside, and two views of a grazing horse. At upper left, a seated camel with a saddle on its back is sketched in left profile. Beside it at upper center, a rectangular stone building is viewed obliquely. At upper and lower right, a horse wearing a saddle decorated with hanging tassels is shown grazing beside a spear planted upright into the sand. At center, a scene of four camels climbing a distant and steep hillside is faintly rendered. 

Verso: Mixed sketches from the deserts of present-day Israel, made en route to Petra, showing the construction of a tent, the head of a camel, and a flying hawk. At upper right, an aloft hawk with wings spread wide is sketched simply. Beside it, at center right and oriented to the right, a camel's head is sketched in some detail. It opens its mouth wide, bearing its tongue and teeth, as its chained harness hangs from its hairy chin. At left, several of the artist's Bedouin guides raise a tent in the desert sands. The first portion of the tent is risen at center, while guy lines descend from its peak to pegs in the ground. A kneeling figure at left actively hammers a peg into the sand.
Plan and Elevation of a Console Table, Plate 4 from "Premier Cahier de Meubles et d'Ebenisteries," Parte V, Cahier E
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, ca. 1780
Engraving on paper
Print

Plan and front elevation of a three-legged console table, with four objects on it. Decorated with garlands and acanthus leaves. Below, engraver's and designer's names. From "Premier Cahier de Meubles et d'Ebenisteries," Parte V, Cahier E. planche 4.
Chatelaine Design
Pierre Moreau, French, 1722 – 1798, 1771
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Within a double-lined frame, a design for a chatelaine, with medallions, chains with a seal, egg-shaped charm and a round watchcase decorated with birds, flowers, and bands. The upper section of the chatelaine is decorated with a framed cartouche featuring a trophy of musical instruments and ornamented with a hanging garland of flowers, surrounded by fleurons, ‘rocaille' scrolls, acanthus leaves, bows, shells, and a scale pattern, The three hanging medallions feature flowers, a bird, and a dog, each framed by two cornucopias. The plate is signed, numbered, and dated.
Design for a Banknote
Charles Percier, French, 1764–1838, ca. 1815
Black crayon, pen and ink, brush and bistre wash on light brown paper
Drawing

Five classicizing figures stand around a central crowned emblem with an eagle in the center and a stylized vegetal border. The figures hold attributes including a cornicopia, laurel branch, and winged Victory.
Studies of Ears
Pierre Thomas Le Clerc, French, ca. 1740 - ca. 1796, 1773
Crayon-manner with red ink on laid paper
Print

Studies of nine ears from different positions with accompanying explanatory text, from a series of figure studies for the education of artists and amateurs, printed in red ink in the crayon manner. The plate is numbered and signed.
Frieze
Wm. Campbell Wall Paper Company, 1872, ca. 1890
Machine-printed

Horizontal rectangle. Festoons of beads and of leaves suspended from fleurons tied with bows. Across bottom, foliate scrolls set with anthemion, and bead-and-reel, with pink band.
Cream and silver on light blue ground.
Forest Floor near Lake Millinocket, Maine
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1877
Graphite on tan wove paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of the forest floor near Lake Millinocket in Maine. At left, the base of a large tree grows out of a mossy prominence, upon which fallen branches lie at center and right. Outlines of other trees are visible in the background at left.
Studies of Peace for "Justice and Peace"
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, 1886
Graphite, white chalk on grey wove paper
Drawing

Woman's head in left profile, at left. At right, drapery study for a seated female figure, turned towards the left, with head and feet not shown.. Verso: Three studies of a left foot, one study of a right foot.
RÉPRÉSENTATION DES JOUTES, EXERCICES DE LA BAGUE, DE L’OYE, AUTRES JEUX, ET PÊCHE CONSIDÉRABLE
Johann Martin Weis, French, 1711 - 1751, 1745
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

Before the Episcopal Palace, festivities on the river including water jousting and fishing by the boatmen of the City of Strasbourg. Large crowds gather on the river banks and in buildings to witness. The plate is titled, signed, numbered, and features the Strasbourg coat of arms.
Fountains
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, ca. 1790
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

A fountain, consisting of a circular basin surmounted by another circular basin and jet, rests on a square parterre which is flanked by square parterres, with posts at the angles. Plan may be for a table fountain. On verso, sketches for an adz.
Frieze
Gledhill Wall Paper Co., New York, New York, founded 1900, 1900–05
Machine-printed, distemper colors

Landscape frieze; Flat meadow with hills in far distance; repeating pair of oak trees in foreground. Stamped on upper margin: Gledhill Wall Paper Company. New York, N.Y.; on reverse: Frieze No. 1242 AA/ 30 Inch Ingrains. --WR
Plate 23, from Grotteßco: in diverßche manieren (Various Grotesques)
Hans Vredeman de Vries, Dutch, 1527 - ca. 1606, 1564
Etching on laid paper
Print

Grotesque panel. In center, a nude woman balances atop a columnar pedestal, atop a stepped podium. Her arms are stretched wide, and she holds a ring in each hand. The rings are tied to the reigns of quadrigae which flank the podium.
Project: The elevation of an altar
, 1575–1600
Black chalk, pen, ink, brush and bistre on paper
Drawing

Vertical composition with the elevation of an altar. Three steps lead to the mensa in the center of a dado. A niche with triangular pediment forms the central part of the retable. A statue stands inside the niche which has been changed by overdrawing into what seems to be St. Clara. The niche is flanked by pairs of columns and panels that are decorated by rows of three oblongs and two brackets. At the top there is an entablature and the cornices of a broken pediment. The inner corners are supported by two angels seated on the entablature.
Fragment
, 17th century
silk and metal thread Technique: plain compound twill weave

Red and green silk with metal thread.
Sidewall
, 1920
Block-printed paper, embossed, hand-rubbed oil finish

Imitation leather. Geometric strap work design of studded bands interlaced to form angular patterns. Bands are embossed, field is plain. Entire surface antiqued by hand. Printed in gold on deep old ivory, antiqued. Simulates tooled leather.
Ceiling Design
Jean Lemoyne, French, 1638 – 1715, 1700–15
Etching on laid paper
Print

Plate from a series of seven ceiling designs, showing half of an ornately decorated ceiling with part of ceiling rosace in the center. The decoration features grotesque and arabesque motifs, mythological figures sitting under canopies, sphynxes, squirrels, birds, butterflies, drapery, tassels, masks, incense burners, fleurons, scrolling foliate, c-and s-scrolls and strapwork. The plate is signed.
Design for the Embroidery of a Man's Waistcoat
, 1780–1790
Graphite, pen and ink, brush and watercolor, brush and Chinese white on paper
Drawing

Lower left section of a waistcoat. Below the pocket a spray of large flowers filling the space toward the corner, with a string of leaves and small flowers following the lower line of the pocket. Design on pocket indicated in outline.
Study for "Mathematics," "The Sciences," Library of Congress, Washington D.C.
Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919, ca. 1895
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Sketch of outspread wings. The paper is squared for transferring the image.
Design for a Mantelpice
, 1800–1830
Graphite, pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper
Drawing

Elevation of a mantelpiece. Aedicule frame with dolphin and trident crest. Twelve rosettes on fireplace surround. Scale below.
Pleated fan
, ca. 1880
Satin leaf with applied lace motifs; mother-of-pearl sticks

Pleated fan, pink satin leaf with applied decoration of white lace. In the center is the monogram: "F.S." Sticks are plain mother-of-pearl.
Project for a Ceiling Frieze
, mid- 17th century
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, white heightening on off-white laid paper
Drawing

Trapezoid. At left is a cloth, next to a shield and a trophy of arms.
LE MAITRE DE MUSIQUE
Christophe Huet, French, 1695 – 1759, 1743
Etching on laid paper
Bound print

Plate 8 of a series of 23 prints featuring monkeys acting as humans in various figural scenes. In outdoor setting, a figural scene of a music lesson, the monkey instructor in gentleman's costume teaching his students, who are cats. The monkey holds a sheet of music in his left hand and a scroll in his right hand, directing his pupils. He has a violin strapped across his body. At his feet, one cat holds a sheet of music and looks up at his instructor. The other cat at center plays a dulcimer.
Cemetary along the Sea
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. The hillside shows a little cemetery just above two people below coming in to pay their respects. Beyond the sea are ships sailing near the horizon. Hiroshige employs the ombre effect through the colors of blue, green, and yellow.
Decorative Studies
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1815
Drawing

Recto: decorative studies of ceiling of lucuna; pilaster; frieze of grotesque. On verso: two anatomical studies of toes in profile and straight view
Study for a woman, “Vintage Festival,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1895–1898
Black, brown pastel crayon on tracing paper
Drawing

A female figure leaning over a pedestal. After a slim model. The outlines of the body with a little shadowing are shown. A few strokes indicate the head. The post of the right leg is slightly altered from 1904-16-7-a.
Design for a Wall
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1780-1789
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Design for the wall of a grand room with fluted and marbled columns with Ionic capitals and panels of grotesque ornamentation. The plate is signed and numbered.
A Stag Hunt, from "Der Weisskunig"
Leonhard Beck, German, ca. 1480-1542, 1775
Woodcut on laid paper
Print

Huntsmen, on horseback, accompanied by rtheir servants and hunting dogs, follow a stag running to the left. Hills and trees in the background, and a distant castle. "No. 35," in margin, lower right. Possibly an illustration for Maximilian I's "Der Weisskunig" (written 1505-16; published ca. 1775). Illustrations created by Hans Burgkmair and Leonhard Beck between 1514-16.
Arabesque Design
Etienne de Lavallée, French, 1735 – 1802, 1788
Etching and aquatint on laid paper
Print

Vertical arabesque ornament design featuring a lion on a platform framed by scrolling acanthus leaf motifs, rosettes, festoons of flowers, a vase below and the winged head of apollo above with two snakes. The plate is signed and numbered.
Unfinished Design for a Waistcoat
, 1785-1795
Pencil and various gouache watercolors on paper
Drawing

Unfinished design for the embroidered border of a man's waistcoat. A fantastical plant which shows two blossoms, rises from a patch of moss and blue flowers. A border motif is sketched at left: star blossoms connected by lines.
Design for a Bedroom
, 1800
Pen and ink, brush and watercolor, black chalk on paper
Drawing

The elevations of a wall and of the bed alcove are shown. The chimney piece has a looking glass as an over mantel. At right, the bed shown from the foot and a mirror in the rear.