biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Mixed Sketches with a Lion Statue, Mexico
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1883–1884
Graphite on light green wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Mixed sketches from Mexico including a figure in a canoe viewed in right profile at upper right, architectural designs and an obliquely viewed building at lower right, and at left, a statue of a lion or jaguar that turns its head toward the viewer, is visible. The lion is carved out of solid rock and affixed to a flat pedestal. Lion statue is possibly a Pre-Columbian artifact.

Verso: Sketch of a statue of a lion in Mexico, facing left. It is affixed to a flat surface as it arches its back upwards and turns its head toward the viewer. Striations around its neck and head likely represent its mane.
Madonna with Saints
, 1815–1823
Crayon, pen and ink, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

The virgin sitting upon a throne in the niche of a wall. The Child sits and extends his left arm to a kneeling monk.
Funeral Decorations for King Louis XVI of France
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1793
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper
Drawing

A variation of 1938-88-1297. The inscription is at the front of the sarcophagus. A mitre and something else is above the festoon at the pedestal. The central figure of the group is beaded man.
Architectural and Figural Sketches
Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702–1786, ca. 1760
Pen and ink on laid paper
Drawing

Obverse: three sketches for a memorial tablet; an architectural plan; six sketches of heads and faces. Two standing and one walking figure; view of a balustrade; two indistinct architectural sketches. Reverse: horizontally rough sketches pertaining to a large precinct; two parts of façades.
Insect Daimyo Procession
, 19th century
Brush and watercolor on silk with brocaded silk border, mounted on paper
Drawing

Behind a flowering branch, growing obliquely in the upper right corner, a procession of insects moves across the panel, going toward the left. Composed chiefly of crickets and wasps, two of which bear leaves, as parasol of honor, and closed morning-glory bud, then come bearers of regalia, a tall pink on a slender stalk, and another long-stemmed flower. In the center, borne on a carrying pole by four insects, is a cricket cage, concealing some insects within it, with a Japanese knot, tasseled, securing it at top. A cockroach prostrates himself before this daimyo's litter. In the rear follow a beetle-like insect, riding the base of a cricket. Several more bearers of regalia, in the form of field grasses; and the procession is drawing by a wasp carrying seed-pods on shoulder poles.
Title Page
Claude Gillot, French, 1673–1722, 1729–37
Etching, engraving and graphite on laid paper
Bound print

Title page for the collected works of Claude Gillot, with the title inscribed in graphite in the center of a rocaille cartouche with shells, masks, horns, winged putti, terms, etc. The plate is numbered.
Europa
Giovanni Volpato, Italian, 1740 - 1803, 1740–1803
Etching and brush and watercolor on paper
Print

Allegory of Europe
Button
, 1801–50
Brass

1931-59-111: Convex button ornamented with a circle formed by t...
Suite des plans elevations et coupes des chateaux que le roy de Pologne occupe en Loraine
Emmanuel Héré de Corny, French, 1705–1763, 1753
Engraving
Bound print

Plan du 1. Etage du Pavillon
Design for a Comb
, 1820–30
Pen and sepia ink, brush and gray watercolor on paper
Drawing

Design for a hair comb. The cresting is framed by a row of beads. In the center, a blossom framed by a circle. Springing from it are laterally two scrolls of ribbons, fastened at their joining points by diamonds. Inside the ovals is a blossom. Bevelled corners.
Two Balcony Balustrade Designs
Caillouet, French, mid-18th century, 1775-87
Engraving and etching on paper
Print

Two balcony balustrade designs from an album of decorative ironwork. The designs feature scrolling and geometric bands with scrolling foliage, acanthus leaves, and beads. The plate is signed and numbered.
Study of a Young Boy
, ca. 1880
Graphite on rough paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. Sketch of a young boy with long hair sitting and holding an open book toward the spectator. The figure's head is lowered, his right forefinger points at the open book.
Peep-Show Print: St. Peter's Basilica, Rome
, mid- 18th century
Engraving, brush and wash on paper
Print

Aerial view of St. Peter's Basilica, Rome.
Lampe, Benitiers, Navette et Ensenssoir
Clément Pierre Marillier, French, 1740 – 1808, 1763
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

Designs for ecclesiastical objects including a lamp, benitiers, an incense boat (navicula), and hanging censers featuring mascarons (masks), wings, a crown, foliate branches, festoons of textiles, flowers, and leaves, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), crowns, shells, fluting and gadrooning. The plate is titled.
Stage Curtain: Minerva Honoring the Poets on Parnassus
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, ca. 1815
Pen and brown ink, brown wash, over black chalk on paper
Drawing

A group of female figures dressed in Classical garments are sitting and standing in the foreground.  To the left, is a monument comprised of a base, round pedestal, and bust of man's head.  Three flying figures are suspended directly above the monument.  Further to the left, is a stool upon which sits an incense burner.  Behind the stool are two tall pedestals with busts.  Behind the foreground grouping, to the right, is a round, colonnaded building with an inscription.  Directly behind the group is a smoke-filled middle ground.  In the distance another colonnaded building is visible.  A curtain frames the entire scene.
Project for the Interior of the Sacristy of St. Giovanni de’ Florentini in Rome
Giuseppe Palazzi, Italian, 1740 - 1810, late 18th century
Graphite, pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper
Drawing

Section. Showing the opposite wall of -1595. Cupboards stand in the bays, connected by panels.
Gateway of a villa
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, ca. 1790
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

Above: two sections are shown, one completely. Between pilasters are concave door wings. Statues stand in front, vases upon pilasters. Below: part of a concave plan of the entire structure. Below: the left half of a doorway with lateral pilasters and four Doric columns between the railings. Top center: an escutcheon with figures.
Exterior Elevation and Interior Section from One of the Short Sides of the Room on the Place du Carrousel
Jean François Blondel, French, 1681–1756, 1751
Engraving on laid paper
Bound print

Plate showing elevation and cross-section of the exterior and interior of the short axes of the temporary structure erected on the Place du Carrousel for the celebrations in honor of the marriage of Louis Dauphin and Maria Teresa of Spain given on February 23-26, 1745. In these perspectives, a painting of Apollo at his lyre (top) and of putti harvesting wheat (bottom) can be seen. The print also features figures at work, including musicians preparing to set up.
Noah and his Arc
Francesco Nagli, Italian, ca. 1615 - ca. 1675, 1621
Engraving on paper
Print

Noah and his arc.
At the Theatre
Constantin Guys, French, 1802 – 1892, ca. 1873
Pen and brown ink, brush and rust, blue, and brown wash on paper mounted on blue paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Interior of a theater showing groups of figures in three boxes and part of the pit. Women wearing low-cut dresses, tiaras, and earrings; men standing up in the pit with opera glasses trained on the boxes.
Doorway Design
D. Antoine Pierretz, French, active 1647, 1647
Etching on laid paper
Print

Design for an exterior doorway and façade in the style of a Classical temple. The doors are left blank with an arched overdoor, with two blank frames, and a central mask. The façade decorated with smooth-faced rusticated with a fluted keystone. There are two niches above and below, on either side of the doorframe. The lower niches contain sculpted seated women with illegible inscriptions below. The upper niches contain lidded vases on socles. The molded architrave features capitals, festoons of leaves, and animal skulls with ribbons. Above there are molded running patterns of leaves, and the tympanum is decorated with a blank roundel with arms and armor and framed by a festoon of leaves. The plate is numbered.
Trois petits ponts construit dans le jardin cidevant de Mr. Thierry à Ville d’Avray par Mr. Le Fevre Architecte
Jean-Charles Krafft, French, 1764 - 1833, 1812
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

An architectural print illustrating three garden bridges including elevations, plans and sectional views, along with details of the ornament, featuring neoclassical motifs. The plate is titled, numbered, and signed.
Pleated fan
, late 19th century
Painted parchment leaf, tortoise shell sticks

Pleated fan. Obverse shows a painted scene of a rural bullfight. Group of spectators to the right with a cart behind; to the left is a fence and a brook. Sticks are plain tortoise shell.
Design for a Two Friezes
, early 19th century
Pen and ink, stencil on paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. At top, torches connected by festoons and by tablets with inscriptions supported by the ribbons of knots. At bottom, are entwined with ovals formed by branches.
Ferns, North Conway, New Hampshire
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, August 1854
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Large clump of ferns, lower left. Other plants, lower right, with ridges rising above. At upper left, inset tracing of a young fern. Verso: Light sketch of Saco River, with trees on both banks.
The Adoration of the Shepherds
Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863, 1820-1850
Charcoal, pen and ink, brush and dark brown ink on paper
Drawing

The Virgin with the Child in her lap is seated at right. Three shepherds kneel at left. Another one behind the group. St. Joseph, ox, and donkey are in the rear. The inn forms the background. Framing lines.
Design for Mantelpieceand Adjoining Wall Friezes
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1789
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

The right half of the fireplace and the lower right corner of the looking-glass are shown. The frieze is decorated with festoons hanging beside an ovoidal medallion at right, with figures in the center. Brackets supporting the entablature separate the panels. Figures decorate the frieze at the wall. Reliefs for the mantelpiece in the Noble Cabinet, Palazzo Altieri.
The Virgin, Child, and a Female Saint
Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863, 1820–1850
Graphite, incised lines on paper
Drawing

The Virgin rising from her seat, is stepping down some steps; in front of her the Child. At left kneels a saint, with a book in her lowered right hand. Above, at left, two cherubim. The background represents a landscape. The floor is decorated.
Sampler
, 17th century
silk embroidery, linen foundation Technique: cross, surface, double running, rococo and satin stitches on plain weave

Cross borders showing floral ornament, boxers and animals.  Boxer's head is unfinished.
Bell Tower
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1880
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Two sketches of a bell tower.
Adoration of the Shepherds
Antonio de' Dominici, Italian, ca. 1730–after 1800, ca. 1730
Reddish-brown chalk on cream laid paper
Drawing

In a rustic structure, Mary, semi-reclining, is adjusting a covering over the infant Christ, at center. The two are surrounded by marveling shepherds.
Design for a Woven Fabric of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"
Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1805–1815
Brush and white gouache on tracing paper
Drawing

A lyre is shown in the centers of both a wreath and of a circular band with four rosetetes connected by four undulating leaves. A cresting border with a row of stars surround the outer edge of the band. The repeat is not entirely executed; ink strokes mark its middle.
Ornamental Vase Design
L.N. Percenet, French, born 1736, 1761-1762
Etching on laid paper
Print

Vase with two linear handles and a long neck. The vase has bands of fluting at the neck and belly. A festoon is draped down from the center of the neck of the vase. A carved rosette is set in an inset at the belly of the vase. The base has a repeating leaf pattern and a tapered foot. The vase is elevated on a stepped platform that extends to the edge of the image. The plate is signed and numbered.
Wallpaper Design
, 1840–60
Brush and gouache, graphite on white paper
Drawing

A dado is shown at the bottom, an entablature with a gilt ovolo at the bottom, on top. The lower part of the design suggests for the panel a division in vertical stripes. Broad blue stripes alternate with narrow white ones. Palmettes are suggested for the decoration of the latter ones. The broad stripes are subdivided in a broad central one of a lighter blue and two lateral narrow ones. These show outwardly directed plant palmettes. Vertical chains decorate the broad stripes, with plants in the painted ovoids. The upper part of the design suggests alternatively rows of circles, with plants in an inner disk. Disks with petals are in the wedges in the intervals of the circles. Two alternate designs are suggested for the plants, differing in the design and the coloring. The circles alternate as blue ones and blue and white ones. The background is formed by white lines upon blue and blue lines upon white. A colored garland crosses the design beneath the top.
Design for a Tureen
Joseph Anton Seethaler II, German, 1799–1868, 1825-1835
Pen and ink, brush and washes
drawing

The left half shows the vessel banded by wheat and rinceaux, with a bundle of wheat forming the handle. The finial is in the form of a basket holding a rose. Fluted columnar base with acanthus leaf capital and paw feet. The right half is adorned with a leaf motif and leaf and tendril forming the handle.
Designs for a Wooden Pedestal
, 1825–1850
Graphite, pen and ink, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

Three designs for wooden pedestals. At left, an unornamented tapering pedestal. At center, three entwining legs. At right, scrolling legs with handing drapery.
Two Boys
Francesco Bartolozzi, Italian, active England, 1727–1815, ca. 1769–1770
Engraving in brown ink on beige paper
Print

The larger boy, at right, gestures to the right while holding high in his left hand the ends of a covering about the second boy, who stands with his back to the observer, looking towards the left.
Saint John Preaching
, early 18th century
Brush and sepia on paper, mounted
Drawing

Saint John preaching.
Textile
, late 19th century
cotton Technique: plain weave (more open weave); Z/Z twist

Yarn-dyed woven pattern of large red, yellow, and white checks with blue borders.
Elevation of the Facade of Santa Maria dell'Orazione e Morte, Rome, Italy
Ferdinando Fuga, Italian, 1699 - 1781, 1680–1730
Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash on paper
Drawing

Design for the two-tiered elevation fo the facade of Santa Maria dell'Orazione e Morte in Rome, Italy. An escutcheon at top flanked by sculptures of two winged figures, a cross above them at center.
Rocaille Cartouche Designs
Franz Xaver Habermann, German, 1721 – 1796, mid- 18th century
Etching on off white laid paper
Print

Designs for rocaille cartouches. The larger central cartouche features a young boy seated within a fountain. The plate is signed and numbered.
Sketch, Pastoral Scene with Figures in Landscape
Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863, 1820–1850
Pen and ink, brush and sepia wash on paper
Drawing

Sketch, Pastoral Scene with Figures in Landscape
Design for the Decoration of a Panel
Gilles Paul Cauvet, French, 1731–1788, ca. 1775
Red crayon on paper
Drawing

A pedestal is supported by lion feet. upon it sit laterally winged, armless mermaids. In the middle rises a plant from which the upper part of the body of a child springs which supports an octagonal medallion with the figure of a woman. Two half figures of winged children sit upon the oblique sides of the medallion. Framing "moulds".
Mountain and Plants, Bloxburgh, Jamaica
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, August 1865
Graphite on gray wove paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch of a tall mountain peak in Jamaica. Positioned at center, the mountain is characterized by a rugged, triangular peak, flanked by a rounded sub-peak at right, and a lower ridge at left. In the foreground at right, two sketches of plants with many leaves are visible.
Title Page
Jean Tijou, French, active 1689 - 1712, 1693
Engraving and etching on laid paper
Album

Title page for a series of ironwork designs by Jean Tijou. In the upper half, figures standing around an ironwork panel with tools in the foreground. The figures include Mercury, Athena, and the personification of Time, along with putti, and the allegories for the arts represented by female figures. In the background a screen/gate, and other figures working. The title is lettered below from a hanging textile. Below, in the foreground, men working moving and handling ironwork ornamental details.
Project for a Comb
, 1825–1850
Pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper
Drawing

The crest is formed by a branch with two leaves and a bud, attached to a frieze with a row of diamonds; its framing is of metal. The stripe below being engraved with a zig zag. Seven tines.
Desseins de Cartouches, et de Consoles
François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768, 1745
Etching and engraving on off-white laid paper
Print

Second state of designs for cartouches and sconces. See 1921-6-285-104.
Title Page
Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682, 1657–82
Etching on laid paper
Print

Title page and trophy of arms with a portrait bust in the center of a male soldier in classical armor, surrounded by winged putti. The putto to the right, placing a feathered helmet above his head, surrounded by spears, banners, shields, quivers of arrows, helmets, horns, ewers, with a border. The title is lettered within a roundel below the portrait bust, with festoons of leaves and ribbons. The plate is numbered.
Tea Caddy
Royal Worcester, English, established 1751, ca. 1770
soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, silver, metal
tea caddy

Rectangular, with arched shoulders, and cylindrical neck encased in silver gilt collar, over which fits a silver gilt cover. Decoration of floral sprays and butterflies.
William Walter Phelps' Nephew and His Mother, Mrs. Steuart Dodge
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, 1872
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Woman seated facing left, with child on her lap, facing frontally. Verso: Two sketches of right arm holding a cane; two sketches of left arm, bent.
Design for a Console Table
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, late 18th century
Brush and grey, brown, and rose watercolor, pen and gray and black ink, graphite on paper, with cardstock backing
Drawing

Drawing showing part of a design for a console table. Design includes a fluted supporting facade, and a central relief with three figures. Relief is framed in warm-hued tones with a botanical festoon below it, which tapers toward the tabletop and then extends out toward the leg, hanging alongside the leg at the outside. The legs are connected below by scrolls ending in dolphins which support a shell at center.
Vignette, The Pelican in the Crown of Thorns
Jakob Frey, Swiss, active Italy, 1681 - 1752, ca. 1715
Etching on paper
Print

Five little birds drink from the wound.
Design for a Wall Fountain
, late 18th century
Graphite, pen and ink, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

A niche with a segmented pediment. Water flows from the mouth of a dolphin and into a basin. Measured plan below.
Rugged Mountain Range, Colombia or Ecuador
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1853 or 1857
Oil and graphite on tan paperboard
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of a rugged mountain range either in Colombia or Ecuador. Bushes, trees, and other indistinct vegetation stretch horizontally across the middle distance. In the background, the mountain range is rendered in shade of brown and has a rugged, serrated ridge with several sharp peaks. Above, blue sky peeks through a window in a bank of low-lying, puffy clouds.
Box
, ca. 1820–30
Painted tole

A tole biscuit tin with painted scenes of a village on the top and sides.
Bodice
, late 18th century
cotton, linen Technique: block printed on plain weave

Printed fabric cut into the shape of a child's bodice.
The Mermaid
Frederick Stuart Church, American, 1842–1924, 1877
Printed in black ink on blue paper
Ephemera

Top, short story on what a mermaid is. Bottom; upper left, smiling sun; upper right, three standing penguins on top of cliff, below, profile of mermaid sitting facing left, with mirror in right hand, gazing at herself. Lower right, pelican gazing lovingly at mermaid.
Tile
, late 18th–early 19th century
Earthenware, glazed and high fire decorated

Woman golding a basket; dressed consisting of yellow long skirt and bluish overblouse. Chinoiserie type of decoration.
Project: A Prelate's Escutcheon
, 1600–1625
Charcoal, pen and ink on paper
Drawing

Vertical composition of a prelate's escutcheon with a scrollwork frame flanked by two women. On top is a bat and spirals of rope. Framed with two lines. By the same designer as -1731
Window case
, ca. 1820
Pencil, pen, brush, and dark water color.
Drawing

A ground floor window is framed by a central console, a herm supported entablature, and half-figure supported pediment. In the center of the pediment is an indistinct coat-of-arms. The lower part of the window is closed by a railing. The main frieze of which represents a lyre framed by scrolls. A women, in profile, leans upon the railing.
The Blue Mountains, from Bloxburgh, Jamaica
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, August 1865
Graphite and white gouache on light green wove paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view in the Blue Mountains from Bloxburgh, Jamaica. In the foreground, a single, leafless tree stands on a grassy hilltop. Beyond it, other heavily wooded hilltops are faintly visible, partially obscured by mist or fog. The center of the composition is negative space, presumably a mass of mist or fog that consumes the view. Along the upper margin at center, a dark and rugged mountain summit emerges from the fog and looms over the landscape. Below and above it, portions of billow clouds and water vapor are highlighted in white gouache.
Stage Design: Hall with Coffered Ceiling and Urns
, late 17th century
Pen and bistre, brush and sepia wash on paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle showing a hall with coffered ceiling that has an oculus. A staircase leads to the background. At right, marble columns and many urns set in niches.
Illustration for Hamlet: Hamlet Tempted to Kill the King (III,3)
Eugène Delacroix, French, 1798 - 1863, 1843
Lithograph on paper
Print

Hamlet Tempted to Kill the King (III,3)
Candlestick
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1746–1809
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper
Drawing

Candlestick.
Mountains and Valley, Mexico
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1890–93
Graphite on off-white wove paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a loosely rendered view of mountains and a valley in Mexico. In the foreground, plowed land is included at left as seemingly cultivated terrain extends into the middle distance at center, where a slight water feature is also visible. A hillside descends towards center in the middle distance at right. In the background, multiple sharp mountain peaks are loosely rendered. One prominent peak at left is partially cut off.