biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Beirut Harbor and Mount Sannine, Syria (Lebanon)
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, January 1868 and February 20,1868
Graphite on white wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Landscape study showing Lebanon's rugged coast north of Beirut along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. In the foreground, water and a shoreline at right stretch to the middle distance, where buildings extend into the water. At left, a figure rows a boat from a larger ship to shore. Tall, barren mountains are visible in the background, with the contour of Mt. Sannine in the distance.

Verso: Landscape study showing a view of a valley then known as El Yemen in Jordan near the Dead Sea. A large boulder is perched on top of a cliff in the foreground at right, while a caravan of camels and travelers is viewed from the rear, at left. In the middle distance, two steep mountainsides converge into a narrow valley. A distant mountain ridge is shown in background at left.
The Shirtmaker
Edouard de Beaumont, French, 1821 - 1888, ca. 1860
Pen and brown ink, brush and watercolor on bristol board
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. At right, a woman, seen in three quarter view from front, with black curly hair wearing a low-necked yellow blouse and an orange skirt. At left, an elderly gentleman wearing gloves, seen in three quarter view from back, bowing to the woman. Handwritten inscription below.
Yokkaichi: Nakio Bay and the Mie River (Yakkaichi, Nako no ura Miekawa) from the series 53 Stations of Tokaido
Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858, 1797-1858
Woodblock print in colored ink on paper
Print

This scene of the Mie River looking out onto the Nakio Bay is a transcendent bird's eye view of the early morning. While the ships are still docked from the night before, only a few people are out crossing the bridge heading into the town.
Basin
, 1730–70
Polychrome and glazed porcelain

Fluted oval formed dish, famille verte, decorated on the rim  and sides with bands of green foliage and iron red flowers, the outside band interrupted by cartouches of carp, the basin decorated with birds, prunus, flowers and foliage.
Saint Cecilia—A Fragment, Illustration for Harper's New Monthly Magazine (XCI, No. DXLVI, November 1895, frontispiece)
Frederick Stuart Church, American, 1842–1924, November 1895
Etching in black ink on paper
Ephemera

Two figures. Front figure, profile of girl sitting on bench, facing left, with long hair playing the organ, with halo around head. Behind, figure of an angel, with long white wings, holding flower in right hand. Design for stained-glass window for the Grand Rapids Saint Cecilia Society.
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 flower bunch containing some roses is obliquely disposed over a row of lacy leaves and a row of pierced beads. More than two repeats are shown.
Design for Wall Decoration
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1746–1809
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

Design for Wall Decoration.
Venus and Cupid
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1810–20
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of black chalk white wove paper
Sketchbook folio

On verso: two studies of sarcophagus after antique
Designs for a Bookcase and a Desk
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1780-1789
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Design for a bookcase and a desk decorated with ornament motifs including scrolls, palmettes, urns, busts, fluting, flowers, and birds holding a wreath. The plate is signed and numbered.
Entree du Port de Honfleur (Entrance to the Port of Honfleur)
Johan Barthold Jongkind, Dutch, 1819 - 1891, 1863
Etching in dark brown ink on paper
Print

A harbour view. a large sailing ship in foreground; at left, a row boat; in mid-center, two sailing boats. In the background are houses with a hill at left, trees behind. Inscribed, lower left: "Jong-kind 1863"; below, on margin: "Entree du Port de Honfleir"; lower right: Delâtre... Paris.
Design for a Sanctuary Lamp
Thomas Germain, French, 1673 – 1748, 1748
Etching on paper
Print

Design for a sanctuary lamp hanging by chains with the top part of the design in the lower left corner. The design features, putti (children) mascarons (masks), festoons of leaves, shells, scrolling leaves, acanthus leaves, fleurons, c-scrolls, s-scrolls, ribbon, fish scale pattern, flowers, and a hanging tassel.
Angles et Montans de Bordures Differemment Variés
François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768, 1745
Etching and engraving on off-white laid paper
Print

Different designs for the angles and lengths of painting frames. The frame borders are decorated with ornament motifs including rinceaux and shell motifs. The plate is numbered.
LE M[AITR]E PEINTRE
Christophe Huet, French, 1695 – 1759, 1743
Etching on laid paper
Bound print

Plate 11 of a series of 23 prints featuring monkeys acting as humans in various figural scenes. Figure of a monkey in gentleman's clothing at center kneels upon a stool with an upholstered cushion before a canvas on an easel. He holds an artist's palette and applies a paintbrush to it. At left, another monkey in a hat rolls out a section of clay upon a flat surface at the top of a barrel. A jug and bucket appear at lower left.
Sidewall
, 1850–1900
Machine-printed

Assymetrical design of scattered sprays of flowers. Blue forget-me-nots andlarger single petalled flowers all growing from one branch.
Four Sketches of a Saint
Francesco Manno, Italian, 1754 - 1831, 1800–1820
Pen and ink on paper
Drawing

Four sketches of a figure in reverence.
Design for a Relief Carving
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Design for a relief carving over a mantel, perhaps for an oval mirror. The design features carved elements including winged putti, wreathes, and a trophy with mascaron, helmets, flags, and fasces. The plate is signed.
Arabesque Ornament Design
Charles Normand, French, 1765 – 1840, 1787–95
Etching on laid paper
Print

A vertical plate with an arabesque ornament design featuring Neoclassical style motifs, festoons of flowers and leaves, scrolling foliage and acanthus leaves, fleurons, rosettes, masks, baskets of flowers, mythological creatures and figures, owls, birds, putti, winged horses, a frieze with griffins and a lyre and central roundel with figures. The plate is numbered.
Button
, late 19th century
Steel

1931-59-235-a: Button ornamented in design of checker board and f...
Study of a Male Nude
Nicola Consoni, Italian, 1814 - 1884, 1842
Black and white crayon on paper
Drawing

Standing male nude with lowered head and raised left arm.
Fragment
, 13th–14th century
linen Technique: pigment printed on plain weave

Fragment of printed linen with twining lizard-like shapes and scrolls, in gold on a rose ground.
Peace in a chariot, Sala di Recezione, Palazzo Quirinale, Rome
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1812
Pen and dark gray ink, brush and color washes over black chalk ruled lines on beige wove paper
Drawing

Peace stands within horse-drawn chariot, holding caduceus and branch. Fame flies between chariot and horses blowing her trumpet. Putto flies above, holding tablet inscribed PACE.
Design for Cresting for a Comb
, 1810–20
Pen and brown ink, brush and magenta, blue-green, yellow-brown wash on white laid paper, laid down
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Design for cresting of a comb intended to be executed in gilded metal and diamonds. Curved frame. Branches form three compartments, in the center of each are circular blue gems with circular frames. Seven comb tines sketched in pen and ink below the crest.
Two tiles
, 16th–17th century
Glazed moulded earthenware

Moulded in low relief, with white, blue, green and light brown glazes. Interlacing bands forming tangent circles, large and small, enclosing green and blue foliage forms.
Portrait of a Man with a Turban
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, Italian, 1609–1664, ca. 1650
Etching on paper
Print

Portrait of a male figure in profile, facing left. He wears a turban and has a long beard and hair.
Male Nude
Luigi Calamatta, Italian, 1802 - 1869, 1825–1850
Black and white crayon on paper
Drawing

Standing male holding a staff for balance, left foot on a block.
Design for Two Panels of Ornament
François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768, 1745
Etching and engraving on off-white laid paper
Print

Design for two vertical panels of ornament. The left panel features at center putti swimming; the right side, a young putto flown aloft by an Eagle (Ganymede and Jupiter). The plate is signed and numbered.
Design for a Coffee Urn
Joseph Anton Seethaler II, German, 1799–1868, 1810
Pen and black ink, brush and gray, black wash, graphite on paper
Drawing

Side view with the spout at right. On a square plinth on knobs. Egg-shaped urn with cover. Two snakes form the handle.
Fragment
, ca. 1840
cotton Technique: printed on plain weave

Red and green stripes offset tan medallions which enclose a bird and flowering branches.
Deck of a Side-Wheeler Army Transport
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1862
Graphite on wove paper, laid down
Drawing

Vertical view of the side and deck of a side-wheeler army transport, with soldiers standing about in small groups; tents visible on riverbank in background.
Landscape
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1882
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Sketch of a landscape with a hill on the horizon.
Design for Sets of Drawers
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1780-1789
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Design for two sets of drawers. At left, the set of double drawers has a flat front slanting table and is decorated with scrolling floral motif and branches; at right, the drawers are part of a large commode decorated with ornament motifs including sphynxes, lancet leaves, and vegetal motif. The plate is signed and numbered.
Saint Simon
Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528, 1523
Engraving on laid paper
Print

The full-length figure of the bearded saint is shown standing, facing the spectator, his head turned toward the right, in profile. His hands are crossed in front of him, the right hand holding an upraised sword. Neutral background. Monogram of the artist, and the date, "1523", lower right.
Tile
, late 18th century
Lead glazed earthenware

Horizontal rectangle. Standing male, civilian costume with swoard. Amrs up-raised, palms outward, in one hand a three-cornered hat. At right, three cedar trees in blue and green cast brown and blue-gray shadows.
Decorative door boss and nail
, ca. 1550–1700
Steel-plated wrought iron

Square type, pierced and embossed with wrought lines. Quadrant leaf design based on old examples, with raised boss on each leaf. Collared nail with round head on square shank.
Frederick the Great
Johann Esaias Nilson, German, 1721 - 1788, ca. 1750
Etching on paper
Print

An ovoidal painting of the of the king rises over the Prussian eagle, allegorical figures, weapons, and references to the Arts. A genius flies top left. Caption: "FRIDE-RICVS / Rex-Borussiae Elector Brandeb: Nat 1712. d. 24. Jan. / Antonius Pesne Primus Pictor Regis / Efigiem pinxit Berol[isae]"; "Joh. Esaias Nilson inv. Sc. Et excud. / Aug. Vindel."
Shore of the Königssee and a Canoe, Bavaria (Germany)
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, July 1868
Graphite and white gouache on tan laid paper; verso: graphite
drawing

Landscape and figure sketches showing a view of steep mountainsides along the Königssee in Bavaria--with a dark, rolling range in the background--and, below, a separate drawing of three figures in a long canoe is opposite oriented and viewed in right profile.

Verso: Landscape and botanical sketches showing two separate views of mountainsides on the Königssee and the branches of a larch tree, divided by a horizontal line at center. In the upper portion, a rocky, partially wooded, and nearly vertical mountainside along the shore of the lake is loosely rendered. Below and oppositely oriented, sketches of a larch tree and seven details of its branches are included.
Design for a Keyhole Escutcheon
Antoine Jacquard, French, active ca. 1616 – d. 1652, 1615
Engraving on paper
Print

Design for a keyhole escutcheon featuring grotesque motifs including male torsos blowing horns, with fish fin and foliate legs, mascarons (masks), birds, grapes, and scrolling leaves. The plate is numbered.
Design for Decorative Ironwork
Jean Lamour, French, 1698–1771, 1759–68
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

A design for decorative ironwork, ornamented with rococo motifs, acanthus leaves, foliage, c-scrolls, and vine leaves. The plate is signed.
Lit à la Polonoise orné de Sculptures et totalement fini
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1775-1788
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Design for a bed with a canopy, decorated with plumes at the top corners, and striped, fringed, and tasseled textiles.
Trimming
, 18th century
White, black, and colored silk in velvet weave.

A shield under a crown showing armorial devices in each quarter.
Fragment
, ca. 1750
pine

portion of cresting from a frame, with two broken C-scrolls and two garlands of flowers
Rest on the Flight into Egypt
Simone Cantarini, Italian, 1612 - 1648, ca. 1640
Etching on paper
Print

The Virgin is seated, left, in right profile, holding the sleeping Christ Child on her lap. St. Joseph, seated, right, reads from a book.
Hunting Trophy
Christophe Huet, French, 1695 – 1759, 1741
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Third plate from a series of six designs for hunting trophies. A hanging trophy featuring dead birds, a duck and hares and birds with leafy branches from tied ribbons. The plate is signed and numbered.
Landscape and Architecture Sketches, Switzerland
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, August 1868
Graphite on tan wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Landscape and architecture sketches showing views of transparent mist in a wooded mountain valley at upper center, a hasty sketch of a wayside shrine at center left, and a loosely-rendered shoreline church, at lower right and oppositely oriented.

Verso: Mixed sketches around the Swiss alps showing views of two laden figures walking on a slope, at upper left, a facde of a house at upper right, mist filling a steep mountain valley at center, and a bird perched atop wrought iron ornamentation at lower left.
Cloud and Boat Sketches, Hudson, New York
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, June 30, 1866
Graphite on tan wove paper; verso: graphite
drawing

Atmosphere sketch showing a loosely-rendered view of an illuminated cloud bank at sunset in or near Hudson, New York. The clouds are thicker at center and disperse as they climb into the sky. Isolated in a rectangular frame in the upper left corner, the silhouette of a double-masted steamboat--presumably traveling along the Hudson River--is shown in right profile.

Verso: Indistinct sketch showing several intersecting and overlapping lines whose converging rectangular and trapezoidal sections are shaded through cross hatching.
Ruins on Abel's Mountain, Syria
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, May 4, 1868
Graphite and white gouache on gray-green wove paperboard
Drawing

Architecture and landscape sketch showing a view of a ruined temple or tomb on Abel's mountain above the Wadi Barada near Damascus, Syria. Today, the shrine marking Abel's tomb is known as the Nabi Habil. Scene almost entirely contained to foreground, where a ruined wall of finely hewn stones is shown, surrounded by fallen stones of the same type. At lower right, a stone is inscribed with a cross. In the background, rolling mountains are faintly rendered along the horizon.
Elevation of a Candlestick
Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier, French, 1738 – 1826, ca. 1790
Pen and ink, brush and sepia wash, graphite on paper
Drawing

The foot is decorated with beads and festoons.  A satyr couple seated on pilaster strips support the socket in which a burning candle sticks. Reverse; horizontally.  A caryatid supporting an entablature; plans; scribbling; graphite.
Croisée avec fronton
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Design for a casement window with a triangular pediment. The profile of the window is at left. The plate is signed.
Altar frontal
, 18th–19th century
silk, polychrome paint Technique: painted on twill weave

The Madonna surrounded by stars, sprays of flowers, and angels within a scrolling floral border. The silk is fringed at the sides.
Mt. Kearsarge from Beyond Bartlett
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, 1854
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Wood fence in front of meadow with rocks and tree stumps in foreground. Road to Bartlett with houses, at left. Mount Kearsarge beyond, at center.
Sidewall
, ca. 1850
Machine-printed paper

Portion of an axial vine arrangement between denticulated stripes edged with leaf forms. Ground pattern of vermiculation. Printed in blues and white on ungrounded paper.
Ecritoire de Porcelaine [Design for a Porcelain Writing Set, Elevation, 2nd plate], pl. 45 in Oeuvre de Juste-Aurele Meissonnier
Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, French, b. Italy, 1695–1750, 1748
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

1921-6-212-15-a: Design for a writing set with a central cartouche ...;     1921-6-212-15-b: Porcelain writing set in plan consisting of a larg...
Mantel Clock Case Design
Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742, 1738
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Design for a mantel clock case, with an oval cartouche framed clock face, decorated with snakes, bat wings, leaves, s-scrolls, cornucopia of fruit, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), masks, shells, running patterns, topped with an eagle, and a diaper and rosette patterned background. The base features a fish scale pattern, shell, animal feet, and a central mask framed in a cartouche. The plate is numbered and signed.
Five Studies of Ceiling with Grotesques; Madonna
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1814–18
Pen and ink, brush and watercolor washes over graphite on cream laid paper
Drawing

Recto: five studies of ceilings; madonna. Verso: two anatomical studies showing toes, in profile and straight view.
Design for a Waistcoat
, 1780-1790
Pencil and various gouaches on paper
Drawing

Design for the embroidery at the border of a man's waistcoat. A kind of moulding is shown along the edge of the waistcoat. Beside its using part is a crenellated border, from which leaves and halves of blossoms grow alternatively. Beneath the pocket edge is a tripartite motif. Its central part consists of half a blossom from which a leaf two scrolls and two feathers rise. It is flanked by scroll and leaf motifs. Root like boughs hang downward.
Portrait of a Man
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1869
Graphite on cardboard
Drawing

Vertical half-length portrait of a man, looking to the left.
Trophy with Instruments of Gardening, Plate 2 from "Suite de différentes Attributs, Trophées, et Groupes de fleurs," Suite II
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, 1778
Engraving on paper
Print

A potted orange tree and instruments of gardening about a double ladder intertwined with garlands to form a trophy. Below, engraver's and designer's names. From: "Suite de différences Attributs, Trophées, et Groupes de fleurs," suite II, planche II.
Girl
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, n.d.
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Four sketches of a young female figure wearing a bonnet.
Cane
, 18th century
gold

Walking stick, possibly made of rhinoceros horn or tortoise-shell, ornamented with gold filigree in the special case which was made for it, with an inscription.
Portrait in Silhouette
Augustin-Amant-Constance Fidele Edouart, French, active England and USA, 1789 - 1861, 1839-1849
Scissor-cut black paper on white paper
SIlhouette

Full-length figure, facing right, of a young boy with a hoop.
Elevation of a Door Case
Filippo Marchionni, Italian, 1732–1805, 1750–75
Black chalk, brush and sepia wash on laid paper
Drawing

Broken pediment with shells beneath cornices. What seems to be a grotesque mask is in the center of the attic.
Design for a Frame
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, 1778
Etching on paper
Album of frames

Design for a hanging oval frame or medallion decorated with a laurel leaf and ribbon molding, acanthus leaves, flowers, and foliate branches, hanging from a ribbon.
Design for a Candelabrum and a Crucifix
, 1803
Pen and ink, brush and watercolor, graphite on paper; verso: pen and ink
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. Design for candelabrum at center. Lion feet on wood sockles support a base upon which a calyx of three leaves stands, upside down. The shaft has the shape of a decorative baluster. It supports a bowl over which the socket rises. Roughly sketched in graphite at top are two arms with candles. At left, a small crucifix with a tongue at the bottom. Scale at bottom. Verso: a segment.
Sampler
Rebecca Laney, 1830–35
silk embroidery, cotton foundation Technique: cross stitch on plain weave

Thirty samplers (6 have the name Rebecca Laney with dates); with phrases or religious verses.  All appear to be from the same period.
Les Solitaires de Normandie
, ca. 1788
Engraved, hand-colored and painted paper leaf, turned wood handle
Handscreen

Handscreen with a paper leaf and turned wood handle. Obverse: oval medallion with a hand-colored engraving showing two couples eating a meal in a landscape, surrounded by a border of hand-painted musical instruments. Reverse: printed with dialogue from the comic opera "Les Solitaires de Normandie."
Triumphal arch in honor of the emperor
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, After 1804
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on blue-white laid paper
Drawing

Obliquely shown. The central archway is flanked by two smaller ones upon which putti of Victory stand between groups of seated captives. Upon the central arch stands a pedestal; its front bears the inscription of which the first line is intelligible. On top is a group of figures and lions upon steps. Urns with flames stand at the corners of the lowest step. Trees form the background of the square. More or less of the framing stripes have been cut off at the edges.
Pont Rustique
Franz Edmund Weirotter, Austrian, 1730 - 1771, ca. 1760
Etching on white paper
Print

A landscape with a river and rustic bridge in center. Mountains at right. Several figures and animals on the road which runs diagonally from left to right. Cut at plate marks, except at lower margin.
Bay at Cullercoats, England
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1881–82
Charcoal, chalk on white paper
Drawing

View of the bay at Cullercoats, with waves breaking on the sand, followed by a darker area of rocks, in right foreground. Suggestions of ruins at Tynemouth Priory in background.
Sampler
, 1800–1850
silk on linen Technique: cross stitch on plain weave foundation; counted stitches

Two alphabets introduced by a Maltese cross and a crown. Scattered motifs at the bottom including a seated Chinese figure, a man and a dog, birds and flowers and the initial "P" in a floral wreath. The sacred monogram (IHS) is at the top. The border is made of eight different floral bands, embroidered two on each side.
Textile
, 15th–18th century
cotton Technique: resist-printed on plain weave

Fragment of panel with rosette-patterned field and three-part curving vine and floral borders. White design on blue ground.
A Plate of Mechanics
Francesco Bartolozzi, Italian, active England, 1727–1815, ca. 1795–1805
Line engraving in brown ink on white paper
Print

Men work in an outdoor studio on a gigantic wheeled contraption supported by a wood and rope sling in the center of the courtyard. At the back are racks for various pipes, and other tools and materials lie scattered about.