biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Tree by a Stream, Catskill, New York
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, July 1844
Graphite on tan wove paper
Drawing

Landscape and botanical sketch showing a detailed view of an evergreen tree on the bank of the stream in or near Catskill, New York. Dominating the composition at right, the tree's upper branches and boughs are rendered in greater detail than its trunk and lower boughs. In the lower left corner, a view of a stream with rocks, a fallen tree, and other debris and vegetation is faintly rendered. In the lower right corner, an indistinct design--possibly a simplified version of the tree above--is included.
A Cemetery in a Village
Charles Nicolas Ransonnette, French, 1793 - 1877, 1840–1870
Graphite, brush and wash, pen and ink on tissue paper
Drawing

A few tombstones and a cross are shown. A man and a woman stand upon the place which is bordered at right by the corner of the wall of the park, by a house at left. A road with two walking persons is shown at a lower level in the middle plane. The background is framed by trees and a hill.
Project for a Wall Decoration
, late 18th century
Graphite, pen and ink, brush and watercolor, sepia on paper
Drawing

Right half of design shown. At center is a framed partial roundel with a figure. Above and below, a grotesque. At right, a candelabrum.
El Altar from Riobamba, Ecuador
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, July 13, 1857
Graphite, brush and white gouache on tan wove paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of El Altar from Riobamba, Ecuador, with two of the town's buildings included. In the foreground at right, the roof of a multistory building with a terra cotta tiled roof is viewed obliquely. In the middle distance at far left, the facade of a church--possibly the Cathedral of San Pedro--is shown on flat terrain. Behind it, a rugged mountain range is outlined in graphite while the serrated crags that comprise the peaks of El Altar loom above. Rendered in detail with white gouache, the extinct volcano's blown-out caldera form several sharp and snow-capped summits.
Bythos and Aphros
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, ca. 1800
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on cream laid paper
Drawing

The twin ichthyocentaurs Bythos and Aphros, from from Greek mythology.
Christ and the Woman of Samaria
Joseph Dufour et Cie., French, 1752–1827, 1830–35
Block-printed paper
Firescreen

Horizontal rectangle, depicting Christ and the Woman of Samaria at the well in front of a  landscape including palm trees and architecture in the background. Printed on blue ground.
Button
, 19th century
Brass

1931-59-20: Eagle, head to right, wings spread, resting on bar...
Clouds over Hills, East Hampton, New York
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, probably July 1858
Graphite on off-white wove paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of a cloudy sky over hills in East Hampton, New York. Along the lower portion of the composition, hilly terrain with a rounded summit at center right defines a low, rolling horizon that appears partially wooded at left. In the tumultuous sky above, several heavy clouds and puffy clouds banks intermingle as they are variously lit.
Design for One Floor of a Painted Facade
Lazzaro Tavarone, Italian, 1556 - 1641, 1580–1610
Black crayon, pen and ink, brush and watercolor, white gouache on light brown paper
Drawing

Horizontal format design for a painted facade. Four windows with a framing entablature above. In the intervals between the window frames stand figures upon consoles: at left St. John the Baptist; center: St. Lawrence, at right a soldier martyr. At the left edge a putto sits upon a console; at the right edge the figure of a young man.
Design for a Vase
Ennemond Alexandre Petitot, French, 1727 – 1801, 1764
Etching on laid paper
Print

Design for a vase decorated with two embracing mercreatures, dolphins and an open-mouthed mascaron above a Greek-key frieze and acanthus leaf ornament below. The plate is signed and numbered.
Male Portrait with Drapery over Shoulders
Francesco Bartolozzi, Italian, active England, 1727–1815, ca. 1760–1770
Engraving in brown ink on white paper
Print

A man facing frontally, with a large cloak over his shoulders, pinned at the front.
Commode à la Françoise
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Design for a dresser raised on curved legs with acanthus leaves. The dresser has two small top drawers, and a longer lower drawer. The dresser is carved with ornament motifs including lamb tongue, rosettes, crossed branches, and a mascaron. The plate is signed.
Edge
, 19th century
straw, silk Technique: bobbin lace

Edging lace has a pattern of conventionalized leaves forming a scalloped border on one side.
Fan and case
, ca. 1850
Ivory sticks, carved ivory guards, silk ribbon, braided silk tassel ring, cardboard and paper case

Brisé fan. Plain, unpainted and non pierced ivory sticks connected with white silk ribbon. Ivory guards elaborately carved with lilies of the valley and other flowers. Carved ivory loop. Braided silk tassel ring. Cardboard case covered with paper, lined with cerise paper.
Plate from 12 Stick Zum Verzaighnen Stechen Ver Fertigt (Set of Twelve Designs for Engraved Vessels)
Bernhard Zan, Germany, active ca. 1580, 1580
Punch engraving, pen and black ink, graphite on off-white laid paper
Print

A scrollwork frieze with fruit vases and a head with feathered headgear at top; two girl's heads and a flower vase below.
Two Frieze Designs
Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682, 1657–82
Etching on laid paper
Print

Two frieze designs with trophies of arms, male prisoners with arms bound, a lion, two winged female figures of Victory flanking an oval medallion with a figure on horseback, arms and armor, weapons. The plate is signed and numbered.
Pico de Orizaba (Citlaltépetl), Mexico
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, February–April 1889
Graphite on off-white wove paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a loosely rendered view of the volcano known as Pico de Orizaba (also called Citlaltépetl) in Mexico. Dominating the composition at center, the mountain is roughly pyramidal in shape and includes several rugged ridges and rocky outcroppings. Long banks of clouds veil the mountain's sharp peak.
Design for a Comb
, ca. 1830
Pen and ink, brush and gray, yellow watercolor on paper
Drawing

Jewelry design for a hair comb. The cresting border is formed by circles, connected by small ones; in the larger ones a central diamond is framed by smaller ones; in the smaller circles one diamond. In the band below two laurel branches are springing from a central stone. Below a strip engraved as in 1938-88-760.
Four Border Designs
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1785-1788
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Four designs for borders, stacked vertically on the plate. From top to bottom, the borders are in the forms of: an undulating bead course with stylized leaves interspersed, and a band of bead and bar course; a lozenge pattern with rosettes in between; lozenge pattern with rosettes at the intersections, and a guilloche of wreathes bound with ribbon; and a grotesque pattern with acanthus leaves, beads, and draped flowers. The plate is signed and numbered.
Trimming
, 19th century
silk Technique: woven

Blue and yellow trimming fragment with a conventionalized design of crossing lines and lozenges.
Door case and frame of a door
Filippo Marchionni, Italian, 1732–1805, 1750–75
Black crayon, pen and ink on paper
Drawing

In the center is the elevation. In front of the door frame stand two Doric columns which support a balcony in the second floor. The entablature of the frame of the upper door is supported by gaine-like pilasters. It has a circular pediment with a large escutcheon in front. At left are the door cases shown in profile with balustrade at left. A section of the lower entablature is at the right edge. Below in the center are the plans of the door cases and of the balcony.
Village
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1862
Graphite on wove paper, mounted in an album
Drawing

Horizontal view of a village or army encampment composed of seven or eight structures, with a large central building flying a flag between two chimneys.
Study for "Napoleon at Eylau"
Charles Meynier, 1768 – 1832, ca. 1807
Artificial black chalk, with white chalk, on thick, grey-green silked paper
Drawing

This drawing is squared in preparation for transfer; the majority of the figures merely blocked in. Just left of center Napoleon is shown astride a horse. His right arm extended to the left of the drawing to a group of three figures gathered around a man on the ground. Behind them a group of figures with a rider with his back turned.  On the right of the drawing a larger group of  soldiers and horses, struggling.  The foreground shows three groupings of wounded and killed.
Man Shaving, Lake Millinocket, Maine
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1877
Graphite on tan wove paper
Drawing

Figure sketch showing a view of a man shaving in front of a mirror that is affixed to a tree in a camp at Lake Millinocket, Maine. Shown from the rear at center, the figure kneels down on both knees as he brings his razor to his face with his right hand. Before him, a handheld mirror is nailed to the trunk of a tree as it loosely reflects his visage. Two other trees are visible in the background at left and right.
Factory at the shore.
Howard Russell Butler, American, 1856 - 1934, 1880–90
Black crayon. White heightening. Light brown paper.
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Boulders are iin the foreground. Behind them rise in the center a loading bridge and group of buildings. Sailboats are behind the bridge. The sea is at left.
Fragments
, 14th century
silk, metallic threads Technique: 2/1 twill patterned with plain weave

Patterned with bands depicting an eagle and broken branch, a swimming swan, sun and foliage, and cascading leaves.
Bowl and cover
, late 18th century
Lead-glazed earthenware ("cream ware")

Melon-shaped bowls with molded leaf-shaped saucers. Stem handles. Covers have pierced lattice figures and applied decoration in form of wavy lines terminating in fruit and leaves.
Sidewall
, 1890–1900
Machine-printed

Horizontal rectangle giving a complete width. Vine, with flowers in yellow and pink and leaves in gray-green. Printed on gray-green ground.
The Elderly Woman Hires a Man, Illustration of the Play "Nicht mehr als sachs Schuesseln" by Fredrich Wilhelm Grossman in "Königl: Grosbrit [anische] Genealogischer Kalender auf das 1782 Jahr Lauenberg bey J.G. Berenberg"
Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, German, 1726 - 1801, 1781
Line and stipple engraving with etching on paper
Print

She is seated and receives the contract from a reduced-looking individual. The husband watches the proceedings. Paraphernalia of writing hangs on the wall.
Lifeboat
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1883
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Recto: Sketch of a lifeboat attached to a large ship; Verso: Sketch of a village scene with a house, donkey, and male figure.
Sunset from Olana
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, July 1, 1870
Graphite on heavy white wove paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of the sunset over the Catskill Escarpment, as seen from the artist's estate in Hudson, New York, known as Olana. In the foreground, treetops and left and center right partially obscure the view of the landscape beyond. Loosely rendered, the Hudson River stretches across the composition along the valley floor in the middle distance. Rolling terrain extends from the river to the Catskill Mountains, which form a rugged, serrated horizon in the background. The prominent, rounded peak at left is Blackhead Mountain while the two sharp summits at center are Acra Point and Windham High Peak. Above, a towering cloud formation is brightly and variously illuminated by the light of the setting sun. At upper left, a sliver of a crescent moon hangs in the twilight sky.
Two Arabesque Panel Designs
Jean-Baptiste Huet, French, 1745 – 1811, 1776–89
Crayon manner etching in red ink on paper
Print

Two vertical arabesque ornament panel designs featuring hanging trophies of arms and armor and music, lute, horn, sheets of music, shield, spear, helmet, quiver or arrows, flowers, hanging textile, foliate branches, canopy, ribbons, and ropes with tassels. The plate is numbered.
Shoe
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1876
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Above, Sketch of a lady's shoe with a slip-knot tie; Below, Detail sketch of the heel.
Ornamented Chimneypiece Design
Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742, 1749-1761
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Bound print

Page with two plates printed next to one another. The plates are divided, with variations on the shape and motifs of the fireplaces, mirrors, and paneling. The chimneypieces and panels of the plates are decorated with carved grotesques, portrait medallions, mascarons, and garlands. Both plates are signed and numbered.
Paper Doll Costume with Dotted Pattern and Emerald Green Bows
, 1876–80
Lithograph, brush and watercolors on cream heavy wove paper
Print

This cream-colored dress has a dotted pattern with emerald green bow accents.  The paper doll holds a parasol in her right hand. Both the back and front of this dress are depicted.
Candelabrum, Probably for Rooms in the Palazzo Altieri, Rome
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1789–1793
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper
Drawing

Below is an octagonal base with the monogram of the Virgin, MA, in the panel of the front. From a central support spring below above either oblique side two branchecs with candles, and above visibly the same number. On top is a ball in what seems to be a crown, upon it stands a chalice with a Host.
Mountains near Beirut, Lebanon
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, February 7, 1868
Graphite on white wove paper; verso: graphite
drawing

Landscape study from the sea showing a view of the layered mountain ranges near the coastline of present-day Beirut, Lebanon. Waters of the Mediterranean extend from foreground to middle distance, where they meet the shoreline. Ridges of successively taller, more rugged mountains extend into the background.

Verso: Mixed studies around the present-day city of Ramla, Israel, showing views of the top of a stone house with a triangular decorative scheme, at upper left, the pock-marked trunk of an olive tree at center, and, at lower left, a sketch of a reclining bearded figure (possibly one of Church's travel companions, Rev. D. Stuart Dodge or Mr. Fowler) seated on a bench, with one arm raised.
Woman of Bethlehem
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, February 12, 1868
Graphite and white gouache on tan laid paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Full-length figure sketch of a woman in Bethlehem, Palestine, viewed obliquely and shown wearing a variety of draped clothing. Each item of clothing is assiduously noted in the right margin. At the time (and even today), women of this region often wear a cotton inner garment called a thob which might be blue or white and was worn with a folded girdle of striped fabric. Over this might be worn a striped sleeveless topcoat similar to the men's, but shorter and narrower. In Bethlehem, married women wore the shatweh, a stiffened cloth or felt cap decorated with embroidery or sometimes stitched with coins. It was sometimes covered in a headcloth.

Verso: Loose figure sketch of a young peasant boy near Bethlehem, Palestine. He wears a white tarboosh cap and a small strip around his waist with otherwise draped clothing.
Panneaux de Lambris à côté d'une Croisée et d'une porte à placard
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, 1774
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Elevation of an interior with paneling and motifs featuring crossed cornucopia, mascaron, branches, acanthus leaf, lamb tongue, egg and dart, garland, rosette medallion, an overdoor relief of allegory of geometry, wave pattern. The plate is signed.
Front View of the First Carriage (1686 of Lord Castlemaine by Andrea Cornelly after Ciro Ferri, 1687-1700
Giovanni Battista Lenardi, Italian, 1634 – 1704, 1687–1700
Etching and engraving on off-white laid paper
Print

Front view of carriage with allover ornate decoration of shells and scrolls; carved figures and sea motif.
Black Bird witth Blueberries and Apricots
, ca. 1800–1830
Pen and ink, graphite on coated wove paper
Drawing

Black Bird witth Blueberries and Apricots
Burned Trees and Houses
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1862
Graphite on wove paper, laid down
Drawing

Horizontal slight sketch, probably of burned trees and houses.
Grotesque Ornament Design
Jean Bérain, the elder, French, 1640 – 1711, ca.1670–ca.1700
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

An ornament design featuring grotesques motifs, scrolling foliage, a female terminal figure holding a vase above her head with festoons of fleurons, a mask, rosettes, acanthus leaves, and two putti playing among the ornament. The plate is numbered and signed.
La Vivandiere à la Grecque
Ennemond Alexandre Petitot, French, 1727 – 1801, 1771
Etching on paper
Print

Print titled ‘La Vivandiere à la Grecque', from a series of 10 plates featuring fanciful costumes inspired by Greek and Roman antique ornament and architectural motifs. A female figure stands in the middle of the sheet wearing a costume and headdress made of architectural elements included a fluted column, friezes, Greek keys, acorns, and an oven in the place of her lower abdomen. The figure is adorned with and holding cooking instruments. She has a wash basin and a broom on her head and a dead hare hanging from her shoulder. The plate is titled, signed and numbered.
Title Page and Frieze Designs
Henri Sallembier, French, ca. 1753 - 1820, 1777
Etching on laid paper
Print

Title page and two frieze designs with foliate scrolls, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), rosettes, vases, fruit, cartouche with a male profile portrait. The plate is titled, numbered, dated, and signed.
Time (Chronos) Entrusting Cupid to Venus
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, Italian, 1727 – 1804, ca. 1757
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, white gouache, over black chalk on brown laid paper
Drawing

The male figure of Chronos, Time, shown in profile with wings and a long beard at left, lowers the baby Cupid onto a rock. The goddess Venus sits at the rock's summit, facing forward, sandals on her feet and jewelry at her neck, her face turned towards Chronos and the baby. She sits upon a pile of drapery. Behind her, another nude female figure kneels. Behind the two women are two cupids at left, one carrying a horn, and a soldier with decorated shield at right. In the foreground, at right, a snake curls around the edge of a broken wagon axel, a white bird prepares to alight on the ground below the snake. In the background at right, a rocky landscape with architectural ruins. The figure of a vulture on a pedestal at right, caryatid figure at right edge.
Bandbox
, ca. 1830
Block-printed paper, pasteboard support

Side decorated with ducks on water, with trees and buildings on shore. Top decorated with house and mill, printed on green ground.
Nouvelle suite de cahiers chinois a l'usage des Dessinateurs et des peintres", no.2
Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808, 1790–1799
Etching with colored inks à la poupée on off-white laid paper
Print

Irregular cartouche with exotic landscape and fantastic creatures. At center, two figures sit beneath open air pagoda-like structure.
Projet d'un feu d'Artifice sur l'eau pour le mariage de Me. Première (Design for Fireworks over Water for the Marriage of Madame Premiere [Elizabeth of France], plate 112, in Oeuvres de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier
Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, French, b. Italy, 1695–1750, 1748
Engraving on white laid paper
Print

Large structure with stairs, fountains, and statues; wall lined with trees and two elaborate decorations with towers, bells, fleur de lys, and topped with cross.
Title Page
Abraham Badollet, French, active eightenth century, 1734
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Central cartouche with title. The cartouche is comprised of ornament motifs including lion head, scrolls, flowers, drapery, jester mask, and framed on either side of the plate with scrolls, sprays, putti, pearls, grotesques, and baldachins.
Sidewall
, ca. 1880
Machine-printed and stamped

Horizontal rectangle giving a complete width. Stylized flowers and butterflies on paper stamped to imitate plain cloth. Stamped and printed in dark red-brown on lighter red-brown ground. Aesthetic-style design.
View from Olana, Middle of Afternoon
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, June 14, 1870
Graphite on white wove paper; verso: graphite
drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view looking south from the artist's property near Hudson, New York, known as Olana. Viewed from an elevated position near the artist's old studio, the scene includes Church's barn and temporary domicile known as the "Cosy Cottage." In the middle distance at center, a twin-peaked hill includes ploughed fields on its near slope. In the background at right, the Hudson River Valley extends into the distance. Above, a large and puffy bank of clouds casts a slight shadow on the landscape below. 

Verso: Architecture sketch showing the outlines of three gothic windows with pointed arches. Possibly part of a church or Olana itself.
Mourning sampler
, late 17th–early 18th century
silk, metal thread, paper Technique: painted silks, silk threads and metal threads laid on parchment or paper with wax

Bishop and two angels looking down from the clouds to bless an Italian town that is on a river by the sea. The angels and the bishop's hands and face were painted on paper which was then cut out and pasted on the picture. Details of the town were painted in by brush. Uncounted stitches.
"Saltarello Romano," Dancing Peasants In The Neighborhood of Rome
Bartolomeo Pinelli, Italian, 1781–1835, 1807–08
Pen and gray ink with watercolor and black chalk on off-white wove paper
Drawing

A dancing pair with similar poses as in plate 1 of the "Raccolta" of 1809; but the boy has his hands akimbo, and the girl the right one. The tambourin is played by a girl, standing with a boy at right. A man and a woman are seated at left; a boy leans upon the legs of his father. Mountainous landscape.
Sample
Orinoka Mills, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, ca. 1910

yellow warp and white weft
Design for a Mass-Operational House Designed by Hector Guimard, Chimney Construction
Hector Guimard, French, 1867–1942, October 1920
Pen and black ink, graphite on tracing paper
Drawing

Design for a mass-operational house by Guimard, detailing chimney construction.
Adam and Eve, Design for Stained Glass Window, Frankby Church, Birkenhead (Cheshire), England
Sir Edward Burne-Jones, English, 1833–1898, May 27, 1870
Pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper
Drawing

Two window panels showing Adam and Eve against trees.
La Déesse THVO CHVU dans l'Isle d'Hainane
Antoine Watteau, French, 1684–1721, 1731
Etching on laid paper
Bound print

Chinoiserie scene of a woman in exoticized Chinese costume holding a fan and a closed parasol in her hands. She sits on a rock between two men who bow to her. The plate is signed.
Les Quatre Elements
Oberkampf & Cie., Jouy-en-Josas, France, 1759–1815, 1783–89
cotton Technique: printed by engraved plate on plain weave foundation
Fragments

Fifteen different fragments which when put together can almost form the repeat of the fabric. There are shaped cartouches containing scenes from mythology which symbolize the four elements; fire water, earth and air. In red on white.
Box
Louis Comfort Tiffany, American, 1848–1933, ca. 1910-20
Favrile glass, bronze

1997-11-4/9: Six-piece desk set of favrille glass and bronze in...;     1997-11-6-a,b: One piece of a six-piece desk set. Box of favrille...
Light Fixture for Mr. Allen's Study and Mrs. Allen's Room, Henry J. Allen Residence, Wichita, Kansas
Frank Lloyd Wright, American, 1867–1959, 1917
Graphite, color pencil on tracing paper
Drawing

Elevation and perspective of light fixture.