biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Title Page
Robert Menge Pariset, French, active 1732 – 1762, mid- 18th century
Etching on laid paper
Print

Title page for a series of eight fantastical ornamental vignettes. The title is lettered within a frame of ornamental motifs featuring fruit, flowers, grapes and vine leaves, bat wings, shells, and foliage with shading and grass to suggest the ground. The plate is signed.
The Winding Road
Johann Georg Wille, German, active France 1715–1808, 1747
Engraving on paper
Print

The road winds along the bank of a stream to its right, with a cliff on the left. A town in the background. Three people on the road, with a basket in front of them. A man, woman, and girl. Below, the artist's initials and the date.
Charcoal Burning, Jamaica
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, July 1865
Brush and oil, graphite on paperboard
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing view of a controlled fire for charcoal production in Jamaica. At center, fires burn along steep hillside with bright red light and send plumes of gray smoke into the atmosphere. Otherwise, steep, green, and receding mountain ridges comprise the view. Horizon is out of sight.
Doorcase
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1789–93
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper
Drawing

The over door is in the back wall of a niche which is coffering on top, above a molding.  The over door consists of a high medal- lion, oval, with the bust portrait of an armored man, and a trophy.  On either side of the door is a Doric column supporting the wall which is decorated with two half-figures of children springing from rinceaux.
Sampler
, 19th century
silk embroidery, glass beads, linen foundation

Six narrow bands of florals. Two bands unfinished. Approximately half of sampler is covered by beadwork.
Lambris, dans le grand Appartement des Tuilleries.
Jean Lemoyne, French, 1638 – 1715, 1710
Etching on laid paper
Bound print

Twenty-eighth plate from a series of prints depicting the ornament and interiors of the King's apartment at the Royal palaces of the Louvre and the Tuileries, part of the Cabinet du Roi (King's Cabinet) series published by the Imprimerie Royale. The plate illustrates a set of panels from the Grand Apartment of the Tuileries Palace. The panels feature grotesque motifs, mythological figures, animals, dolphins, shells, coral, a plinth, masks, foliage, fleurons, acanthus leaf scrolls, rosettes, ribbons, heraldic devices, fleurs-de-lys, and interlaced L's. Each panel is framed by a decorative foliate border. The plate is titled, signed, and numbered.
Staphae, Sive Strapedes (Invention of the Stirrup), plate 9 in the Nova Reperta (New Inventions for Modern Times)
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, ca. 1590
Engraving on paper
Print

Stirrups are forged, decorated, sold, and borne away from a busy shop on a narrow street. In the foreground, a man is about to mount his horses. Bottom left: "Joan Stradanus invent." and "Phls. Galle excud." Lower margin has been trimmed, removing inscription.
Six Medallion or Frame Designs
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, 1778
Etching on laid paper
Print

Six designs for medallions or frames, oval and round, decorated with moldings and topped with trophies. The ornament and motifs include laurel leaves, ribbon, scrolling acanthus leaves, rosettes, festoons of leaves, flowers, foliate branches, drum, bagpipe or musette, trident, shells, armor, quiver of arrows, sword, shield, and banners. The plate is numbered and signed.
Trophy Designs
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, 1777–79
Etching on paper
Print

Six designs for trophies incorporating leaves, flowers, coral, shells, grapes, jug, telescope, hat, jester's wand (marotte), flaming torch, rake, and a butterfly. The plate is numbered.
Bureau à la Chanceliére
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Design for a desk with ornament motifs including fluting, rosettes, a band of guilloche with inset flowers, and, at center, a plate framed by lamb tongue of garland draped over a rosette. The plate is signed
Evergreen Tree, Catskill, New York
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, July 1844
Graphite on on white wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Botanical sketch showing a view of a tall, slender evergreen tree in or near Catskill, New York. One branch at left extends further than the others, while the tree's lower trunk and base are not rendered. 

Verso: Figure sketch of a young girl sitting in tall grass viewed obliquely at left as she looks back at the viewer. She wears a bonnet and a dress and clasps her hands in her lap. At upper left, rectangular mask with an exaggerated nose and mouth is shown.
Entryway and Exterior Elevation of the Room on the Place de l'Estrapade
Jean François Blondel, French, 1681–1756, 1751
Engraving on laid paper
Bound print

Entryway and elevation of the temporary structure set up on the Place de l'Estrapade for the celebrations in honor of the marriage of Louis Dauphin and Maria Teresa of Spain given on February 23-26, 1745. The structure has a grotto-like appearance, with a carved river god and nymph at the top of the entryway. The structure is rusticated and features terms at each post.
Mount
, 1780
bronze
mount

Quiver with arrows, and surrounded by a wreath of flowers.
LE PETIT CHARIOT / LES MANGEURS DE CERISES
Jacques Bacheley, French, 1712 – 1781, mid- 18th century
etching on paper
Print

Plate from a series of twelve scenes of children playing, framed within decorative rococo cartouches, two per plate, side-by-side. The scenes illustrate groups of children playing within garden landscapes, with trees, buildings, and garden walls in the background. The left-hand scene shows two boys pulling a seated child in a two-wheeled chariot with a woman behind her. A boy is up a tree, looking at a bird's nest. The right-hand scene shows a group of boys looking up at another in a tree, who is picking cherries. The titles are lettered below each cartouche with the address between them. The plate is numbered.
Man with a Scythe
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, ca. 1869
Brush and oil paint on canvas
Painting

Horizontal view of a figure of a man with a scythe under his left arm in the foreground and a thinly-painted grouping of two men, with rake, pitchfork, and child in right background, all walking across a sloping meadow at dusk.  Grouping of large trees at left middleground, between the foreground meadow and wheat field, which leads to a blue range of hills in the background and a pale afterglow in the sky.
Decorative Studies of Ceilings with Grotesque; Studies of Monument with Papal Seale, Sisto V
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1814–18
Pen and ink over graphite on cream laid paper
Drawing

Recto: Five studies of ceilings with grotesque; study of monument with papal seal of Sisto V. Verso: Three anatomical studies of arms, profile figure, and profile of arm
Stage Design, Palace Interior
, early 19th century
Brush and wash, graphite on paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. View into palace hall, ending in apsidial niche, sculptures in front.
Design for a Monument
Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702–1786, ca. 1730
Pen and sepia ink, brush and gray watercolor on laid paper
Drawing

Shield with a crown above, upon a base; stones and trees.
Decoration d'une Porte double à placards, variée de deux facons
Jean Mariette, French, 1660–1742, 1686-1742
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Design for a double set of double doors, carved with rocaille molding. The doorframe carving above each set of doors is varied, but both sides feature c-, s- and foliate scrolls, and garlands of flowers. The lower part of the plate includes a cross-section Plan and a scale bar of twelve French feet ("Echelle de 12 Pieds"). The plate is numbered but not signed.
Cornice (Ceiling) Design
Jean-Bernard Turreau, French, 1672 - 1731, early 18th century
Etching on laid paper
Print

Detail of a cornice design for decorative ceilings featuring grotesque motifs including a female herm with wings, putti, birds, baskets of flowers, griffins, mythological creatures, mascarons (masks), festoons of leaves, cartouche with an oval profile portrait, draped canopy, spears with flags, quiver of arrows, cornucopia, foliate scrolls, c-scrolls, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), fleurons, and rosettes. The plate is signed.
Hudson, New York, at Twilight
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1860–65
Brush and oil, graphite on canvas
Drawing

Landscape and architecture sketch of vivid sunset over the town of Hudson, N.Y. In the foreground, the top of various buildings are visible, including a steeple at left and a dome, center. In the middle distance, Hudson River is vaguely visible, while valley extends to hazy horizon. Above, a fiery sunset stretches across the sky. The light of the setting sun illuminates several horizontal bands of clouds in vibrant hues of yellow, orange, and red. Patches of dark blue sky visible along upper margin.
South Side of the Acropolis, Athens, Greece
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, April 20, 1869
Graphite on light green wove paper
drawing

Landscape and architecture sketch showing a view of the south side of the Acropolis in Athens, Greece. The ruin of a stone wall extends from the immediate foreground at lower center to the middle distance at upper right, where a portion of a structure with columns is visible at far right. Below the wall at lower left, two intact Corinthian columns stand beside one another while the terrain continues to descend beyond them. In the middle distance or background at left, several sheep are visible atop a low prominence. Another ruin is somewhat indistinctly rendered beside it at center.
Clytia
T. Peter Simon The Younger, English, ca. 1750 - 1810, 1800
Stipple engraving on paper
Print

A bust length young woman in right profile, looking up. Her dress is caught by a ribbon over her shoulders.
On Mount Mansfield, Looking Towards the Hump
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, September 6, 1864
Graphite and white crayon on grey paper
Drawing

Rock cliff, at right; ridge moving away from center to left. Mountains beyond, right and center.
Berline à deux Fonds
Jean-François Chopard, French, active 18th century, ca. 1750
Engraving on paper
Bound print

Plate 3, Folio 3 of a series of 13 prints of designs for carriages or coaches. Carriage decorated with rocaille motifs, shown in elevation, with details of the various parts at upper left and upper right. The body of the coach consists of painted panels with decorative mounts, likely executed in gilt bronze.
Two Putti
François Boucher, French, 1703–1770, 1738–49
Etching on laid paper
Print

Two winged putti in the clouds. The one to the right holds a large basket of flowers above his head while the other picks flowers from the basket. Ribbons wrap loosely around them.  The plate is signed and numbered.
Textile
, 18th century
linen Technique: block printed on plain weave Label: block printed on linen

Realistic large-scale design of branches with blossoms and fruit turning off the stem alternately to left and right. The red is printed by wood block on a tan ground, with sable effect in the petals and fruits.
Fragment
, 18th century
silk Technique: woven

Rows of 'botehs' in blue and tan.
Rear Elevation of a Sofa
, 1770–1800
Black chalk, pen and ink, brush and gray and olive watercolor on paper
Drawing

Three legs in the shape of calyces are at the front. On top of the upper edge are, laterally, two pairs of doves, in the center a bowl with a fire. From it s handles are from the upper moldings hang festoons of roses. Cast shadow.
Carl Schurz Seated, Reading a Newspaper
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, 1899
Graphite, white chalk on grey wove paper
Drawing

Three-quarter portrait of a seated male figure wearing spectacles. His left hand rests onthe arm of a chair, and his right hand holds a newspaper. Facing left, with head turned toward right.
Schoodic Peninsula from Mt. Desert Island at Sunrise, Maine
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1850–1851
Oil and graphite on paperboard
Drawing

Landscape study showing a view of a vibrant sunrise over Frenchman Bay off the eastern coast of Mount Desert Island in Maine, specifically looking toward the Schoodic Peninsula from Schooner Head. In the foreground, small waves lap against semi-submerged rocks at lower right. In the middle distance at left, a rocky, wooded point of Schooner Head juts into the water. The rolling silhouette of Schoodic Peninsula stretches across the horizon in the background, with Schoodic Head prominently visible at right. Above, a massive, red-tinged band of clouds stretches across a golden, sun-soaked sky with other cream and orange clouds.
Angel
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, ca. 1800
Pen and ink on paper
Drawing

An angel in flight, holding a trumpet with one hand.
Vase à divers usages.
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1775-1788
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Low, wide-mouthed bowl design with two upturned handles formed from leaves. The vase is decorated with bands of bound oak leaf, ribbon twist, swirling acanthus leaves, bead garland, lancet acanthus leaves, bead course, ribbon twist ornamentation. The vase is elevated on a claw-foot base. The plate is signed and numbered.
Pleated fan
, 1840–1860
Paper leaf with gilded chromolithograph; carved and pierced bone sticks

Paper leaf with elaborate chromolithograph decoration, with carved, pierced and gilded bone sticks. Leaf decorated with three figure groups in landscapes framed by gothic canopies and floral decoration; verso: gilt decorative medallion. Sticks pierced with floral decoration and gilded.
Design no. 14 for an Embroidered or Woven Horizontal Border of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"
Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1815–1815
Brush and white gouache on glazed tracing paper pasted on paper
Drawing

The scheme of the design is similar to that of 1914-21-78. A low plant grows in the hollows. Half figures of peacocks over calyxes are on the wave tops. The waves are connected among each other by bead festoons suspended from a lace blossom. Somewhat more than four repeats are shown.
Man with a Knapsack
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, October 10, 1873
Brush and oil paint on canvas
Painting

A male figure with a reddish-brown beard, grey coat, dark trousers, and knapsack, stands on a hillside. Shrubs and trees surround the figure.
Flowering plant
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1879
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Sketch of a plant in bloom.
Sketch, Portrait of a Man
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1877
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Head of a male figure shown in profile turned right. Reverse: Lines of sketches begun.
Four Balustrade Designs
Jean-Baptiste Fay, French, active 1765 – 1790s, late 18th century
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Four wrought iron balustrade designs for balconies featuring geometric patterns and shapes, beads, fleurs-de-lys, leaves, c-scrolls, and running pattern moldings. The plate is numbered.
Vase Design
Jean-Bernard Turreau, French, 1672 - 1731, early 18th century
Etching on laid paper
Print

Design for a lidded vase with grotesque motifs featuring herms, dragons, oval roundel portrait, arms and armor, spears with textiles, mascarons (masks), shields, griffins, vase of flowers, gadrooning, fluting, shells, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), diaper and rosette pattern. The plate is signed.
Fragment
, late 18th century
linen Technique: bobbin lace

Small oval open-work-filled reserve areas along border. Tiny floral sprays spring from ovals.
Tile
Sadler and Green, English, 1760
Glazed pottery with over glaze, transfer-printed decoration.

Milky white glaze, with brownish printing. Decoration a stringy rocaille framework, with two women and a man, house and trees in background.
Design for Embroidered or Woven Floral Motifs of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"
Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1805–1815
Brush and white gouache on glazed tracing paper pasted on paper
Drawing

At left: a flower bough. Right center: a blossom. Right bottom: a part of the blossom.
Textile
, late 15th–early 16th century
linen Technique: block printed on twill weave

Incomplete pattern of banded ogives with central cone and scrolls, with a cherub head in an architectural detail at top of each. Printed in fine black line on natural-colored linen.
Ornamental Capital Designs
Jean Berain, the elder, French, 1640-1711, 1711
Engraving on laid paper
Bound print

Designs for 11 ornamental capitals featuring motifs such as sphinxes, masks, skulls, shells, corals, dolphins, acanthus leaves, lion heads, scrolls, shields, ram heads, and rosettes. The plate is signed and numbered.
Spectacle case
, 19th century
canvas, silk, glass bead Technique: embroidered in tent stitch

Covering for spectacle case is net embroidered in polychrome silks (tent stitch). One side showing flowers with butterflies and crab and the other, medallions containing people, architectural forms, and flowers, with spaces filled with frets. Case is edged with braid and fitted that the top and bottom with ribbons and beads.
Ornamental Vase Design
Jacques-Philippe de Beauvais, French, 1739 – 1781, 1760-1764
Etching on laid paper
Print

Oval vase with narrow mouth. The vase has hexagonal planes around the belly. Each plane features a round medallion with a profile portrait bust, set into a carved-out cross-shape niche. The vase is ornamented with drapery and garland above and below the planes. The vase is elevated on a stepped plinth, and the plate is signed and numbered.
Two Designs for Prison Doorway Erected by Pope Pius VI
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, ca. 1790
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper
Drawing

Top: plain, rustic framing of an oblong opening. Cones stand on round pedestals before the bottom of the frame. On top are a frieze, intended for the inscription, cornices, and a base with two statues of prisoners. Bottom: a couped pyramid projecting from the wall contains the door opening. COrnices and a base, on top. Colored background. Verso: a sepia oblong.
Sketches of Chimborazo, Ecuador
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, June 1857
Brush and oil paint, graphite on tan paperboard
Drawing

Landscape sketches showing four views of the stratovolcano known as Chimborazo in Ecuador, fading in and out of sight behind low, fast-moving clouds. A view of the mountain's foothills topped with dynamic banks of puffy clouds stretches across the upper portion of the composition. The clouds and hillsides at right catch the sun's warm, reddish light. Along the right border at lower right are two views separated by dividing lines, which both show portions of Chimborazo and its foothills with abundant cloud cover. At lower center, a clear view of the mountain's rounded peak is shown beneath a cloud in otherwise bright blue skies. The artist's yellow-green ground is visible at left and lower left.
Design for Clock
Unknown, 1800–1825
Pen and black ink, brush and green, yellow, and brown wash on white laid paper
Drawing

Design for an elaborate clock.  Intended to be executed in green and gilded bronze. The dial is framed by an oblong, with thunderbolts above and below.  It is inserted in a rock, upon which a female figure (Minerva) leans, at right, and a spear and other military paraphernalia, at left.  Faces and a wreath are placed on the spear.  The base is octagonal in shape.  At the front is a scene in relief (sacrifice to Minerva).  Represented at the oblique sides are trophies.  Below are knobs.  Inscriptions and markings at the lower center.
Textile
, 18th century
silk Technique: plain compound satin

Large scale vase with flowers framed by stylized stems and flowers, fruits, and birds. The pattern in polychrome silks on a white satin ground.
Saint Jerome in his Study
Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528, after 1514
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Copy in reverse of B. VII, p. 76, 60.
Sugar Bowl
Royal Worcester, English, established 1751, ca. 1770
soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel
sugar bowl

Elongated hemisphere, on cylindrical foot. Double-domed cover with applied knob of flower in the round attached to a stem and foliage in relief. Decoration of floral sprays.
Landscape with Rider and Bridge
Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702–1786, 1750–1786
Black chalk, pen and ink, brush and bistre wash on paper
Drawing

Oval frame withscene of a rider upon a donkey and two men are shown on a road that leads under a bridge. A steep bank with buildings of a town in the background.
Decorative door boss and nail
, ca. 1550–1700
Steel-plated wrought iron

Flat, square mount with square molded element rising at center. Each quadrant of design has a projecting cusp and two barbs forming a leaf-like pattern. Grooved nail heads on a square shank.
Decorative Monogram Designs
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, 1777–79
Etching on paper
Print

Design for six decorative monograms (letters), comprised of one or two letters featuring floral motifs, foliate scrolls, leaves, fur or pelt, flowers, water, fleurons, and scrolling acanthus leaves (rinceaux). The plate is numbered.
View Across the Hudson Valley at Sunset, Hudson, New York
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, August 14, 1867
Brush and oil on canvas
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of the sun setting behind the Catskills Mountains, from the artist's estate known as Olana. Foreground slope descends from right to left and gives way to a wooded landscape in the middle distance, rendered in dark purple. Catskill Escarpment beyond is rendered in a lighter purple, showing atmospheric perspective. Bright light of the setting sun shines on several clouds at center, making them gleam in hues of pink, cream, and peach. In the background, sky is rendered in a gradient from orange to blue.
The Sycamore
Gustave Baumann, American, 1881 – 1971, 1919
Color woodcut on tan laid paper
Print

A large sycamore tree in right foreground with branches spreading out across the image. Mountain in background.
Textile
, 15th–16th century
silk Technique: supplementary warps forming raised pile in 4&1 satin foundation (velvet)

Deep red cut and voided velvet with a design of lobed medallions containing a central pineapple or pomegranate motif, in the linear style.
Design for a Tureen
Joseph Anton Seethaler II, German, 1799–1868, 1820-1830
Pen and ink on paper
Drawing

Three satyrs are shown seated upon a pedestal and supporting with their heads the ovoidal bowl which is decorated with a frieze in which Medusae alternate with an acanthus plant with a rosette in the center. Dragons as handles and a spread eagle over a thunder bolt on top of the cover.
Fragment
, 13th century
silk, metallic Technique: 2/1 twill with inner warps (samite)

Incomplete repeat of large frontal eagle with outspread wings and tail, each claw grasping a lion. Various in-fillings of pattern.
Design for a Pendant
, late 18th century
Pen and black ink, brush and red, gray watercolor on paper
Drawing

Jewelry design for a pendant. A knot of ribbon, à jour, with in the center a blossom between two flower stems, is supporting with a red ribbon a knot on top of the roof, the framing of which is transformed to a scroll; below, six fringes. Beveled corners.
LE RETOUR DE CHASSE
François Boucher, French, 1703–1770, 1738
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

A group of seven putti playing in a landscape with a dead hare and birds in the foreground. A putto leans on a birdcage while another climbs a tree to the left. A standing putto to the right aims a bow with another crouching down to pick up a quiver of arrows. The plate is titled and signed.
Vase in Landscape
, ca. 1750
Pen and Chinese ink, red crayon, black chalk on paper
Drawing

Shaped like a pitcher without a handle, the vase risese behind four putti. A pyramid in the left distance.
Elevation of a Palace
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1746–1809
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

Elevation of a Palace.