biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Sketch of Large Cat and Turkey
Frederick Stuart Church, American, 1842–1924, ca. 1878
Graphite on paper
Ephemera

Left, sketch of a large cat, sitting and facing viewer. Lower right, profile of turkey with cane and top hat, facing left.
Street scene
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1882
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Sketch of a street scene; Above, Sketch of a donkey and two figures; Below, Sketch of a female figure in profile holding a fan.
City of Tiberias on Sea of Galilee, Mt. Hermon in Distance
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, ca. 1878
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Rocks cliffs in foreground. The sea, right and center, with buildings on a low ridge at left and mountains beyond.
Streeke Pond, Catskill, New York
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, February 1845
Graphite on white wove paper
drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of Streeke Pond (pronounced "Strakie") and its heavily wooded banks in Catskill, New York. A loosely-rendered shoreline with leaves and brush stretches across the foreground, leading to a tall, leafless tree at right. In the middle distance, the pond's waters extend across the composition and around curving shorelines into the background. The pond is bounded by wooded shores on all sides, which are heavily populated with barren trees. Some evergreens, however, and other foliage are also visible around the partially frozen pond.
Design for an Overdoor
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1746–1809
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

The door is plainly framed. The overdoor is a panel with the representation of a trophy of weapons. The doorcase consists of a curved, molded frame. Usual background.
Designs for Chinoiserie Ornament
François Boucher, French, 1703–1770, 1730–60
Black chalk, pen and brown ink on paper
Drawing

The ornamental part is sketched, the figures are completed. Two kneeling servants offer drinks to a seated man.

Reverse: Slight sketches of ornamental details.
Design for a Watchcase
Jacques Vauquer, French, 1621–1686, 1660–1670
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Design for the lid of a circular watchcase, decorated with a biblical scene representing a child brought before elders; flanked by four flower arrangements. The plate is signed.
Trophies with Attributes of Love and Bacchus
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, ca. 1778–1782
Engraving on paper
Print

Trophies with attributes of love and Bacchus.
Putto Making a Knot
, 1700–1750
Red chalk on paper
Drawing

Winged putto turning towards the right and looking upward while making a knot.  Depicted in three quarter profile.
Arabesque Ornament Design
Charles Normand, French, 1765 – 1840, 1787–95
Etching on laid paper
Print

A vertical plate with arabesque ornament designs featuring mythological creatures and figures, masks, vases, scrolling foliage and acanthus leaves, ribbons, baskets of flowers and fruit, a roundel with a winged female figure, incense burners, rosettes, and an arch supported with columns, a winged cupid figure on a plinth. The plate is numbered.
Fragment
, 17th century
silk, metallic thread Technique: plain compound weave

Fragment has a design of horizontal stripes separated by narrow stripes containing small circles. Stripes contain stylized floral and leaf patterns in dark red, green, blue green, and pale orange.
The Elevation of a Console Table
, 1800–1875
Graphite, pen and black ink, brush and ink on light bluish paper
Drawing

Curved legs with women's heads on top. Griffins flank a lyre on the ledge connecting the legs. Their tails end with rinceaux which rise along the legs. The frieze of the table top shows a frieze of palmettes and griffins.
Bowl
, late 19th century
Rose overlay glass, cut decoration

Round-bottomed with low base of curved profile. Rose over clear glass, decorated with fourteen clear glass, vertical, straight-sided, elliptical fields. Cut star pattern in clear glass on underside.
Stage Design: Palace Interior
, 1650–1700
Pen and brown ink, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle showing the interior of a palace. At left and right, coffered arches supported by solomonic columns lead to stairways. At center, a vaulted hall is hung with garlands. At top, a crest.
Elevation and Plan for a Side Table with Covered Dishes, Urns and Cup
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, ca. 1780
Pen and black ink, brush and wash on cream paper
Drawing

Console table in Louis XIV style, shown in elevation and plan.  The plan is drawn directly below the elevation.  According to the plan, the table's central projection is convex.  The shadow of the table is projected on the back wall.  Small seven objects, vases and urns, stand on the table.  The side of the table is decorated with small festoons.  Underneath the table stands a decorative centerpiece. Six legs are suggested in the plan. Scale noted on bottom.
Fragment
, early 19th century
cotton Technique: printed on plain weave

Fragment shows a man on horseback with hounds. In purple on white.
Pygmalion
, 18th century
Etching and engraving on off-white laid paper
Print

Scene showing the sculptor Pygmalion carving a statue in a courtyard. The plate is signed and numbered.
Titlepage
Juan Dolívar, Spanish, active in France, 1641–1692, 1690
Etching on paper
Print

Title page for a series of ecclesiastical altar designs. The title is lettered below within a cartouche flanked by ecclesiastical objects (vestments, crosses, and hats). Above, a design for a large altar in the form of a two-tiered baroque façade featuring two paintings, pilasters, friezes, sculpted angels, a cross, flaming vase finials, with scrolling leaves, trophies, fluting, rosettes, and festoons of leaves. There are figures (men and women) in the doorways on either side of the altar, and above on the balcony level. The plate is dated.
Whale Cove, Grand Manan Island, Canada
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, September 1851
Graphite, white gouache, and oxidized white gouache on light brown wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of Whale Cove on Grand Manan Island in Canada. In the foreground, dense groups of trees are shown from an elevated perspective. Beyond them, two tidal or vernal pools are highlighted in white gouache as they reflect the sun's light. The partly comprise a marshy zone just behind the cove's beach, which is strewn with driftwood. The beach curves into the middle distance at left, where a group of three buildings are situated on the point of the cove's curve at far left. The terrain beyond them, and its accompanying coastal cliff, slowly rises in elevation as it hosts multiple other buildings and farmland. In the background at center, two distant capes with immense vertical cliffs define the rugged coastline. Floating in the water at right are two sailboats--one anchored in the harbor in the middle distance, and another sailing along the horizon in the background.

Verso: Multiple sketches of a student or Argand lamp. At lower left, one complete sketch of the lamp is visible, beside a detail at right. At upper left, two loosely-rendered details of the lamps mechanical parts are also included.
Rocaille Ornament Design
Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772, 1749–61
Etching on laid paper
Print

Sixth plate from a series of twelve designs for rococo ornament by Peyrotte. A large rocaille ornament design with a winged dragon perched onto acanthus leaf fronds with leafy branches, c-scrolls, gadrooning, fleurons and shell motifs. The plate is trimmed and pasted onto the album page. It is signed and numbered.
Clouds at Sunset, Hudson, New York
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1860–70
Graphite on gray-green wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Landscape and atmosphere sketch showing a view of billowing clouds in a twilight sky above the rolling terrain of the Hudson River Valley, likely viewed from or near the artist's estate in Hudson, New York. At lower right, two bushes are visible beside a distant and rolling horizon made up of low mountains. Above, puffy clouds float around a dark and billowing cloud that towers into the sky at center. At upper right, what are likely several starts are visible in the sky.

Verso: Landscape sketch showing a view of billowing clouds over the northern portion of the Catskill Escarpment, viewed from or near the artist's estate in Hudson, New York. At lower left, Windham High Peak and Acra Point are visible, with rolling ridges that descend at center. In the sky above, horizontal bands of clouds partially obscure a massive, billowing cloud behind them. Line quality is fine.
Cartouche with Two Winds
François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768, 1738
Etching and engraving on paper
Bound print

Blank symmetrical oblong rocaille cartouche topped by two allegorical figures of winds at upper center. At left and right, two reclining putti hold tritons; streams of water pour from the shells upon which they are seated.
Design for a Cartel Clock Case
Thomas Lainé, French, 1682 – 1739, late 18th century
Etching on laid paper
Print

A printed sheet from a series of thirty designs for moldings, carved frames, doors, chimneys, and liturgical objects. A design for a cartel or wall clock case decorated with allegorical and mythological figures and mascarons, the head of Apollo, herms, urns, cartouches, fleurons, shells, acanthus leaves, C-scrolls, flowers, garlands, fretwork, rosettes, an margent and gadroon ornament and motifs and the personification of time holding an hourglass and a scythe on the top. The plate is signed and numbered.
Medallion
, 5th–8th century
Warp; S-spun, Z-twist linen. Weft: S-spun wools Technique; slit tapestry with supplementary wrapping

Linear design within a deep border frame.
Three Escutcheons, No. 9 from "Raccolta di varii cappriccii et nove inventioni di cartelle et ornamenti"
Stefano della Bella, Italian, 1610–1664, 1646
Etching on paper
Print

No. 9 of the same set as -10, "Raccolta di varii cappriccii," etc.
Design for a Chimneypiece
, ca. 1800
Pen and ink, brush and gray watercolor on paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Design for a chimneypiece intended to be executed in white marble. At the sides two female hermae, respectively with flower and grain wreaths upon their heads. In the central frieze, kneeling putti support a garland. Below, the plan and the scale.
Printing block
, 19th century
wood, metal

Part of a design for a table cloth with squares formed by dots and a rose alternating. A border of five flat metal strips.
The Parthenon from the North, Athens, Greece
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, April 1869
Graphite on gray-green wove paper
Drawing

Architecture sketch showing a view of the ruinous Parthenon in Athens, Greece, from the north. Viewed directly, the temple's northern colonnade is shown with several broken and missing columns at center--famously, a result of the 1687 explosion of Turkish gunpowder that destroyed much of the structure. The standing columns and intact entablatures are rendered dark and enshrouded, due to the sun's position high the sky. Beams of sunlight rain down from above long the upper margin. In the foreground, rocky terrain and scattered ruins are loosely rendered.
Project for a Pediment
, ca. 1580
Pen and ink, brush and grey watercolor wash on laid paper.
Drawing

A broken pediment with an escutcheon on a pedestal in the center. It is supported by two standing children, two more crouch on the cornices holding indistinct objects. On verso: blotter of a red crayon head.
Gunmakers Workshop with Names of Parisian Gunmakers
C. Jacquinet, French, active 1650 – 1660, 1660
Engraving on laid paper
Print

In the center, an interior view of a gunmakers workshop with two men and a young apprentice working with tools. Large workbench along the walls with open arched windows with a view onto the street. Gun parts and tools on the work bench/ desk with firearms leaning against a bar in front of the arched window. Names of Parisian gunmakers surrounding the scene, lettered within ornament and gun parts. Text lettered below. The ornament features grotesques, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), mascarons (masks), foliate scrolls, fleurons, fantastical animals, terminal figures, and cartouches. 

The gunmakers listed include the following: Jean Chappus des Granges, Nicolas Le Conte, Mathieu de Foullois, Nicolas Laligan, François Golle, and Claude or Charles Naudin. (Names and biographical information listed by Herbert Houze, ‘Claude Roy: Graveur Sur Tous Metaux Au Chariot d'Or' Reprinted from the American Society of Arms Collectors Bulletin 2017,116:24-41)
Design for a Pier Glass with Alternative Suggestions
, 1775–1800
Graphite, pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper
Drawing

Elevation of a console table and pier glass. Scrolling base with musical trophy and basket of flowers. The sides of glass have narrow candelabrum motif at left and guilloche at right. In tablet at top center: a trophy.
Horse and carriage
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1880
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Sketch of a horse and carriage on a tree-lined street.
Fragment
, 18th century
silk, linen Technique: 5-harness satin damask

Large-scale yellow flower and pendant-like leaves in predominantly weft-faced linen weave on a yellow silk satin ground.
Portrait of Paulus Pontius, from the Icones Principum Virorum
Anthony van Dyck, Netherlandish, 1599 – 1641, 1630–1641
Etching on laid paper
Print

Portrait of a man, facing frontally, his head turned to the left. His right hand is visible, and he carries his mantle over his shoulder. Inscription below: 'PAULUS DU PONT CALCOGRAPHUS ANTWERPIAE." At lower left: "Ant. van Dyck fecit aqua forti."
Project for a frontal with alternative suggestions
, ca. 1820
Black crayon with brush on paper
Drawing

Horizontal composition of a frontal. An ovoidal medallion is in the center. Small cornucopias with flowers and an acanthus are on the right with sprays on the left.
Sunset over Kaaterskill Clove, Catskill, New York
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, March 1845
Graphite on white wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of the sun setting over Kaaterskill Clove, near Catskill, New York. In the distance, the undulating outline of the Catskill Escarpment stretches across the horizon. At left, one ridge descends in front of another, marking the opening of Kaaterskill Clove. At far left, the peaks of Kaaterskill High and Round Top are visible. At center, the sun begins to set over the ridge, sending rays of light upward across the sky.

Verso: Atmosphere and landscape sketch showing an expansive view of diverse clouds stretching into the distance in the skies over Catskill, New York. Alternating layers of puffy and hazy clouds stretch horizontally across the composition. Along the lower margin, the rugged outline of the Catskill Escarpment provides the sky with a sense of scale.
Religious Allegory
, ca. 1600
Woodcut on paper
Print

Allegory showing warriors defending the Virgin and other figures of Faith against evil forces. Hell shown below, and the resurrected Christ in a nimbus crowning a kneeling soldier. Latin inscription explain the various allegories.
Sidewall - fragment
, 1800–1809
Block-printed on handmade paper

Diagonal rows of flower forms in white, with black centers. Printed in black and white on corn-colored ground.
Design for an Imagined Landscape
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, December 1844
Graphite on off-white wove paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing an imagined view of a wooded, rolling landscape with a classical ruin. Across a grassy and largely indistinct foreground, a Classical Greco-Roman facade with a doric colonnade supporting an entablature is nestled in a dark group of loosely rendered trees at right. A billowing and partially shaded cloud is visible in the background behind them. In the background at left, a hazy, indistinct landscape extends to the horizon.
Rabbit Hunt with Leopards [above left]; King of England Hunting for Rabbits [below left]; Fishing by Night [above right]; Catching Nightowls [below right]
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, 1596–1599
Recto: pen and ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk on laid paper Verso: pen and brown ink over black chalk on laid paper
Drawing

Recto, above left: Men hunt rabbits with the help of leopards. One leopard sits behind a hunter on his horse.  
Recto, below left: The King of England rides a horse at left, carrying dead rabbits. His dogs chase more rabbits from their burrows beyond.  
Recto, above right: Fishermen stand on a raft, using lanterns to tempt fish out of the water.  
Recto, below right: In the background, hunters beat the bushes, driving owls from their nests. In the foreground, their companions, holding torches, wait with a trap. 
Verso, above: Italian inscription in the hand of Luigi Alamanni. 
Verso, below: Plan of a walled city.
Paix
Pierre Germain, French, 1703 - 1783, 1748
Etching on laid paper
Print

Design for a framed Biblical scene in a landscape. The frame is decorated with ornament motifs including cherubs, garland, scalloping, scrolls, shell, and radiating light. The plate is signed and numbered.
Sidewall
, 1875–85
Block-printed paper, embossed

(a) and (c) full widths, (a) giving slightly more than one repeat of design. Scrolled figure set with scattered flowers and foliage, outlined in light blue; background strewn with small rosettes, in diagonal lines, in light blue; b) a small fragment with indistinct maker's mark on reverse. Paper embossed with pebble ground. Printed in blue, greens, reds and gold on blue ground.
Designs for Jewelry, Perfume Bottles, and Objects
Friedrich Jacob Morison, German, active 1693 – 1699, ca. 1700
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Designs for jewelry, perfume bottles, etuis, bracelets, pendants, the lid of a box, and hanging vessels, featuring scrolling leaves, hearts, ribbons, flowers, gadrooning, fleurons, and strapwork. The plate is signed and numbered.
L’ESCURIAL
Gabriel Perelle, French, 1604–1677, late 17th century
Etching on laid paper
Print

View of a landscape with a large domed palace in the background surrounded by mountains and trees. A bridge in the foreground and to the right a source of water flowing from rocks into a basin with figures carrying water jugs on their heads. The plate is titled with a description.
Viewing of the cherry blossoms
Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858, 1797-1858
Woodblock print in colored ink on paper
Print

This spring scene shows a traditional spring weekend of people enjoying the cherry blossoms. Viewers sit on blankets and stand beneath the blooming branches as they enjoy nature and look out onto the ocean. Hiroshige creates a linear distinction using blocks of color, a red horizon, a stripe of blue ocean, the black rooftops, and yellow clouds that hover just above the green grass.
On the Seashore
Charles Nicolas Ransonnette, French, 1793 - 1877, 1793-1877
Graphite, brush and bistre and black on paper
Drawing

At right is a corner of a 16th century castle. A man and a dog walk beside it; he holds his hat on account of the strong wind. Boats are shown.
Coupe perpendiculaire du Batiment au droit de la ligne milieu en longeur du plan
Jean-Charles Krafft, French, 1764 - 1833, 1812
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

An architectural print illustrating a sectional view with both interior and exterior details visible featuring neoclassical motifs, columns, friezes, statues, coffered ceiling with rosettes, and decorative paneling. The plate is titled, numbered, and signed.
Hare Hunt with Nets and Guns
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, ca. 1599
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown and black washes over black chalk on laid paper.
Drawing

Recto: Hunters, at right, fire at rabbits. In the background, more hunters on horseback pursue the animals, chasing them toward a net. Dutch inscription at upper right.  
Verso: Hunters and dogs in a landscape. In the background at left, rabbits run toward a net. Dutch inscription at upper right.
Mt. Katahdin and Turner Mountain from Katahdin Lake, Maine
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, probably September 1877
Oil and graphite on paperboard
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of Mt. Katahdin and Turner Mountain from the southeastern shore of Katahdin Lake. A semi-submerged rock is included in the immediate foreground at left. Another large boulder is positioned on the nearby shoreline at left, beside a pair of deciduous trees (likely birch). The lake's surface stretches into the middle distance, where the opposite shore is visible. Multiple mountains stretch across the terrain in the background: the pyramidal Katahdin (and Pamola) at left, Hamlin Ridge and Howe's Peaks at center, and the sharp, wooded summit of Turner Mountain at right. Above, the sun struggles to pierce a thick blanket of clouds, whose colors and forms, along with those of the mountains, are reflected in the subtly rippling water below.
Design for a Theater Ceiling
Giuseppe Borsato, Italian, 1770 - 1840, ca. 1830
Pen and gray-brown ink, brush and watercolor, gold paint, graphite on paper
Drawing

Vertical format design for a painted ceiling. Form of a horseshoe, with a base line. Inscribed is an oval, framed by mouldings. The scheme is that of an opening bordered by an attic, the central part of a blossom the eight leaves of which are outlined by garlands. In each panel is a figure of a dancing girl, supported by a pedestal in the shape of a blossom calix. Below those are hexagons with a central circular medallion with a winged putto. The hexagons are connected by festoons, above which are trophies. Part of the entablature below, with the dial of the clock.
Lettre sur les Eléments de la gravure á l'Eauforte (Letter on the elements of etching), Page 2
Adolphe-Martial Potémont, French, 1828 - 1883, 1860-1864
Etching on paper
Print

One of five sheets on the techniques of etching with illustrations of various processes involved, as vignettes.
Castle in the Dardanelles, Turkey
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, June 2, 1868
Graphite on tan wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Architecture sketch from the voyage to present-day Istanbul showing two views of a castle and a mosque near the Dardanelles Strait in Turkey. At left, a castle with tall walls and an even taller central tower/keep is visible, backdropped by a nearby mountain range. At right and oppositely oriented, the facade of a domed most is shown flanked by two tall, pointed minarets.

Verso: Landscape and architecture sketches showing views of present-day Istanbul, Turkey under moonlight, as seen from the sea. Multiple large buildings are visible, and a mountain range backdrops the city. At right and oppositely oriented, a sketch of the city's lighthouse is included.
Design for a Painted Ceiling of Irregular Shape: Aurora
Flaminio Innocenzi Minozzi, Italian, 1735 – 1817, 1790–1810
Pen and brown and black ink, brush and watercolor, black chalk on paper
Drawing

Design for a painted ceiling, viewed directly from below.  The central circular decoration shows Aurora (a winged figure riding in a chariot pulled by two horses; a putto with a burning torch flies in front of her).  The scene is placed within a tromp l'oeil architectural framework.  At each corner, an illusionary lunette with a pointed arch contains a bust on a pedestal: Orpheus for Music, Homer for Poetry, Apelles for Painting, and Vitruvius for Architecture.
Case of organ pipes
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1746–1809
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

Case of organ pipes.
Veuë de la Fonteine de Tyvoli
Gabriel Perelle, French, 1604–1677, late 17th century
Etching on laid paper
Print

View of a fountain and basin within a landscape framed by an arcade with statues within niches. Figures, and trees throughout. The plate is titled and signed.
Vase
, 1st–4th century AD
Glass

Oblate body, high tubular neck gently tapering toward brood rim. Thick and iridescent green glass.
House with a Porch
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1858–1860
Graphite, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

Sketch of a house with a porch, yard, and fence.