biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Sunset in a Mountain Valley, Jamaica
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, May–September 1865
Graphite on gray wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of the sun setting through the middle of a steep mountain valley in Jamaica. At left and right, precipitous mountainsides descend to the valley floor, visible at center. Various bluffs and prominences are visible throughout the valley. In the background, a faint sun sets along the valley's vertical axis.
Sampler
, 1685
silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: cross, double running and eyelet stitches on plain weave

Fifteen cross borders in geometric and floral patterns and below, in a panel, the initials "S A S" and date "1685" in a wreath, floral ornament, crowns and alphabet.
Design for an Earring
Giovanni Sebastiano Meyandi, Italian, active 1762 - 1794, ca. 1770
Pen and black ink, brush and gray watercolor on paper
Drawing

Jewelry design for an earring. A disk above, below three hanging blossoms composed of a square and vertically oblong diamonds in a calyx of leaves, with a circular frame composed of the leaves of six stems springing from the calyx. In the middle, a branch with two lateral symmetrically arranged stems and central blossom.
Sidewall
, ca. 1750
Leather, stamped, painted, silvered

Large red tulips and shells and beading.
Plain and Mountains in Mexico
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, February 21, 1890
Graphite on off-white wove paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of a plain and mountains in Mexico. A flat, dark plain extends from the foreground through the middle distance and is dotted with bushes. In the background, a faint mountain range stretches across the horizon with a tall, triangular peak visible at center.
Design for a Saltcellar
Giulio Romano, Italian, 1499–1546, 1524–46
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on white laid paper
Drawing

Design for a saltcellar with the bowl of the vessel in the shape of a shell supported on the back of a bearded triton who swims through waves.
View of Guaranda, Ecuador
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, June 8, 1857
Graphite, brush and white gouache on gray-green paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of the town of Guaranda, Ecuador, surrounded by mountains. Trees and vegetation in foreground gives way to structures and streets of the town in the middle distance, which includes a church at left. Beyond, a rugged landscape extends to the background, where tall peaks are visible.

Verso: Partial outline of a mountain ridge in Ecuador.
Berger à la Grecque
Ennemond Alexandre Petitot, French, 1727 – 1801, 1771
Etching on paper
Print

Print titled ‘Berger à la Grecque', from a series of 10 plates featuring fanciful costumes inspired by Ancient Greek and Roman ornament and architectural motifs. A standing male figure wears a costume and headdress featuring Greek key friezes, rosettes, and acanthus leaves with tympanums as arms. The plate is titled, signed and numbered.
Writing-arm Windsor Chair
, early 19th century
ash, maple, and beech woods, leather; brass
writing chair

Small comb-back of five spindles. Right arm terminating in large ovate writing surface supported by two turned braces and covered with red leather; left arm is knuckled. Arm assembly rests on two turned seventeen spindles. Broad slightly dished seat supported by four turned legs joined by H system of turned stretchers; drawers under writing arm and seat.
Panel Designs of Grotesque Ornamentation
Jean Berain, the elder, French, 1640-1711, 1711
Engraving on laid paper
Bound print

Panel Designs composed of grotesques. The panels include such motifs as: statues, trophies, mascarons, owls, sphynxes, harpies, terms, baldachins, scrolls, and putti. The plate is not signed but is lettered with an "A" at the bottom.
Textile
, ca. 1850
cotton Technique: roller printed on plain weave

Peacocks on a balustrade with fruit and flowers.
Butterflies and Other Insects
, 18th century
Rice paper
Drawing

Detailed representation in color of four butterflies, a moth and three insects, including the praying mantis.
Clouds and a Bull, Catskill, New York
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, July and September 1844
Graphite on off-white wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Atmosphere and figure sketches around Catskill, New York, showing a view of a dark, billowing mass of clouds carried leftwards by the wind, at center, while at upper right, a bull with curving horns is faintly sketched from behind. 

Figure and landscape sketches around Catskill, New York, showing, at right, an unfinished view of a figure (ostensibly a male) wearing a cap and a collared shirt or jacket. His left elbow is bent, raising his left hand upward, as he looks downward. At left, an extremely dark, overwrought sketch of three houses in front of trees and a hill is included.
Two chalices
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1780–1790
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

At left: the stem is above a bunch of ears of grain rising from an urn, which is decorated with festoons supported by two cherubim. At right: the lower part of the stem has the shape of a vase supporting a pedestal, with cherubim. Above: the bowl has a leaf calyx. On the verso is part of a sketched construction of the shape of a bowl.
Veue de l’Amphiteatre de la Vigne Pamphile
Gabriel Perelle, French, 1604–1677, late 17th century
Etching on laid paper
Print

View of a garden featuring a semi-circular garden pavilion with fountains, arcades, and stairs. In the foreground, parterre planting, vases, and statues on plinths with figures throughout the grounds. The plate is titled.
Brown Bird with Red Head on Carnation Stem with Butterflies
, ca. 1800–1830
Pen and ink, graphite on coated wove paper
Drawing

Brown Bird with Red Head on Carnation Stem with Butterflies
Button
, 19th century
"Bloodstone," brass, steel, silver

Components -a,-c,-d,-e,-f are on card 18
-a: oval, slightly concave button with brass shank and central ornament; -b: circular flat button of imitation bloodstone with steel shank and central ornament; -c,d: oval braass buttons ornamented with lozenges of bloodstone with brass back and shank; -e,f: circular, flat pieces of bloodstone mounted in silver collets with silver backs and shanks.
Gaines et Piedestal
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Designs for three pedestals decorated with ornament motifs including ribbon twist, scrolls, rosettes, lamb tongue, bead and bar, acanthus leaves, and fluting. The plate is signed.
Trophy Design
P. Moithey, French, active 18th century, mid- 18th–late 18th century
Etching on laid paper
Print

A design for a military hanging trophy incorporating a large ewer, shields, swords, axe, helmet, a trident, netting, foliate branches, and ribbons. The plate is signed. Another copy of this print in red ink is bound within the same album (1921-6-363-2).
Heraldic Achievement Designs
Nicolas Guérard, French, ca.1648 – 1719, late 17th–early 18th century
Etching on laid paper
Print

Seven designs for heraldic achievements with devices in the shields, with text, supported by angels, putti, eagles, animals, birds, dolphins, and mermaids. With individual designs for animals and mythological creatures including a dragon, eagle, phoenix, frog, turtle, goat, cow, and elephant. The heraldic achievement in the upper center has the French coat of arms in the shield, with the three fleurs-de-lys, royal crown, cross of the Saint-Esprit, wings, arms and armor and flags. The plate is numbered.
Frame
, 19th century
Cast and chased, patinated, and silvered brass and bronze with glass

Rectangular form with cast scrolling floral and foliate decoration, and cherub mask in lower right corner, all surrounding beaded oval opening; glass panel in opening. Reverse with hanging-ring in top, center.
Trimming
, early 19th century
silk Technique: woven

Trimming fragment in a design of light brown roses and leaves on a yellow ground.
Design for a Sugar Bowl
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1788–1796
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Design for a sugar bowl and plate, decorated with ornament motifs including pinecone, gadrooning, bead course, palmettes, lancet leaf, and lamb tongue. The plate is sighned and numbered.
Design for an Embroidered Waistcoat, Pattern 531 of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"
Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, ca. 1785
Graphite, brush and gouache on paper
Drawing

Scheme as 1920-36-33. View of gardens across railings. A grotquest architecture and an ovoidal standing mirror are shown in the bottom part. "P 531" written in ink, center right.
Temples of Hera at Paestum, Italy
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, April 1869
Brush and oil, graphite on off-white paperboard
Drawing

Architecture and landscape sketch showing oblique views of the Temples of Hera I and II at Paestum, Italy. The Temple of Hera II is prominently featured at right, with its intact pediment, entablature, and colonnades that extend obliquely toward the background. A view of the Temple of Hera I, with its collapsed roof, is partially cut off along the left margin. Brown and grassy soil comprise the foreground, while gray clouds fill the sky above.
Design for Painted Decoration of a Wall
, 1840–60
Brush and gouache, graphite on paper
Drawing

A dado is shown at the bottom, an entablature and two stripes on top. The panel shows rising, waved, intertwined garlands, with a central motif in the ovoidal forms. Rows of lozenge rosettes are disposed so that their greatest widths are beside the crossing points of the garlands. A frieze consisting of halves of palmettes and three stripes, both motifs in purple, are on top.
Buttons
, 1852–70
Brass, silver and pewter

B/ and c/: silver plated - Eagle facing left - wings spread, resting on bar, four darts and star below.

Component -b is on card H
Component -f is on card i
Japanese Lily, East Hampton
Samuel Colman, American, 1832–1920, August 23, 1880
Brush and watercolor, graphite on cream laid paper
Drawing

Study of Japanese lily in watercolor; two additional sketches of the flower in graphite. Verso: studies of stalk and flower.
Differens desseins de Feux ou Grilles pour Cheminées
André-Charles Boulle, French, 1642 – 1732, ca. 1715
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Seven designs for andirons (firedogs) with different shapes and motifs including vases, obelisks, female satyrs, birds, festoons of flowers, a canon ball, sphynx, flames, mascarons (masks), c-scrolls, s-scrolls, scrolling leaves, foliate scrolls, acanthus leaves, wave and gadrooning repeating patterns. The plate is titled, numbered, and signed by the publisher.
Villa Farnese: in the Moat of Caprarola
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, ca. 1813
Black chalk, pen and black ink, brush and brown watercolor on cream laid paper
Drawing

View of bridge over water, in center, leading to classical building on left; figures walking across bridge. Two figures at right walking with bundles/baskets on heads. In margin, caption: 9; Caprarola
On verso, in black ink, allover designs of wall decorations and paintings: Decorated pilaster, wall panels, entablature and vaulted ceiling; below is a dado, with frames, a cargo boat, figures.
Sampler
, 18th century
silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in counted satin, double running, wrapped bars, and stem stitches on plain weave

Geometric and floral forms arranged in cross borders; the central one shows symbols of religious significance and the words "Viva Dona Antonia Dias."
Figure and Landscape Sketches, Mexico
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1890–93
Graphite on off-white paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Figure and landscape sketches from Mexico showing, at upper left, the torso of a headless figure wearing a poncho; at upper right, three figures wearing hats and draped clothing leaning on the banister of a bridge, looking over its edge; at lower right, a figure covered in draped clothing viewed from behind; and at center, a fire illuminating nearby trees, or putting off clouds of smoke. 

Verso: Architecture and landscape sketch showing a view of a thatched hut and a portion of a mountainous landscape in Mexico. At left and oriented to the left, a thatched hut with a tall, conical roof is sketched in some detail. The outline of a figure wearing a hat is included beside it at left. Along the right margin, a fragment of a panoramic view showing an extensive, rugged, and mountainous landscape is included.
Landscape Sketch
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, May 28, 1853
Graphite on cream wove paper
Drawing

Mountains, from a hill, with sun rising or setting at right. Very light lines. A name on verso, lower left.
Ornamental Vase Design
Edme Bouchardon, French, 1698–1762, 1737
Etching on laid paper
Print

Cup shaped vase with three grotesque masks at the neck. A tube-like handle is threaded behind the masks and encircles the vase. The vase is decorated with a fish-scale and shell pattern. The foot of the vase has a twisted spiral decoration. The vase is elevated on a low, circular platform with upside-down shell motifs.
THÉATRE ITALIEN
Charles-Germain de Saint-Aubin, French, 1721–1786, 1753-1757
Etching on laid paper
Print

Vignette of three butterflies in commedia dell'arte costumes, standing under a canopy made up of reeds, garlands of flowers, butterfly herms, feathers and trophies (on the left, with masks and ribbon, and on the right, with a tambourine). Below the platform are intertwining serpentine forms, at the center of which are the words "Théatre Italien." The plate is signed but not numbered.
Pleated fan
, ca. 1850
Paper leaf with gilded and hand-colored lithograph; lacquered papier maché sticks; silk tassel

Printed lithographic fan with hand-colored and gilded paper, and sticks of lacquered papier maché. Scene shows a country dance with costumes in the style of the 17th century. Sticks are decorated with painted floral decoration and motifs in gilt.
Design for an Embroidered Frontal
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1780-1790
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper
Drawing

The left side is shown. Sheaves, rising from acanthus calices, are intended to form there arcades, in which hang, above, nine festoons, and in the center, downwards, a circular medallion with a cross. Laterally a trophy of alter objects. Decorated border.
Sampler
, mid-19th century
cotton Technique: embroidery on net

Twelve designs worked as cross border; edged at top and bottom with narrow bobbin lace.
Le Galand Chasseur
François-Thomas Mondon, French, 1709 – 1755, 1736
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

A rococo ornament print featuring a fantastical fountain made up of c-scrolls, and scrolling acanthus leaves, and shell motifs, with water pouring onto a shell basin supported by standing putti below. In the foreground to the left, a finely dressed man kneels at the feet of a seated woman, who wears a hat and holds a stick. A dog, a hare, and horn at her feet. Trees in the background with shrubs and grass in the foreground. The plate is titled, numbered, and signed.
Design for a Frieze
, 1600–1625
Charcoal, pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper
Drawing

Horizontal frieze with symmetrical grotesque decoration. At center, strapwork with lions and caryatids flanked with scrolling rinceaux with bell flowers.
Pleated fan and case
, late 19th century
Parchment leaf with lithograph hand-colored in gouache, mother-of-pearl sticks carved à jour, brilliant set in pin, lacquered wood case inlaid with metal, lined with silk

Pleated fan. Narrow parchment leaf with lithograph hand-colored in gouache. Obverse: heroic scene of patriarch (possibly Solomon) surrounded by women. Reverse: scenes of lovers in landscape in style of Louis XIV. Mother-of-pearl sticks and guards, carved à jour with floral and lattice designs. Scene of two women and a man on the sticks. Pin is set with a brilliant. Japanese box of lacquered wood inlaid with metal, lined with silk. Top set with metal cartouche and border, with metal lock and hinges. Red moire silk and paper lining.
Design for a Brooch
, late 18th century
Pen and black ink, brush and gray watercolor on off-white laid paper
Drawing

Jewelry design for a brooch in the form of a bow. Above a knot of à jour work with a central rosette. The hanging ends are fastened by a blossom in the center of stems; below a drop.
Two Furniture Leg Designs
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1775-1788
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Two furniture leg designs, arranged horizontally on the page. The leg at left has a top block with a round rosette, a cove of cascading acanthus leaves, a flat wound round with a garland of roses, and fluting down the shaft. The leg at right features a top block with a carved palmette, a shoulder with bound laurel leaves, and a fluted shaft, near the bottom of which is bead and leaf cabling and acanthus leaves. The plate is signed and numbered, although the page has been trimmed and the bottom half of the plate number is cut off.
A Letter from Bruin Polar Bear to Tommy
Frederick Stuart Church, American, 1842–1924, ca. 1894
Printed in black ink on paper
Ephemera

A short story on a polar bear's day in class
Apollon
Claude Gillot, French, 1673–1722, 1729–37
Etching on laid paper
Print

An arabesque design for tapestries (door curtains) featuring the figure of the Classical Greek and Roman god Apollo in the center, seated in the clouds with surrounded by rays of light, framed by a canopy, two figures on either side on plinths, with an incense burner in the foreground with ewers, incense burners, roundels, and rococo ornament, featuring rosettes, fleurons, rinceaux, festoons of flowers, baskets of flowers, hanging trophies, bows and quivers of arrows. This is an earlier state (second state) of the title page/first plate of the series before lettering.
Design for an Urn in a Niche
, late 17th–18th century
Etching on laid paper
Print

A design for a large, lidded urn in a niche. The lid of the urn is decorated with putti and a dolphin, the body of the urn has a female figure, putti, and a dolphin, with mascarons on the sides and acanthus leaf ornament along the foot. The urn is on a plinth, decorated with a frieze with figures, and a bearded mascaron with a garland of flowers. Male and female figures playing musical instruments sit on either side of the urn on the large plinth. The urn and plinth are set in an arched niche, with shell motif in the arch.
Design for a Bed
, ca. 1800
Graphite, pen and ink on paper
Drawing

Elevation of a bed in the form of a festoon suspended between two baluster formed pedestals. Above, a fringed canopy hung from a circular crown with palmettes.
L’Officieux Valet
François-Thomas Mondon, French, 1709 – 1755, 1736
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

A print featuring rococo ornament made up of c-scrolls, scrolling acanthus leaves, shell motifs, fluting, feathers, and a cartouche with intertwined sprigs, and a bird and cat hanging from the top right of the ornament. In the foreground cookware, pots, pans, cabbage, wheat, and leaves. A cat looks up at the hanging animals from behind the ornament. To the left, in the background, a large, lidded pot or vessel on legs, with a man standing next to it and a woman kneeling next to him. The plate is titled, numbered, and signed.
Fence
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1879
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Sketch of a fence, exterior wall, and post.
Pocket book
, 18th century
silk; paint Technique: painted

Four country scenes with floral borders are painted on silk and trimmed with blue ribbon.
Girl on a Swing
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1879
Graphite on off-white wove paper
Drawing

Vertical view of a girl in a sunbonnet, standing, and grasping the ropes of a swing, while leaning on the seat of the swing, with indication of trees in the background.
Cupid and Psyche: Four Octagons and Eight Drawings of Cupid
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1810–15
Pen and dark brown ink, brush and brown watercolor wash over traces of graphite, on laid paper
Drawing

Top center: in a landscape, Psyche lies nude in the lap of seated Cupid, holding a wreath over his head. Caption: "Baccio d'amore e Psiche." Beneath: sketch for another pose of Psyche. Top right: two octagons with Psyche standing, showing butterfly incorporating soul to seated Cupid. Pose of Cupid altered in lower design in which composition more concentrated. Written between designs: "amore Psiche contempla l'anima." Bottom center: octagon, showing Psyche kneeling upon bed contemplating sleeping Cupid. She raises lamp with left hand, "Psiche contempla Amore." Bottom right horizontally, at left: Cupid running toward left; he holds lighted torch, butterfly flies over, "l'amore consuma l'anima." At right: Cupid flies toward right blowing trumpet, holding bow in right hand, "fama d'amore." Along left edge, horizontally, six representations of Cupid. First shows him standing, turned toward right after having shot arrow, "Amore scocco il dardo." Second Cupid stands turned toward left, bends bow, "amore inqurva larco/ l'anima." Third Cupid runs toward right, holding golden apple in left hand, "Amore trionfa di/ Paride." Fourth Cupid dances toward right holding flowers in both raised hands, "Amore sparge fiori sulli talami." Fifth Cupid standing playing lyre and singing, caption: "amore sona la lira/ Danacreonte." Sixth Cupid walks toward right, holding lighted torches in both hands, "Amore acende le/ faci." Reverse: in opposite direction, top left: three rough pen sketches of square panels, two of which show child in wreath. Third one with flourish in oblong frame, struck out.
Annunciation [left]; Birth of the Virgin [right]
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, 1589 or before
Recto: pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk on laid paper Verso: pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk on laid paper
Drawing

Description: Recto, left: Domestic interior with Mary seated on the ground before thehearth, reading. The angel appears above, at right. The scene is struck out.
Recto, right: Interior of bedchamber with the bed of St. Elizabeth in background, left. In the foreground, servants bathe the infant Mary.

Verso left: In a small chamber, the Virgin Mary kneels at left, clasping her hands and looking upward at the angel Gabriel, elevated at right. The Holy Spirit, in the form of a dove, appears in a circle of light at center. Behind the Virgin at left are a chair and a fireplace with andirons at left, a vase at center, and a small table in the foreground at right. This is a version of the composition on the recto, at left. There, the image is subtly different, crossed out, and shown without wash.

Verso, right: Elizabeth kneels at center, embraced by the standing figure of the Virgin. Figures, rendered in heavy wash, gather around. Some indication of courtyard architecture is visible in the background beyond.
Four doorknobs
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1746–1809
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

Four doorknobs.
Candlestick
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, ca. 1780–1785
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

A variation of the motifs of -2037; the putto supports a cornucopia from which the candle springs. Written at right be the artist: "Piedistalli di Alabastro / o siano di Porfido con [verde Base e Cima]se di marmo [erased] cameo di alabastro / in mezzo feston di / Metallo dorato / base e cimase di / Marmo bianco base di metallo Putto / di Argento corna / copio di cristal di / Monte con foglie / di metally dorato". Usual background.
FLAMBEAUX
Henri Sallembier, French, ca. 1753 - 1820, 1805
Etching on paper
Print

Three designs for candlesticks with Empire style motifs including a female figure as a caryatid, a satyr/faun, male figure, snakes, leaves, foliate scrolls, fluting, fleurons, feathers, and rosettes. The plate is titled, signed, and numbered.