biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Figure Sketches, Egypt
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, January 1868
Graphite on off-white wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Figure sketches showing ten views of individuals in Alexandria, Egypt engaged in various activities. In right half of composition, three pairs of figures are visible, with several other figures in various states of completion floating throughout. 

Verso: Three partial figure sketches, visible upper left. A standing figure, an incomplete figure riding a donkey, and a kind of mesh are shown.
Sketches of Peg-Legged Men
Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini, Italian, 1675–1741, 1740–50
Pen and ink
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. Recto: Sketch of a standing man with two peg-legs, with a child on his shoulders and another beside him. Verso: Sketch of a standing man with one peg-leg, leaning on a crutch.
Seven Studies of Quadrilateral Ceilings; Verso: Two Anatomical Studies of Arms
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1814–18
Pen and ink over graphite on laid paper
Drawing

Verso: anatomical study of toes with frontal view and profile view
Prospectus Armamentarii regii versus arcem Principis Regis (View of the Royal Armory opposite the Prince's Palace)
Georg Balthasar Probst, German, 1732 - 1801, 
Hand-colored etching on paper; verso: fabric adhered with thread
Bound print

Perspective view of the Royal Armory in Berlin, a richly ornamented rectangular structure stretching across the right side. The windows are cut out, with thread and colored fabric visible through the openings. Statues of angels and armored busts line the top of the armory, colored in yellow. In front of the building, horsedrawn-carriages and pedestrians roam the open area.  A dark shadow is cast across the bottom edge of the scene, and a light blue sky extends across the top margin. Printed along bottom margin: Prospectus Armamentarii regii versus arcem Principis Regis / Prospetto de l'Arsenale Reale verso del Palazzo del Principe

Verso: Patches of colored and patterned fabric, visibly attached with thread. Printed label: La veue de l'Arsenal Royal du côté du Palais du Prince heritier a Berlin. / Prospect des Königl. Arsenals, gegen dem Cron=Prinzl. Palast zu Berlin. / Med. Folo. No. 42. / Cum Gratia et Privilegio Sac: Caes: Majestatis. / Georg Balthasar Probst, excud. A.V.
Barges
Pierre-Jacques Volaire, French, 1729 - Before 1802, 1775–1800
Graphite, pen and ink, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

Three barges at the right, near a section of bank. At left is another barge, covered with a canopy.
Rocks off Grand Manan Island, Canada
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1851 or 1852
Oil and graphite on cardboard
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of semi-submerged rocks on the coast of Grand Manan Island in Canada. The nearby rocky shore is minimally visible in the immediate foreground along the lower margin. Characterized by rounded, knobby forms, several large, dark rocks stand semi-submerged in shallow, reflective ocean water. Green algae grows on the nearest rock at center, and red algae grows on the side of another rock in the middle distance at center right. At far left, a nearly vertical cliff face is visible at it extends out of view. Above, an overcast sky extends to the horizon.
Nouveaux desseins de Rampes d’Escalier avec Panneaux et Consolles
Pierre Edme Babel, French, 1720–1775, 1890–1910
Facsimile of the original etching (photomechanical or lithography)
Print

Three designs for wrought iron or metalwork staircase balustrades featuring scrolling leaves, c-scrolls, s-scrolls, rosettes, shells, flowers, and a vase with putto finial. The plate is titled and signed, with a scale below. This is a late 19th-early 20th-century reproduction from a series first published between 1738-1743.
Mantle
, 17th–18th century
cotton warp, wool weft, silk Technique: tapestry woven, interlocked warps and wefts

Horizontal bands of geometric and figurative patterns.
Designs for the Letters G and H
Jean Baptiste Piauger, French, active 1760s, 1767
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

A plate of six designs for the letters ‘G' and ‘H' from a series of decorative letters, published in Pouget's ‘Dictionnaire des chifres […]'. The plate features six ornamental inhabited letter designs, two per row for the letters ‘G' and ‘H', featuring putti, male and female winged figures, garden landscapes, clouds, a lion, fire, a cornucopia and a sharpening wheel, and a jester with rococo ornament, such as fleurons, acanthus leaves, scrolling foliate, and friezes. The plate is numbered.
Designs for Andirons, Oval Medallions, and an Incense Burner
Henri Sallembier, French, ca. 1753 - 1820, 1778
Etching on paper
Print

Designs for two andirons (firedogs), two oval medallions (depicting a landscape on the left and a portrait of a woman on the right), and a central decorative incense burner with smoke, featuring neoclassical motifs including a fluted column, birds, putti, fruit, wave frieze, cartouches, flowers, vases, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), fleurons, foliate branches, and rosettes. The plate is numbered. The plate is a duplicate to plate 34 from the 6th book (1921-6-482-34). The book (Cahier) number has been modified with ink to change it from a ‘6' to an ‘8' and the plate number has been scraped away and inscribed in ink to change it from ‘34' to ‘48'.
Deeds of Jupiter, for a Ceiling
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1812
Pen and ink, brush and wash over traces of graphite on laid paper
Drawing

Infant Jupiter cared for by nymphs Adrastea and Ida, in Cretan woods. One quiets an eagle, other raises hind part of goat, Amalthea. Bucolic characters assist nymphs while Bacchic characters in rear. Caption written in graphite above: nas [c]ita di Giove. Bottom: Leda leaves stream, looking at swan who flies away. Dragon lies in right middle plane, inscription: Leda.  Pen sketch for forepart of goat. Top, in opposite direction: Jupiter, as Satyr, uncovers sleeping Antiope; inscription: Antiope. At left: Europa carried away by bull, accompanied by eagle. Bull and woman kiss each other; inscription: Europa. Beside are pen sketches. At left, head of the bull, at right, forepart of bull. At right: Danae seated upon bed receives the gold rain. Eagle shown at left; inscription: Danae.
Letter case
, 18th century
silk and metal-wrapped silk embroidery on silk foundation Technique: embroidered in stem, satin, running and couching stitches on plain weave foundation

White silk letter case embroidered in polychrome silks and metal threads with a basket of flowers, in the same design on both sides. Fastening of silk and metal braid with tassels; lined with pink silk.
Design for a Wooden Door in a Panelled Room
Unknown, Italian, 1626-1650
Pen and brown ink with brown wash and traces of graphite Support: off-white laid paper
Drawing

The door has two panels; the upper is decorated with balusters of different designs, in marquetry, the lower with a moulding. At the left wall are three panels, one above the other, at the right, above a panel with a candelabrum in marquetry. Below another one with a moulding. Above is an entablature with a triangular pediment above the door. At the upper edge, horizontally, is a section of a door opening, with inscribed dimensions.
Trimming
, 18th century
silk Technique: cut supplementary warp pile on satin ground (velvet)

Red trimming fragment in a design of an open flower alternating with a conventional ornament
Petites Chiffonières
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Designs for two small sets of drawers, decorated with ornament motifs including ribbon twist, floral relief, garlands, scrolls, acanthus leaves, fluting, lamb tongue, and rosette. The plate is signed.
Virgin and Child in the Clouds
Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn, Dutch, 1606–1669, 1641
Etching on paper
Print

The Virgin is seated on a cloud, facing the spectator. She holds the Child in Her arms, His head resting on Her right arm. A head is seen upside down near the Virgin's left knee, indicating where a different design had been begun and abandoned. Signed in clouds, near lower center: "Rembrandt f. 1641."
Design for a Bookplate: Colonial Dames of America
Mrs. John King Van Rensselaer, American, 1848–1925, 1894
Steel engraving on white paper
Print

Bookplate design engraved in black featuring a fan of the cabriolet type. A banderole or ribbon with the text "Colonial Dames of America" appears in all capital letters across the bottom center, and "E Libris" appears at the center left. Another smaller ribbon appears along the top portion of the fan with the word "Colere" on the left and "Coloniarum Gloriam" on the right in all capitals, separated in the center by a medallion with a standing woman inside. Buildings appear on the left and right upper portions of the fan. The fan is also decorated with various leaves and plants.
The Promenade
Victor Vincent Adam, French, 1801 – 1866, 1835-1840
Pen and ink, brush and sepia wash on paper
Drawing

A couple promenading in the woods, left. Before them, moving toward the right, a small girl is seated on a donkey, accompanied by a young woman holding a parasol; a doll seated on another donkey, led by a little girl.
Trophy Design
Jean-Baptiste Huet, French, 1745 – 1811, 1772
Crayon manner etching in red ink on laid paper
Print

Third plate from a series of four ornament prints of designs for trophies. Hanging from tied ribbons - foliate branches with flowers, a basket of flowers, two birds, an arrow, and a flaming torch. The plate is numbered, dated, and signed.
Design for a Woven Fabric of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"
Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1815-1840
Brush and white gouache on glazed tracing paper
Drawing

A partly naturalistic partly stylized rose bough with blossoms and leaves forms vertical rows. Somewhat more than one repeat is shown.
Designs for Chimney Mantels for the Hôtel de Pomponne, Place des Victoires, Paris
Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742, ca. 1714
Pen with brush and black, red ink, graphite on two sheets of joined cream laid paper
Drawing

The left half of a fireplace wall, showing the mirror frame, terminates in a volute. Within the mirror area, a reduced, similar scheme is depicted. A vertical carved panel with a figure of Fame and a fountain below is at left. Both chimneywalls are decorated with carved ornaments and foliage. This is probably an alternate design for those published in Livre de Differentes Decorations d'Apartements, Suite SS.
Stage Design, Group of Antique Buildings
Angelo Toselli, ca. 1765? – 1826, early 19th century
Pen and ink on paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Group of antique buildings, stairs, and monuments.
Apollo
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1804
Graphite, pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper
Drawing

Apollo shown seated with his lyre, a clock streaming at left. To the right is an alter decorated with a frieze showing the signs of the zodiac.
Puppet
, early 18th century
Carved and painted wood, velvet and cotton

Head with wavy brown hair and beard. Red velvet cap with braid. Red velvet coat with cape, edged with braid, over green cotton sleeve. Painted wooden hands sewed into sleeves. Paint and gesso on face.
Design for a Hilt and Guard of a Dress Sword with Alternative Suggestions
, ca. 1780–90
Pen and black ink, brush and wash, gold paint, traces of graphite on off-white laid paper
Drawing

Design for a jeweled hilt and guard of a dress sword, the guard with alternative design suggestions. Hilt is decorated with a design of bands that curve around shaft, accented with small gilded balls and rosettes. At top is an ovoid-shaped pommel with button.
Bandbox
, 1830–40
Stencilled paper, distemper colors, pasteboard support

All-over flowing floral design, probably inspired from printed chintz from India. Pink flowers, Indian in feeling, and green leaves on mustard gold background. Cover matches.
Three Putti
François Boucher, French, 1703–1770, 1749–61
Etching on laid paper
Print

Three putti sitting amongst arms and armor, including an axe and a feathered helmet with palm branches and leaves. The plate is signed and numbered.
Custard Cup
Tournai Porcelain Factory, Belgian, established ca. 1750, mid- 18th–18th century
soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel
cup

Barrel-shaped cup with round handle and molded basket-weave rim. Blue floral decoration and line at base.
Détails de diverses Fabrique
Jean-Charles Krafft, French, 1764 - 1833, 1812
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

An architectural print with elevations and ground plans for various garden buildings including a pavilion and an aviary. The plate is titled, numbered, and signed
Self-Portrait in a Fur Cap: Bust
Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn, Dutch, 1606–1669, 18th century
Etching on laid paper
Print

Bust length portrait, turned toward the left, looking out at the spectator, the head shown in three-quarters view. He wears a fur cap.
Profile Designs for Carved Stone or Wood
Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742, 1737–38
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Designs for moldings carved from stone or wood illustrated in profile details as sections. The plate is numbered and signed.
Design for Allegory of Divine Wisdom, Reception Room, Palazzo Barberini, Rome, Italy
Andrea Sacchi, Italian, 1599 – 1661, 1629–1631
Brush and brown wash, pen and brown ink, red, black, and white chalk on off-white laid paper
Drawing

Design for a ceiling painting. In the center, one figure sits raised above a group of other figures, who all appear to be focused on the raised figure. At left, two female forms. Top left, putti suggested.
Le Gateau des Roi [The Cake of the King]
, 18th century
Silk brocade with details of paper painted in gouache
Decoupage

Textile picture after an engraving, Le Gateau des Roi [The Cake of the King], showing lady, gentleman, and two children at table with serving maid. Costumes, etc. formed by brocades; heads, hands, etc. by paper painted in gouache. Verse in French and In German.
Two Seated Figures in a Landscape
François Boucher, French, 1703–1770, after 1751
Etching on laid paper
Print

A pastoral scene with a young man and woman seated in a landscape. The young woman sits slightly higher up than the man, she holds a string with a butterfly at the end flying above their heads. Her hat is to the left, with a birdcage below. The young man sits below, leaning against the woman with his arm against her thigh, and his other hand raised in the air, while he looks up at the woman. His hat and crook are at his feet. Trees and foliage surround them with a roof to the left. The plate is numbered and signed.
Portrait of Guillaume de Lamoignon (1617-1677)
Gerard Edelinck, Flemish, active in France, 1640/41 - 1707, 1696-1700
Engraving on paper
Print

Bust portrait in three-quarter view turned to right. In an oval frame with the coat-of-arms on the lower part. It stands on a moulding on which are inscribed the artists' names. Below, an inscribed plaquette.
The Battle for the Corpse of Patroclus
Jerome Martin Langlois, French, 1779 - 1838, ca. 1810
Charcoal, pen and ink, brush and bistre, ink wash on light gray paper
Drawing

Three Trojans and two Greeks struggle to carry the corpse to their sides, other fighters being shown in the back and laterally. A dead one lies in the right foreground.
Cup and Saucer
Frankenthal Porcelain Factory, German, active mid- to late 18th century, ca. 1760–1790
hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel
cup and saucer

Cylindrical, with rounded base and slightly splayed foot; projecting gadrooned rim and tiger-head handles. Lower portion of body gadrooned. Bands of blue diapering with recurrent medallions about neck and base.
Band
, 19th century
silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in satin, double running, cross and buttonhole stitches on plain weave

Embroidery in formalized design of interlacements, leaves and carnations with narrow borders of carnations.
Trimming
, 18th century
silk Technique: woven

Trimming fragment in a striped design of red alternating with stripes of green, yellow and white.
The Gardens of the Villa Madama, near Rome
Jean-Baptiste Richard de Saint Non, French, 1727 – 1791, 1761
Etching on paper
Print

Plate 6 of series. Garden pool, with terraces above. Title in margin, below: "Vue prise dans les jardins de Villa Madama suprès de Rome.
Two Equestrian Figures with Figure on Ground
Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863, 1820–1850
Pen and ink, brush and sepia wash on paper
Drawing

Two equestrian figures astride look leftward at a third figure on the ground. Landscape in background.
Sampler
Maria Cobos, 19th century
wool embroidery, linen foundation Technique: cross stitch on plain weave

Cross borders showing alphabets, numerals, geometric and floral ornament with birds and a house. Unfinished.
Turkish Ambassador Presenting Gift to Don Giovanni of Austria
Belisario Corenzio, Italian, active 1590–1646, 1630
Pen and brown ink, brush and blue wash, red chalk on cream laid paper; verso: red chalk
Drawing

Figures of Turkish Ambassadors kneeling before Don Giovanni of Austria (seated on throne) to present him with a large metal plate. Verso: Faint red chalk sketch of a standing figure.
Altar Design
D. Antoine Pierretz, French, active 1647, 1647-55
Etching on laid paper
Print

Design for an ecclesiastical (church) altar decorated with classical motifs featuring sculpted figures, angels, columns, festoons of leaves, a broken pediment, obelisks finials with fleurs-de-lis, cartouches, and model of a church. A scale below. The plate is numbered.
Furniture mount
, early 19th century
Gilt bronze

Wreath of roses centered by quiver w bow and arrow.
Designs for Clock Cases
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1780-1789
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Designs for two clock cases decorated with ornament motifs including urns, garland, lion head, cornucopia, pinecone, military trophy, and sphynxes. The plate is numbered.
Design for Fireplace Mantel Decoration
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1780-1789
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Design for a fireplace with a mantel with two small vases of flowers on top. The fireplace is decorated with ornament motifs including bead course, winged mascaron, rosette, garland, and scrolls. The plate is signed and numbered.
Design for a Painted Ceiling
Marco Capizucchi, Italian, 1784 - 1844, 1830–39
Brush and gouache, gold, graphite on paper; verso: pen and ink
Drawing

Horizontal format design for a painted ceiling. The ceiling is slightly vaulted. More than the lower half is shown. In the center is a broad octagonal representation: figures of soldiers lead a man away from his wife and two children. She is kneeling before a potentate who is sitting upon a throne. Two men with swords are threatening her. The panel is framed by an entablature shown from below. The remaining space is divided into spheric quadrangles and triangles, those in the corners are treated as loggias with standing trophies of arms. Above these are representations of fighting, armed riders. Outside is a moulding. The caption is cut off. Verso: the plan of a ceiling in pen and ink.
Two Frame or Cartouche Designs
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, 1778
Etching on laid paper
Print

Two designs for frames or framing devices featuring foliate branches, festoons of flowers, scrolling acanthus leaves (rinceaux), fleurons, and palm leaves. The plate is signed and numbered.
Rocaille Cartouche Designs
Franz Xaver Habermann, German, 1721 – 1796, mid- 18th century
Etching on off white laid paper
Print

Designs for rocaille cartouches. The larger central cartouche features a reclining young boy and an eagle poking its head through a scroll frame. The plate is signed and numbered.
Project for a Frieze
, 1610–1630
Black chalk, pen and ink on paper
Drawing

The left half of a frieze. An acanthus spiral is springing from the tail of a crouching gragon at right, whose head is turned back-wards. A putto is climbing upon the tail.
Three Bacchus Subjects: Bacchus Worshipped: Bacchus Marries Ariadne; Triumph of Bacchus
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1800
Pen and brown ink, brush and sepia wash over traces of graphite on laid paper
Drawing

Bacchus shown enthroned in circular vaulted temple. Priest stands behind altar in background, while offerings are brought to Bacchus. Bacchus and Ariadne hold each other's hands. Woman behind them raises wreath. Two putti fly. Bacchus rides in his chariot drawn by panthers toward left. In left interval, pen sketch shown of arm holding pitcher. In right, one of pen sketch and man sacrificing wine. Part of framing is in center lower edge.
Flower Study, Peonies
, ca. 1900
Brush and gouache on light brown paper
Drawing

Large pink peonies on a black ground. Four opened blossoms, with the stems cut off short.
Table
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1746–1809
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper
Drawing

Table.
Mountain Landscape, Colombia or Ecuador
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1853
Graphite on white wove paper
drawing

Landscape study of mountainous terrain with a rainbow in Colombia or Ecuador. In the foreground, a steep slope descends from right to center and flattens out. Multiple hillsides and ridges comprises middle distance, with two structures included at center right. At left, the partial arch of a rainbow is visible. Other rugged mountain ridges are shown in the background.
Design for the Embroidery of the Left Bottom Corner of a Man's Waistcoat of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"
Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1800–1825
Brush and gouache on glazed tracing paper
Drawing

The lateral and bottom edges of the flap of the pocket and the edges of the waistcoat show a moulding with a black and white strip separated by a zigzag line. Two insects, two flower boughs, a bunch of flowers, and leaves are shown on the flap. From the bottom edge of the pocket are suspended a drapery festoon with a bunch of fruit and a flower bough. Plants grow from the edge.
Ornamental Vase or Fountain Design
A. Panier, French, active 18th century, 1767-1793
Crayon-manner engraving with red ink on paper
Print

Lidded vase with a spigot coming out of the mouth of a mascaron at the base of the vase. The finial of the vase is a draped snake, whose tail merges with a ring on the shoulder of the vase. A garland of fruit and leaves is draped across the vase. On the belly is an open space on which is lightly printed a mythological scene of a woman reclining on a vase. There is a band of acanthus leaf ornamentation at the base of the vase. The vase has a fluted foot and is elevated on a quadruped base. The print is engraved in red ink (sanguine) crayon manner. The plate is not lettered or numbered.
Elevation d'une maison de 7 toises de face
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Elevation of a house of three floors decorated with pediment statues, columns, garlands, and bas reliefs. The house is described as 7 toises; 1 toise is the equivalent of about 3.799 square meters. The plate is signed.
Overlooking Burak, Syria, Part One
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, April 27, 1868
Graphite on gray-green wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view overlooking a the village of Burak (also spelled Burraq) in southern Syria. Ledge and rocks are visible in foreground with structures and perhaps ruins, in the middle distance at right. In the background, the mountains that separate Lebanon from Syria are visible. 

Verso: Mixed sketches showing the branches and leaves of a poplar tree at right, a goat herder at upper center, and a view of a wadi with animals is shown at upper left. Two sketches of plants are visible in lower left corner.
Study of Cotopaxi Erupting
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1857–1862
Oil and graphite on tan paperboard
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of the volcano in Ecuador known as Cotopaxi, erupting. The terrain and the cone of the volcano are left unrendered, while only its smoke and the sky are shown in color. The plume of ash and smoke rises in a tight billowing formation at center, before dispersing into an immense cloud at right as it is carried by the wind. In the background, a long bank of white clouds hangs in an otherwise blue sky.