biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Portrait Medallion of Napoleon I
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756, ca. 1865
hard paste biscuit, gold, metal
portrait medallion

Profile of Napoleon I.
Elevation of a Chapel, with Alternative Suggestions
, 1650–1680
Black chalk, pen and ink, brush and bistre on paper
Drawing

The door is in a high niche which is flanked by embedded fluted Ionic columns. At the corners of the façade stand similar ones with parts of such additionally suggested at left. Above the keystone of the arch is a cherub. Angels lying upon the arch are suggested at right. A festoon hangs in front of the wedge at left. It hangs from the escutcheon in the middle of the entablature. A circular pediment is flanked by a dado, carrying vases at left, a statue of a child at right. A ribbed dome is shown at left as decorated in the interior. At right the scalloped covering is shown. A cross stands on top. The scale is below. "Piedi 3". ON verso: architectural construction in graphite.
Mounted Bugler
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1862
Graphite, brush and gray wash on off-white paper
Drawing

Vertical view of a mounted bugler.
Candlestick Representting Autumn
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, ca. 1780
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

Design for a candlestick. At the base, to crouching lions. Above, four candlesticks grow from grape vines. Satyrs dance around a central baluster form.
Wooded Shore, Lake Millinocket, Maine
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1878
Graphite and white wove paper
drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of the wooded shoreline of Lake Millinocket in Maine, as seen from the opposite shore, or the surface of the lake itself. Stretching across the composition in the middle distance, the shore hosts numerous trees--several of which are grouped at right--and substantial undergrowth, visible at center.
Textile
, 19th century
cotton Technique: printed by engraved roller on plain weave

Pattern of grapevines in two shades of blue. Black stipple pattern forms grape clusters, outlines the shapes of the vines, and adds veining details. Mottled tan ground.
Ornamental Vignette
, 18th century
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Bound print

Small vignette of a nude reclining roman, winged putti (one with a dove tethered by a string), and another woman looking on the scene from behind a rock. The scene is set aloft a rocaille platform of ground and scrolls. The plate is not signed or numbered.
Andiron Designs
Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742, ca. 1900
Photomechanical print
Bound print

Designs for two andirons and a screen, with motifs that include mascarons, scrolls, acanthus leaves, putti, shells, and foliage. The plate is signed and numbered.
Design for an Embroidered or Woven Border of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"
Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1800–1825
Brush and white gouache on glazed tracing paper
Drawing

A horizontal row, composed of a landscape with four trees of which one is a palm, and with a flying bird, is flanked by two fantastical plants with bunches of seeds of different designs. One unit and the left part of another are shown. A row of beads is at the bottom.
Arabesque Design
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Etching on cream laid paper
Print

Arabesque design featuring vases, garland, scrolls, draped female figures supporting an urn, rosettes, lamb tongue, and egg and dart motif.
Decorative door boss and nail
, 17th century
Wrought iron

Square type, pierced and embossed with wrought lines. Quadrant leaf design based on old examples. Round, collared nail head on square shank.
Mirror with Frame of Birds, Snakes, and Foliage
, mid to late 19th century
silver, glass, velvet
mirror

Ovoid frame with repoussé docoration of birds, snakes, and oak leaves, loosly attached to deep up-curved backing covered in dark tan velvet.
Vignette with Angels and Instruments of the Passion
Jakob Frey, Swiss, active Italy, 1681 - 1752, ca. 1715
Engraving on paper
Print

An angel holds the title of the Cross, another a hammer, two cherubim watch.
Elevation of a Mausoleum for a Soldier (Temple of Mars)
Jean-Charles Delafosse, French, 1734 – 1789, ca. 1765
Pen and black ink, brush and black, gray wash over black chalk indications on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

The depicted structure has a square plan and low dome.  The central doorway is flanked by two obelisks with trophies.  They are placed upon semi-circular pedestals.  The structure includes a frieze, between the base and the dome, with figurative decoration.  Small scale figures (crowds) surround the building.
Cows in a Pasture
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1870s
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Horiztonal view of cows in a pasture.
Scrollwork Escutcheon with Representation of Saint Mark the Evangelist
Pieter van der Heyden, Flemish, 1530 - 1572, ca. 1565
Engraving on paper
Print

Saint Marc reading under a tree; his right hand lies upon the lion. Two children with palm boughs.
Chimney Piece Design
D. Antoine Pierretz, French, active 1647, 1647-55
Etching on laid paper
Print

Design for a chimney piece (fireplace, mantel and overmantel) with classical motifs. The mantel is decorated with fluted pilasters, and a framed landscape topped with a cornice of brackets and above an overmantel featuring a round medallion with figures framed by fire, eagles, festoons of leaves and flowers, and a winged putto above with a draped textile. A scale below. The plate is numbered.
Hiclo e Naucleo argon. condotti nel carro di Nettuno, from from Vessels of the Argonauts for the wedding celebration of Cosimo de' Medici in 1608, plate 10
Remigio Cantagallina, Italian, ca. 1582–1656, 1608
etching on laid paper
Print

The ship of Naucleus and Hiclus decorated with shells on the far right  is led by two sea horses on the far left.  In the center, winged male figures with oars row the ship.  To the right of these figures are a group of male soldiers. Emphemera from the wedding festivities at the marriage of Cosimo de' Medici and Maria Magdalena of Austria in 1608.
The Catskills at Twilight, Hudson, New York
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1870–80
Brush and oil on tan paperboard
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a loosely rendered view of twilight over the Catskills, as seen from the artist's property near Hudson, New York, known as Olana. The foreground and middle distance are articulated by broad, sweeping strokes of dark greenish brown and brownish purple paint that loosely suggest wooded hills. The Catskill Mountains are visible along the horizon, rendered in a purple tone. Kaaterskill High Peak and Roundtop Mountain are visible at center and center right, respectively. A few puffy clouds hang above the mountains, backdropped by a vivid twilight sky that gradiates from bright, golden yellow along the horizon to a deep, inky blue along the upper margin.

Verso: Landscape sketch showing a loosely rendered view of clouds at sunset over the Hudson River Valley. Layered bands of puffy and wispy clouds stretch across the scene, punctuated with numerous color notations.
Scenic
, 1795–1850
Hand painted paper

Vining floral design. Many different species of brightly colored flowers growing off a meandering vine. Painted on medium green ground.
Wallpaper Design
, 1850–60
Brush and gouache, graphite on paper
Drawing

A dado is decorated with rising waved bands consisting of rows of petals which are framed by ribbons. Suggested are alternate white and dark colorings below, a white coloring above. Alternate designs for leaf boughs are suggested for the intervals between the bands. A garland of flowers and leaves is shown on top, the upper part of which has a dark purple background.
Study for a woman, “Vintage Festival,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1895–1898
Brown, rose, raspberry pastel crayon on tracing paper
Drawing

Sketch of a female figure's legs. The legs and skirt are shown, the feet being indicated.
Fountain in the Form of a Cartouche
Pierre Edme Babel, French, 1720–1775, 1743-1763
Etching on off-white paper
Print

Rocaille cartouche as a fountain decorated with other cartouches, sea serpents, dolphins, and putti. The fountain is in the foreground of the plate, in front of a building richly decorated with statues, and with figures walking down side stairs. The plate is signed and numbered.
Women Surf Bathing
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, ca. 1874
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Recto: Square view of women bathing in the surf, with a child and rowboat visible on shore.

Verso: Square view of a woman and pavilions.
Row Boat
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1880
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Sketch of a row boat; Center left, partial sketch of a figure.
Brisé fan and case
, 1820–1830
Painted and gilded horn sticks, silk ribbon

Brisé fan of translucent, off-white horn with scalloped points at the top, painted with clusters of blue and red roses and sprays of gold leaves.
Wall Decoration for the Drawing Room of the Palace of Caserta
Nicola Fiore, 1775
Pen and black ink, brush and gouache, watercolor on off-white laid paper
Drawing

Divided into three panels. In front of the dado of the central panel is a console table. Above  is a mirror with a candle bracket with four candles at either side. On top is a panel with a Chinese scene. The lateral panels are intended to have a dado and a rectangularly framed oblong Chinese representation, country scenes at left with small house in upper right of panel and figures, worship of an idol at right. Above is the lower part of the enablature.
Fender
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1775
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. The supports consist of two crossing dolphins, with upright tails. They are connected by  a festoon. Around the two inside tails are spirals which support the half-figure of a child, carrying a cornucopia, the contents of which is crowned with the sixteen-pointed star. Usual background.
Design for an Overdoor
Piat Joseph Sauvage, French, 1744 - 1818, 1785-1790
Pen and ink, brush and sepia washes
Drawing

The medallion portrait of a prince is held by a flying girl who holds a trumpet in her left hand. Another girl is busy with a garland framing the medallion, over which a crown is shown in a glory of rays. A trophy of arms at the bottom.
Elevation of an Apartment Interior
Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742, 1749-1761
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Bound print

Elevation of an apartment interior with tall, double doors at the center flanked by floor to ceiling windows that look out onto a garden with fountains, statues, and pedestrians. The walls of the interior are decorated with rocaille carvings and motifs including squirrels, foliage, cartouches, mascarons, scrolls, trophies, anguipeds, dolphins, acanthus leaves, birds, shells, and batwings. The plate is signed and numbered. A graphite inscription at the bottom of the plate indicates that this depicts the opposite view of 1921-6-216(70).
Plan du Confident
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1775-1788
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Plan for the "Confidence" couch (1921-6-279-25) with details of joinery and carving. The plate is signed and numbered.
Virgin, Infant, and Joseph with an Angel Playing on a Violin
Francesco Bartolozzi, Italian, active England, 1727–1815, 1760-1770
Engraving in brown ink on paper
Print

The Virgin seated, with the Infant in her arms, watches the Angel to her left, playing the violin. Joseph, left, faces them both. Two putti, upper left, look down. Below, the artists' names.
Fan leaf
, early 19th century
Paper leaf with hand-colored etching, applied sequins

Unmounted pleated fan leaf, hand-colored etching on paper showing figures in mourning, scattered sequins.
Le Touché
Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808, 1758–89
Etching on laid paper
Print

Print titled 'Touch' from a series of six prints, (including title page) depicting personifications of the five senses, represented by chinoiserie figures within rococo-style cartouches. A man stands in the middle of a cartouche, surrounded by grass, and plants, holding a sword in his raised right arm. The cartouche is decorated with rococo-style ornament with flowers and sprigs. The title is lettered below and the print is signed.
Design for the Embroidery of a Man's Waistcoat of Pattern No. 1305 of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"
Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, ca. 1785
Graphite, brush and gouache on greyish paper
Drawing

Left bottom corner. Floral decoration connected with a peacock feather motif. Alternately, a border of festoons and flowers is suggested.
Clouds over an Alpine Valley
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, June–September 1868
Brush and oil, graphite on white paperboard
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of clouds over a deep valley in the European Alps from an elevated perspective. In the foreground at left, a mountainside covered in conifer trees descends from center left to lower right, where the base of a rugged valley is visible in the middle distance. The valley extends to center right, until it is obscured by a dense, low bank of clouds that begins to break up at upper left. At upper right, the clouds catch the creamy, rosy tint of the light of the setting or rising sun.
Mountain and Structure, Mexico
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, February–April 1889
Graphite on off-white wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Landscape and architecture sketch from Mexico showing a view of a rugged mountain peak and an indistinct structure. At left, the pyramidal and extremely rocky peak of a mountain is loosely sketched. At right, an architectural element consisting of two points atop a rectangular feature (possibly crenellations) is visible.

Verso: Landscape sketch showing a loosely rendered view of a rugged mountainside in Mexico. At center, the contour of a rocky and undulating mountain range stretches across the composition, while what appears to be a dark band of rock strata arches from center left to center. Scene is largely indistinct.
Design for a Candlestick
George E Germer, 1868 – 1936, ca. 1933
Graphite, black crayon, brush and white gouache on cream paper
Drawing

Stumps of candles are shown. The design  framed by lines at left, above and partially at right. Height indicated is 9 5/8".
Frame
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1746–1809
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on off-white laid paper
Drawing

Frame.
Standing figure,Oyster Shells [above]; Elephants Helping Each Other Out of a Trap [below]
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, 1596 or before
Recto: pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk on laid paper Verso: pen and brush and brown ink over black chalk, with corrections by the artist in white opaque paint, on laid paper
Drawing

Recto, above: A male figure in armor holding a bow; oyster shells; Italian inscription.
Recto, below: Elephants carry logs with their trunks, stacking them in piles. 
Verso, above: Men use spears to push snakes into burning brush.
Verso, below: Italian inscription, rough sketch of a rearing snake or dragon.
View from Galloway Hill, Jamaica
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, August 1865
Graphite on gray wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of the Blue Mountains in Jamaica from Galloway Hill near Gordon Town. At right, the broad, rugged mountain ridge descends across the composition to the left. Two smaller prominences are visible in middle distance at left.

Verso: Mixed studies and notes from Jamaica, with architectural details and a calendar. At left, 4 details of tiles and/or carved wood are visible--two corners of panels, an inscribed trefoil arch, and an oblong pane with a lozenge coffer. At upper center, two partial "FEC" monograms are show. Beside these in upper right corner is a calendar showing dates from August to September, 1865. Throughout lower portion and vertically oriented are two long columns of numbers and tick marks, one labeled "got" that adds up to 51, and another, labeled "not," with a sum total of 60.
Fragment
, 14th century
silk, metal wrapped linen Technique: 2/1 twill patterned by plain weave

Horizontal bands of pattern; metallic band with a repeat of kneeling gazelles,  phoenix flanked by pomegranate buds, then bands of gold metallic ornament
Design for a Sepulchral Monument to King Louis XVI of France
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1793
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper
Drawing

A variation of 1938-88-1301. The flames burn in candelabra. One festoon is above the door frame, the entablature being without supports. The triangular pediment has the width of the entire projecting front, the plan being cross-like. A trophy is in it. The pedestal has the shape of the lower part of a column, which is surrouded by a band with the inscription. Above the upper edge are three acroteria. Above two steps stands a figure.
A Port (Port de Mer d'Italie)
Claude-Joseph Vernet, French, 1714 – 1789, After 1750
Etching on paper
Print

A Mediterranean port. A ship at middle distance, behind it, at right a lighthouse. In foreground several figures, most of them around a fountain at left. The fountain is decorated with two reclining dog figures. Behind it a ruined wall with a standing Egyptian male figure. In background, mountains.
Venus and Cupids
, ca. 1880
Gold, enamel
Brooch and pendant

A: the brooch, with an enamel painting showing a woman with a putto in a gold frame with nine pendants of five lengths at the bottom.  The frame of the blocks is covered with blocks, balls, arches and three-lobed forms on the pendants of hearts and flowers.  B: is a sheath with ring which slips on the pin of the brooch, transforming it into a locket.  Forms a set with 1946-50-24ab.
The Rape of the Sabines
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1821–22
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk on white heavy wove paper
Sketchbook folio

Upper drawing of struggle between women and classically dressed warriors. Lower drawing of man crawling at center being slain by Romulus and Remus, one with spear other with sword. At middleground two warriors, one with shield, kneel before altar. Figures and city wall in background.
Two Schooners
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1880
Graphite, brush and white gouache on neutral yellow paper
Drawing

Horizontal view of two schooners, one with a broken spinnaker, and a yawl with other sailing craft visible on the horizon.
Two Designs for Altars and a Frieze
D. Antoine Pierretz, French, active 1647, 1648
Etching on laid paper
Print

Two designs for flaming altars and an ornamental frieze below featuring sculpted classical motifs including female figures, ram's heads, arms and armor, masks (mascarons), festoons of leaves, vases, a griffin, egg and dart molding, fluting, and gadrooning. The plate is numbered.
Sketches of a Tower and Trees, Mexico
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, March 1892
Graphite on beige wove paper
drawing

Architecture and botanical sketch from Mexico showing a view of a tower with adjoining buildings and a tight grove of trees. A left, a cylindrical tower or turret is shown with a pointed top and two floors with windows, as to shorter, rectangular buildings are attached to it at right. What is possibly a road faintly leads away from the buildings at center. At right, a dense grove of trees is shown. Their billowing canopies combine into a singular mass above their numerous, dark trunks.
Flounce
, early 18th century
linen Technique: bobbin lace, pre-made continuous tape with net added

Design of a pre-made continuous tape pattern forming two candelabra motifs, placed alternately, on a mesh ground. One edge is pointed. Piece has been sewed together by joining ends. The tape pattern is not placed on the mesh ground, the net is added to the edges of the tape pattern.
Mountains on the Road to Abtenau, Austria
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, August 5, 1868
Graphite on gray-green wove paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing three views of the Austrian alps on the road between the towns of Golling an der Salzach and Abtenau in Austria. In the upper portion, a mountain valley with a tall peak at right is shown from an elevated perspective; at center right, a tall, round, rocky pinnacle is shown in the distance with snow at its base; and in the lower portion, another view of a mountain valley is included--here, with tall, sharp peaks extending into the background at left.
Design for a Daybed
Jean-Charles Delafosse, French, 1734 – 1789, 1849–66
Etching on paper
Print

Design for an upholstered daybed with a carved frame featuring scrolling leaves, festoons of flowers, laurel leaf and ribbon molding, and a flaming vase/ urn. The plate is signed with the printmaker, publisher, and original designer, and numbered.
Beneath the Sea, Illustration for Harper's New Monthly Magazine (LXXVIII, No. CCCCLXIII, December 1888, p. 57)
Frederick Stuart Church, American, 1842–1924, December 1888
Printed in black ink on paper
Ephemera

Article clipping with illustration. Two mermaids beneath the sea. One rests her hand on a skull.
Design for the Embroidery of a Man's Waistcoat
, 1780–1790
Pen and ink on paper
Drawing

A working drawing. Lower left section of a waistcoat. Leaves and small flowers on pocket. A similar motif indicated in corner and in border design, upper left to upper right. Pin pricked for transference.
Pillar strip
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1780–1800
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

A floral candelabrum with heart-like motifs, formed by scrolls with a blossom at the end, separated by two leaf branches. On top is a blossom with a bird. It is framed by an oval formed by the two uppermost branches.
Moitie du Balçon pose au Chateau d’eau de Commercy
Jean Lamour, French, 1698–1771, 1759–68
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Two sections of the decorative wrought-iron balustrade from a balcony of the Chateau d'eau of Commercy, below each design is the outline of its shape as seen from above. The balustrades are decorated with rococo ornament and motifs, scrolls, acanthus leaves, palmettes, shell motifs, fleurons, flowers, rosettes, emblems, monograms, and the Polish Royal coat of arms flanked by eagles. The plate is titled and signed.
Sidewall
, 1820–30
Block-printed

Circular medallion with a six-pointed rosette in center. Medallion is enwreathed with scrolls. Star motifs are scattered over field. The blending is vertical and done by hand. From the home of Horace Loomis, built 1800 in Burlington, Vermont. Printed on unbleached paper. Blended background: pink,gold, green, blue. Design in gray.
Dog and goat
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1879
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Sketch of a goat's head.; Center, sketch of a dog lying down.
Fragment
, 17th century
silk Technique: loops of uncut pile in a twill foundation (velvet)

Miniature buds arranged in rows on a cream background.
Border
, 1810–20
Block-printed on handmade paper

Architectural frieze in simulated relief or ormolu, with leaf-and-tongue and cable moldings above lotus rosettes and budding lotus shoots. Below, printed separately and applied, cable molding and cyma reversa. Horizontal rectangle.
Title Page
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, 1778
Etching on laid paper
Print

Title page and design for a frame or cartouche scrolling leaves (rinceaux), fleurons, festoons of flowers, foliate branches, cornucopia of fruit, c-scrolls, and two trophies with musical instruments: lyre, quiver of arrows, sheets of music, bagpipe or musette, crowns of flowers, festoon of leaves, ribbons, and shell clasps. The plate is titled.
Tobias and His Wife
Georg Friedrich Schmidt, French school, 1712 - 1775, 1773
Engraving on paper
Print

The old Tobias sits on a bench on the porch, his foot on a rest-warmer, a dog asleep at his feet. His wife, with knitting in her hands and lap, leans toward him. A goat, right, beyond a chateau-like building. Below, the title: "Der alte Tobias wird von Seinen Weibe Verspottet"; the artists' names and date.