biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Portrait of St. Vincenzo de Paulo (1580-1660)
Caietanus Le Poer, 1800 - 1850, 1730-1750
Engraving on paper
Print

Bust-length portrait in three-quarter view to left in an oval frame. The portrait is stnading on a pedestal. Above, hangs a rich drapery which is pulled away by a small snagel.
Design for a Trophy
, 1800–1825
Pencil, pen and ink on paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle showing designs for military trophies: shields, bows, arrows, quivers and a helmet bound with ribbons.
Design for an Embroidered or Woven Horizontal Border of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"
Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1805–1815
Graphite, brush and white gouache on glazed tracing paper
Drawing

Bunches of flowers are connected by ivy festoons. A row of blossoms is at the bottom. Two repeats are shown.
Elévation d'une porte avec son profil
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Elevation and profile of a doorway. The doorframe is decorated with ornament motifs including scroll brackets. The plate is signed.
Stage Design, Group of Temple Buildings
Angelo Toselli, ca. 1765? – 1826, early 19th century
Pen and sepia ink, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Group of temple buildings with high vaults and arches below, through which stairs are to be seen. Several sphinxes on pedestals.
Oval snuffbox with circular portrait miniature
Henry Spicer, 1743 - 1804, ca. 1775
Tortoiseshell, chased gold, enamel on copper

Oval hinged tortoiseshell box, gold rim and frame; enamel portrait of a man in a red coat, slashed; white collar, green band; white wig.
Design for Upper Part of a Mirror and Chimney Piece
François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768, 1745
Etching and engraving on off-white laid paper
Print

Design for a chimneypiece with over-mantle mirror. The fireplace mantle is decorated with chinoiserie candelabra, and the mirror is topped with a trophy with attributes of the hunt, scrolls, mascaron. The plate is signed and numbered.
The Monastery
Thomas Strahan & Co., Manufactory, ca. 1900
Machine-printed paper
Sidewall

Gothic revival-style with architectural elements including columns, stairs and fretwork. Also contains landscape elements. Printed in grisaille or shades of gray.
Elevation d'une Commode à trois tiroirs [et] Elevation d'une Commode à deux tiroirs
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, 1774
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Elevations of two dressers. The top dresser features three drawers, and is decorated with ornament motifs including rosettes, ring pull handles, garland handles, and crossed branches. The bottom dresser features two drawers and is decorated with garland handles and bands of lamb tongue, rosettes, and tall legs with fluting. The plate is signed.
Veue du Château Royal de Luneville du costé de l'Entrée
Emmanuel Héré de Corny, French, 1705–1763, 1753
Engraving on laid paper
Bound print

View of the castle at Lunéville. Within the gated area and around the fountain are vignettes of people of different social classes: military individuals, beggars, people in coaches, and well-dressed individuals.
Dog
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1876
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Sketches of a dog lying down and standing.
Bougeoires
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Designs for two short candlesticks, decorated with ornament motifs including fluting, bound leaf, acanthus leaf, ribbon twist, egg and dart, guilloche, rosettes, and lamb tongue. The plate is signed.
Banquette de Croisée à la Dauphine
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Design for a long bench with a striped fabric. The bench construction is carved with a wave pattern, rosettes, fluting, and cornucopia. The plate is signed.
Design for the Embroidery of a Lady's Overskirt of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"
Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, ca. 1785
Graphite, brush and gouache on paper
Drawing

Ruffled edge with a broad brown strip, the inside edge of which is formed by a flower stem from which boughs branch into strip and field. The field is decorated by a repeat composed of two flower boughs, connected by a lace cloth festoon, the right end of which is held by a button from which lace scallops hang.
Elevation d'une Commode à deux tiroirs [et] Elevation d'une Commode à six tiroirs avec une Caisse
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, 1774
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Elevations of two dressers. The top dresser has two drawers with ring handles, and is decorated with ornament motifs including spiral fluting, acanthus leaves, a lion head, and rosette. The bottom dresser has three drawers on either side of a central case area. The drawers have ring pull handles, and the dresser is decorated with ornament motifs such as egg and dart and rosettes. The plate is signed.
Engraving
, 18th century
Black ink and watercolors on paper

Horizontal strip and two loose deer. In center, mounted hunter and hound; at right, two deer and hunter with hounds on leash. Action directed toward the left. In several shades of brown and green.
Study of Siena Cathedral
Walter Shirlaw, American, b. Scotland, 1838–1909, ca. 1872
Graphite and watercolor on paper
Drawing

Top: an oblique view of the ceiling of the bay with the apse from the adjoining southern bay. Center: an unfinished view from below.
Systeme de la Mecanique a la Jacquard
, 1848
Label: board covers; pen and ink with gouache on paper pages; cotton, linen and silk samples
Master weaver's thesis book

Book written in delicate longhand, unsigned, and with no title page.  Contains 141 mises-en-carte, 104 samples of fabrics, in addition to numerous technical drawings and full notes for loom arrangements and descriptions of many fabrics.
Wrought Iron Gate Design
Antoine Pierretz le jeune, French, active 1660-70, ca. 1665
Etching on laid paper
Print

A design for a wrought iron gate with two doors decorated with masks, cornucopias, a sun, festoon of flowers, a vase, scrolling acanthus leaves, gadrooning, rosettes, palmettes, interlaced L's, lyres, and fleurs-de-lys. The plate is numbered and signed.
Embroidery sample
, ca. 1770
silk, paper Technique: embroidered on cut voided supplementary warp pile in a compound foundation (velvet)

Multicolored silk embroidery in a floral design on a black ground.
Gateway
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, ca. 1790
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper
Drawing

A variation of the project 1938-88-1711; the gateway of a villa. At left, the left half is shown. The gaines are replaced by standing figures, Caption: No 4 Satiri". At right: detail study for one of the figures at the railing. A nude bearded man stands upon a round fluted pedestal, in front of a semi-circle of railing. Both hands, lowered, rest upon the corners of the door wings. The wing at the right is shown. It consists of two panels framed as in 1938-88-1714. In the center, the bars have a knob. Colored background.
Lit à l’Impériale à Colonne
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, 1779-90
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Design for a four-poster canopy bed (baldachin) (front view) with upholstered headboard. The canopy is topped with a crown and feather finials and the bed curtains are drawn back and tied to the front posts. The bed skirt and upholstered headboard are decorated with a striped pattern and hanging textiles with tassels. The plate is titled, numbered, and signed.
Portrait of James Stuart, The Prince of Great Britain &c
Sir Godfrey Kneller, German, British, 1646 - 1723, ca. 1688
Mezzotint in dark brown ink on paper
Print

Prince James Francis Edward Stuart (1688-1766), son of James II, is shown as a baby lying in state on a velvet cushion.
Alexander the Great and Diogenes
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1820–22
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on thick white laid paper
Drawing

Landscape drawing with figures. Diogenes sitting in far right foreground in front of barrel-shaped structure, surrounded by books and pupils; Alexander stands at left foreground with a group of followers; Athens is shown in the background.
Seated Female Nude, Study for Portrait of Mrs. Cortland DePeyster Field (nee Hamersley)
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, 1881
Graphite on grey wove paper
Drawing

Female nude figure seated on a chair, facing left, her head turned toward the spectator. Her hands crossed at the wrists, on a table, left. Feet not shown.
Escutcheon
Federico Zuccaro, Italian, 1542 – 1609, ca. 1580
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, brush and white gouache, black chalk on laid paper.
Drawing

Escutcheon with figure on the right holding it.
Buttons
, late 18th century
brass

1931-59-222-a/c,e: three flat, octagonal buttons; a and b ornmented w...
Project for a Pendentive
, 1884
Graphite, pen and ink, brush and watercolor on cardboard
Drawing

Horizontal panel showing a pendentive decoration. At center, an inner escutcheon contains the frieze of Hephaistus; an outer one contains grotesques. Outer border composed of lattice with rosettes. Scale below.
Lectern Designs
Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742, 1749-1761
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Bound print

Page with two plates printed next to one another. The left plate features designs for two elaborate lecterns, decorated with carved eagles, angels, ox heads (symbol of St. Luke), winged lions (St. Mark), and scroll and foliage ornamentation. The right plate features a design for a pulpit carved with ornamentation such as angel heads, wings, flaming hearts, lozenges, scrolls, and flowers; to the left is a design for a variation for the front of the pulpit, with a triangle in the center of a cloud with rays radiating from the center. The plates are signed and numbered, although the numbering of the right-side plate is not visible in the crease of the album fold.
Paper Doll and Costume in Emerald Green and Pink Roses
, 1876–80
Lithograph, brush and watercolors on cream heavy wove paper
Print

The outer layer of this gown is emerald green, and is lined with pink roses.  White lace peeks out from the sleeves as well as in mulitple tiers of the skirt. Both the back and front of this dress are depicted.
Wallpaper Design
, 1840–60
Brush and gouache, graphite on white paper
Drawing

A dado is shown at the bottom, an entablature on top. The background of the panel is divided into broad pale rose and narrow green and dark rose stripes. Upon these rise candelabra, for which two designs are suggested alternatively, in the lower and upper parts. They consist of straight stems with petals and blossom and leaf boughs and of two kinds of leaf boughs, respectively. Two horizontal and purple stripes are on top.
Religious Trophy Design
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, 1778
Etching on laid paper
Print

Religious trophy incorporating Christian iconography and liturgical objects, flaming torches, banners, ewers, bell, book, festoon of leaves, foliate branches, and grapes and vine leaves. The plate is numbered and signed.
Ornament Designs for use on Sugar and Oil Containers
Masson, French, active late 17th and early 18th century, late 17th–early 18th century
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

Designs for ornament to be engraved on cups and saucers along with the design in profile of a coffee goblet (cup) and deep saucer. The ornament features borders of repeated patterns, scrolling leaves, diaper patterns, scrolling acanthus leaves, fleurons, strapwork, rosettes, heraldry (coat of arms), and cartouches. The designs are identified with lettered inscriptions. The plate is numbered and includes the publisher's address below.
The Third Knot (Interlace Pattern with White Medallion)
Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528, ca. 1506-7
Woodcut on off-white laid paper
Print

An intricate knotted design in a circular pattern with a circular central motif.
Sidewall
, ca. 1680
Leather, stamped, silvered, painted

Scrollwork and foliage. Has appearance of suade, no pigment remaining on surface.
Design for a Lit Polonaise
, late 18th century
Graphite, brush and watercolor on paper
Drawing

Elevation of a lit polonaise with lilac and white textile. A tented top with gilded details and plumes of white ostrich feathers. Contours of table and chair at right.
Pleated fan
, 1730–40
Painted paper leaf, carved ivory sticks with inlaid metal pins and mother-of-pearl

Pleated fan with a gouache painted paper leaf showing the story of Vertumnus and Pomona by the well, with a putto reclining nearby. The ivory sticks are carved like a swimming dolphin with scales of silvered piqués. The guards have applied figures of soldiers in mother-of-pearl.
Fern Sketches, Vermont
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, October 1865
Graphite on gray-green wove paper
Drawing

Botanical sketches from Vermont showing views of ferns and another flowering plant. At left, four long branches resembling palm fronds are situated vertically. Only a few of their leaves at upper left include the bumpy, ridged details that identify the branches as those from fern plants. At lower center, two other small sketches of fern branches are shown, while at far right, a plant crowned with small flowers is sketched in some detail.
Study: a lying cow
, ca. 1800
Charcoal on paper
Drawing

Vertical composition with a lying cow seen from the front with head turned somewhat to the right
PIED-D’ESTAL surmonté d’un trépied dans le genre antique, ou de tel autre ornement qu’on desirera
Louis-Gustave Taraval, French, 1738 – 1794, ca. 1791
Etching on paper
Print

Design for a stove heater decorated with neoclassical motifs, an incense burner or flaming torch in the form of a tripod decorated with ram's heads, feet, festoons of flowers, leaf motifs and a snake, on top of a pedestal with running pattern moldings. The plate is signed.
Palace
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1880
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Partial sketch of the exterior wall of a palace.
Socrates, Pericles, Alcibiades, Aspasia in Discussion
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1810–25
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over traces of graphite on light brown laid paper
Drawing

Aspasia shown in profile seated in front of table with face turned backwards at three men who sit or stand behind table. Socrates speaks and points at place in paper scroll lying upon table.
Garden Pavilion
, ca. 1780
Cut paper on wood frame
Lantern slide

Magic lantern slide, optical toy. On black field, garden pavilion on high basement; six blue columns in main story, with female statue on pedestal in center intercolumniation. Attic story crowned with set of fireworks with cipher in center. To right and left, foliage, tall trees, and pin-wheel fireworks. Parterre in foreground.
Cup and Saucer
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756, 1846–1867
hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold
cup and saucer

Curved cup on foot of ogee profile; high looped handle. Saucer with curved edge. Decorated in gold, reds, greens, and violet, with acanthus rinceaux, medallions of attributes, and geometric ornament, in the Fontainbeau Pattern.
Sketch of a Capital and Cornice Profile
, 1850–1875
Pencil
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. A corinthian capital and cornice profile; left, cross-section of capital and column. Scale indicated below.
Piazza San Domenico in Bologna; Piazza San Francesco and Villa Aldini in Bologna; Study of Tomb of Glossatori
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1811–14
Pen and brown ink, brush with brown wash over traces of graphite on cream laid paper
Drawing

Piazza San Domenico in Bologna; Piazza San Francesco and Villa Aldini in Bologna; Study of Tomb of Glossatori; Verso: five studies of sepulcri and baptistries.
Madame Desboutin
Marcellin Desboutin, French, 1823 - 1902, ca. 1885
Drypoint in black ink on cream colored paper
Print

A woman seated in an armchair holds a small sleeping white dog on her lap.
Cheminée à la Moderne
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Design for a fireplace decorated with ornament including scrolls, rosettes, lamb tongue, and leaf garland draped over a rosette. The plate is signed.
Landscape
Charles Nicolas Ransonnette, French, 1793 - 1877, 1850-1875
Red crayon and brush and sepia wash on paper
Drawing

Groups of trees and a panel are shown.
Chocolate or Coffee Cup and Saucer
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present, 1735–1745
hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold
cup and saucer

Cup (a) tall, slightly flaring side outcurved at edge; double scrolled handle; cylindrical foot. Saucer (b) shallow, curved side, slightly outcurved at edge. Decoration of seaport scenes - two on cup, one on saucer - enclosed in framework of gilding and orange scrolls
Botanical Studies and a Riverbank, Ecuador
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1857
Graphite on white wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Botanical studies with a view of a dock on a river with a canoe. Bamboo trees are visible upper right with anther plant at upper left. Below, vine-covered foliage is shown lower left with a tree at lower center. At lower right, a canoe docked at a ramp on a riverbank is visible.

Verso: Botanical studies with a prominent palm tree shown in detail at center. A lizard on a branch is visible lower right. At lower left, a detail of branches and leaves is included.
Design for a Coronet
, 1825–50
Graphite, pen and ink, brush and watercolor, sepia on paper
Drawing

Above a metal strip, in the center, a knot with a diamond. Two branches, each composed of leaves and buds, are connected on the top.
Button
, 19th century
Brass, gold-plated

1931-59-104: Slightly convex button ornamented by crossed laure...
Milieux de Traverses de Bordures Variés Differemment
François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768, 1745
Etching and engraving on off-white laid paper
Print

Designs for three frame crossbars, decorated with ornament motifs including an eagle, attributes of the hunt, and attributes of music and theater. The plate is numbered.
Chairs
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, ca. 1785–1790
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, black chalk, red ink on off-white laid paper
Drawing

At left is a chair, seen from the front, the frame of a seat and the leg at right being now drawn. The back has a frame shaped like a lyre; the panel with trellis-like straw-plaiting. At right is a sketch of the left upper part of the frame, of the foot (?) and of the corner of the frame of the seat. Caption: "Sedia per la Cammera / nuova". Below, at left, in graphite: a profile. Below is a scroll with a foot.
Mountains and Lake, Part One
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, March 1856
Graphite on tan wove paper
drawing

Loose landscape sketch showing a distant view of a mountain range from across a lake. In the middle distance at center and right, woods and foothills lead to the rolling range in the background. Above, faintly-sketched clouds hang in the sky.
Composition With Two Figures
Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863, 1820-1850
Pen and bistre ink, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

In the foreground a nude child (Christ?) is seated, facing left in profile. A low wall is behind him, with a figure looking over it observing him. The base of a tall candelabrum is to the left of the child, behind him. Twenty-three lines of inscription, reverse.
Fragment
, late 18th century
Technique: printed on plain weave

Fragment shows two goats, one standing and other lying down. They are surrounded by leafy vegetation and a citrus tree. In brown on a white ground.
Woodblock Trial Proof for a Printed Textile
, 1790–1800
Brush and gouache on white paper
Drawing

A rose bloom with two buds, with leaves on a single stem.
Studies of a Boy Riding a Donkey and Camel Heads
Pierre Thomas Le Clerc, French, ca. 1740 - ca. 1796, ca. 1780
Crayon-manner with red ink on laid paper
Print

A study of a boy riding a donkey and two camel heads below (front and profile), from a series of figure studies for the education of artists and amateurs, printed in red ink in the crayon manner. The boy wears a hat and holds a stick. The plate is numbered.
Pulcinella
, 18th century
Carved and painted wood, glass and woven cloth
Puppet

Set of Commedia dell'arte marionettes, each with facial masks and costume of stock character. 
Pulcinella shown with hooked nose, sad expression, touches of red on face, pot-bellied, slight hunchback. Costume of a naturally colored monk's cloth and breeches.
Cartouche Representing a Fountain and Gardening
Pierre Edme Babel, French, 1720–1775, 1720–1775
Engraving on paper
Print

Cartouche Representing a Fountain and Gardening.
Four Candelabra Designs
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, ca. 1813
Pen and ink, black chalk on light blue paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle showing design for four candelabra. At left, entitled All Amore (to Love), the three graces, two cupids with bows and crossed quivers. At center left, entitled Alla Pace (to Peace), swans, a cornucopia, a trophy to Arts and Science, a group of Cupid and Psyche, a trophy of musical instruments and a caduceus. At center right, entitled Alla Guerre (to War), a monumental rostral column with a victory group. A long trophy of arms above. At right, entitled Alli Dei) (To God), lions, griffins, Genii with trumpets and an eagle.
The Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States at the Capitol, Washington, D.C., March 4, 1861, from Harper's Weekly, March 16, 1861, pp. 168-169.
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, November 16, 1861
Wood engraving in black ink on newsprint paper
Print

Horizontal scene before the Capitol building showing Lincoln addressing the audience from a specially constructed platform in front of the entrance to the Rotunda, with crowds visible in the foreground.
Textile
, late 18th century
silk Technique: compound satin

Pale green satin with symmetrical design of long panels of delicate arabesques, flowers, framing. Large bouquet or vignette of ponds with sailboats, castle; in white wefts, in cloth tie. Wide selvages of red and pale blue pencil-striped satin, green cloth outer edges.
The Grotto of the Nymph Egeria, Rome
, 1670–1700
Black chalk, brush and brown wash on paper
Drawing

A grassy bank, into which is set a grotto containing a table and stools made of inverted classical capitals. Foreground left, an artist sketching.
Sketchbook Page: Man in Profile
Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919, 1877–78
Graphite on laid paper
Sketchbook folio

Portrait of a man with a beard, shown in left profile.
Theater Interior with Boxes
, 19th century
Pen and black ink, brown wash, pencil
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. Two levels of boxes in a theater, both divided into three sections with doors within them. The interior is ornately decorated with scroll work, figures, drapery, and candelabrum.
Purse
, ca. 1600
silk, gilt wire, metal-wrapped silk, coils of gilt and silver wire, and gilt spangles on silk foundation Technique: embroidered with couched threads on supplementary weft patterned foundation

Purse with drawstring top and tasseled bottom, made up of six shield-shaped panels of figured silk sewn together; the seams are covered with gilt wire.  Each panel is ornamented with embroidery in couched bullion and metal thread embroidery. Secured at the top with silk cords ending in  tassels with  braided metallic heads.
Sidewall
Maxwell & Co., S.A., Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper, liquid mica

On gray ground, bunches of small pink flowers and red berries on green stems with leaves.
Carved Bog Wood
, ca. 1892
Bog wood, plated metal
Matchsafe

Ovoid, with flat top surmounted by plated metal collar. Black/brown colored body features all over carved decoration of shamrock plants, "1892" carved into front, central reserve, the monogram "HR" carved into the reverse, central reserve. Flat, elongated, oval shaped, plated metal lid hinged on top of collar. Small, lozenge shaped, plated metal striker attached to underside of box.
Masonic Invitation
, ca. 1800
Engraving with black ink on white paper
Print

Vertical rectangle. An arch above a pair of Corinthian columns. Emblems surround the archway: "Brother you are desired to meet the Master, and Brethren of No. Ancient York-Masons..."