biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Cloud-Capped Jungfrau, Interlaken, Switzerland
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, August 20-21, 1868
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of wooded hills in the foreground at left and right, below a cloud-covered Jungfrau mountain and dramatic sky near Interlaken, Switzerland.

Verso: Landscape sketch showing an oblique view of a narrow, dramatic alpine valley near the mountain Jungfrau near Interlaken, Switzerland. At left, rugged, layered ridges extend diagonally toward the horizon. Another rocky slope is visible in foreground at right.
Minchiate (Tarot) Playing Card
, 17th century
Stencil-colored woodblock print
Playing card

1909-22-1-1/35: Partial set of Italian Minchiate playing cards50;     1909-22-1-12: Part of a set of Italian Minchiate playing cards.50
Flora, with a Boy
Francesco Bartolozzi, Italian, active England, 1727–1815, ca. 1760–1770
Engraving in brown ink on white paper
Print

Flora seated, center, facing right, a putti hands her a bouquet while she waves another in her left hand. Flowers and leaves in her hair.
Design for an Oblong Panel
, 1750–1800
Black crayon, pen and sepia on paper
Drawing

Mouldings at the top and the bottom. At center rosette above a cherub head. Surrounded by large acanthus leaves.
Title Page and Designs for Candlesticks, a Trophy, and a Console Table
Henri Sallembier, French, ca. 1753 - 1820, 1777–78
Etching in red ink on paper
Print

Title page and designs for two candlesticks, a single legged console table and a trophy representing the arts with an easel, paintbrushes, and palette. The objects feature scrolling leaves (rinceaux), flowers, festoons of flowers, and rosettes. The plate is titled and numbered.
New Years At the Temple
Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858, 1797-1858
Woodblock print in colored ink on paper
Print

This New Years' scene is a mad dash to get to the shrine and Temple for the yearly tradition in order to have a great new year. Thousands of people swarm in the middle of winter to pay their respects, make wishes, pray for good health and safety, and overall have good blessings for the upcoming year. Hiroshige decorates the scene with unrealistic cherry blossoms but gives it a cheery and celebratory backdrop.
Trophée de Chasse
Henri Sallembier, French, ca. 1753 - 1820, 1775–76
Etching and engraving (crayon manner) in red ink on laid paper
Print

Title page and design for an ornamental hunting trophy. A vignette of a landscape with trees, foliage, part of a stone building with a profile portrait bust (possibly of Artemis, Greek goddess of hunting) above and an oval plaque with an inscription. A hare and birds hanging from a ring, with hunting paraphernalia on the ground to the right, including, horns, rifles, spears, and baskets. The title and series title are lettered below, and the plate is signed.
Trimming
, 16th century
silk

Trimming fragment in a design of conventionalized flowers with interlacing stems. In red on a white ground. Originally part of the sample book 1909-2-1/232.
Napoléon Bonaparte, Playing Card from Set of "Cartes héroïques" or "Des grands hommes"
Eugène Moreau, French, active 19th c., 1871
Stencil-colored lithograph on paper
Playing card

Playing card from a set of "Cartes héroïques" or "Des grands hommes"
Fountains
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, ca. 1785
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

Two views of a boat with figures at the top of a cascade. Below, a man pushes his boat under a rock bridge upon which is a obelisk. In the foreground, water pours from holes in the upper section of an ovoid pedestal into a basin.
Ornamental Vase Design
Jacques-Philippe de Beauvais, French, 1739 – 1781, 1760-1764
Etching on laid paper
Print

Oval vase with a wide mouth. The vase is decorated with hanging garlands of laurel leaves; rosettes are inset into coffered quadrants. The vase is raised on a low, simple plinth, with indication of grass around. The plate is signed and numbered.
Pastoral Scene, 2nd process
, ca. 1840
Colored aquatint on paper
Print

Fragment of an 1840 "papier peint" or wallpaper.
Textile
, 19th century
silk, metallic thread Technique: woven

Textile with vertical stripes in filled with floral sprigs in dark purple, blue, green, and red. Each stripe bordered by a narrower stripe with smaller flower motifs.
Portrait of Henry, Viscount Bolinbroke (1678–1751)
Henry Wallis, British, 1804 - 1890, 1840–1850
Line engraving on paper
Print

Portrait of a young man in frontal view, bust length. He is wearing a wig; a ceremonial robe around his shoulders. Inscribed below the portrait: "Engraved by H. Wallis"; below, title; along lower margin: "London, Published by Charles Knight and C. Ludgate Street / printed by Alfred Adlard".
Celebration of the Vine
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, ca. 1800
Graphite, pen and ink, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle with classical figure dancing under grape vines.
Sidewall
, 1890–1910
Flocked

Red flock, damask-like pattern, with step-edged outlines.
Triumph of Apollo and Aurora
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, ca. 1585–1590
Recto: pen and brown and black inks, brush and brown and black washes over black chalk on laid paper Verso: pen and brown ink on laid paper
Drawing

Recto: Apollo, appearing in a blaze of light, rides towards left in a chariot drawn by four winged horses. A female figure identified as Aurora stands before him, a star above her head. In the background, another female figure rides in a smaller chariot in the shape of a crescent moon. 
Verso: Italian and Latin inscriptions.
Title Page
Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808, 1758
Etching on laid paper
Print

Title page for a series of chinoiserie prints depicting figures in landscapes. The title and address are lettered on a scrolling piece of paper or banner held by a man wearing a hat with two bells. The man stands on a grassy ground with foliage around his feet. The plate is numbered.
Spring, Summer, Fall.
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, ca. 1790
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over traces of graphite on cream laid paper
Drawing

Loving couple seated between two players of lyres. Woman holds two wreaths over it. Diagonal composition. Girl shown in indistinct action before hermae. At center, seated woman receives filled cornucopia from two children. Another child suckles her right breast. Fourth watches happenings from tree. At right, Silenus lies sleeping upon his back, surrounded by drinking vessels and jars. Girl leans over him, Satyr and another man watching.
Design for a Salt or Pepper Cellar
Pietro Belli, Italian, 1780–1828, early 19th century
Pen and ink, graphite on paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Design for a salt or pepper cellar. At right is the elevation: below is a base decorated with a wave ornament, with part of a sphere in the center. Four curved legs stand upon it. Above, the legs lead to masks, supporting vine festoons.They are connected by a moulding with a fret band. Above are slopes as handles. Upon the sphere stands a tureen. Its elevation is drawn at left. The lower part of its body is covered by a row of leaves. On top is a figure.
Designs for Friezes or Panels
Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742, ca. 1900
Photomechanical print
Bound print

Three designs for friezes or panels. The plate features, from top to bottom: a mask on a fasces; a scrolled platform with an urn; and a grotesque platform with putti and a trophy. The plate is signed and numbered.
Section of wall, Guard Room, Palace of Fontainebleau
Frederick Marschall, ca. 1885
Brush and watercolor, tempera on heavy paper
Drawing

Elevation of section of wall. Lower portion, containing groups of painted panels, chiefly including royal monograms and escutcheons as motifs of decoration. Upper portion, framed fabric, showing royal monogram against all-over pattern.
Mountain Valley, Jamaica
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, May 1865
Brush and oil, graphite on paperboard
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing view of a plain in a mountain valley in Jamaica. In the distance and at left, the valley is bounded by brown mountains. Above, puffy clouds billow from left to right in an otherwise clear blue sky.
Candlestick
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, ca. 1780
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

A stepped plinth supporting five fluted columns; at front, four small columns with floral bobeches supporting long tapers. Connecting these are garlands held in the mouths of birds. Behind, the fifth and largest column, decorated with a medallion flanked by birds.
Project for an Entablature and Pediment
, 1700–1725
Pencil, pen and ink, brush and sepia, read and white crayon on paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle showing a pediment, entablature, a console, rinceaux and a festoon.
Design for a Mausoleum
, 1790
Pen and ink, brush and watercolor, graphite on paper
Drawing

A flight of steps leads to the closed folding door which is flanked by pairs of embedded of Doric columns. A rustic wall and a triglyph frieze. A circular pediment flanked by pedestals with pairs of urns and topped by an escutcheon for two coats of arms.
Butcher's Shop
, ca. 1800
Wood, glass, paint
Model

Model of a butcher shop composed of a shadow-box, glass-faced, enclosing longitudinal shelf and rack, above center of box hung with carved and painted joints of meat. At center back: a stand with other cuts of meat; to left and right, butchers' blocks. At front: three figures: two men and a boy. Across top, likeness of a facade with three double windows.
Design for Ceiling Ornament
François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768, 1740
Engraving on white laid paper
Bound print

Decoration intended for execution in stuccowork, showing a quarter of a ceiling with its corner element, right, and a central rosette. Upper left (presumed central ceiling motif), a symmetrical design with medallion at center, a putti holding a standard (upper left), a seated putti (upper right). Putti are repeated below. Decoration includes pine trees, garlands, S and C scrolls. Below at right angle, motifs of hunting trophies: birds, arrows, banners, a hunting horn, hounds, foxes, squirrel, an owl, placed among horns, pine trees, arabesques and a corner cartouche with animal head in the center and a hunting goddess at top. Sections are connected with dotted lines, presumably as a guide for the stuccodor.
Design for the Elevation of a Chimneypiece
, late 18th century
Pen and ink, brush and watercolor, graphite on paper
Drawing

Horizontal format design for an elevation of a mantelpiece. The opening is framed by a narrow moulding and laterally by pilaster strips. The vertical oblong panels with columns miliariae to the shaft of which colors are fastened, and above horizontal oblongs with dolphins. Above is an oblong showing in the center Heracles and Omphale with a Cupid, and laterally Heracles in eight of his labors. Laterally projecting and receding are corners of an entablature showing lions with one of their forelegs upon a ball. On top are cornices. The entablature is supported by pilasters and freestanding fluted columns.
Portrait of Maréchal Duroc, Duc de Frioul
Louis Monziès, French, 1849 - 1930, After 1875
Etching on paper
Print

Equestrian portrait of Duroc seen front the front, looking to right. Inscribed, lower right: "L. Monzies sc"; lower center, title; lower right: "Imp. A. Salmon".
Border
, ca. 1860
Block-printed

Narrow border, cream colored background with alternating oak leaves and acorn.
Stage Design, Bridge Across Water
, early 19th century
Pen and sepia ink, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Bridge leading across water on five arches through monumental archway. Central domed building at background.
Design for Ecclesiastical Utensils
, early 18th century
Chalk, pen and ink, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

A holy water vessel with sprinkler, incense boat, censer and ciborium, all with putti and C-scrolls
Study for "Ouananiche Fishing," Lake St. John
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1897
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Sketch of a male figure casting a long fishing rod while standing on a rock in a rapids.
Design for Interior Wall Decoration
Johann Michael Hoppenhaupt II, German, 1709–ca. 1778, 1753
Etching and engraving on white laid paper
Print

Design for wall decoration covered in rocaille ornamentation, with motifs such as pastoral figures, scrolling acanthus leaves, cartouches, grotesques, and trophies. The plate is signed.
Un Vieux Port de la Normandie (An Old Port of Normandy)
Maxime Lalanne, French, 1827 - 1886, ca. 1880
Etching on white mulberry paper
Print

Harbour scene at low tide with fishing boats and figures. Buildings at upper right and left. Inscribed, lower right: "Lalanne"; lower left: "Un vieux port de la Normandie (Marée basse)". Signed (in pencil), lower right: "Maxine Lalanne."
Square
, 6th century
Warp; S-spun linen. Wefts; S-spun linen carried in pairs, Z-spun linen, Z-spun wool, Z-spun silk Technique: slit tapestry

Central scene of Dionysius with wine bowl and dagger flanked by satyr and a dancing male. There are recumbent bacchantes at the bottom.
Design for a Sarcophagus
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, ca. 1780
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper
Drawing

The sides of the body have a trapezoidal form. Two alternative suggestions are made for the supports: brackets springing from a short gaine, at left, feet with a female's head at right. An antique scene is represented at the front. Colored background at he lower edge is part of the coloring of -1400.
Gateway of a villa
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, ca. 1790
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

Left row: above, between wall and a two-winged gate, both outlined, is a tripartite pedestal with a column between two figures. Above stands a vase with flowers. Below, rough sketch of the left side of an elevation with the scheme of pylons, laterally, and figures upon pedestals between the curved gates. Right row, above: two figures of the same height as the curved gate they flank. Caption: "quatro formi". Center, at right: one rough sketch for the motif of the figures in 1938-88-1715. Below, detail: one of these figures and the upper panel of the gate. A faun gripping the bars below the points. It is flanked by wo oblongs with a lozenge ornament. Below the points, a frieze in the panel of the gate. In the center, the bars have knobs. Only part of the background of the top left row is colored.
Torus molding and band
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1790–1800
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white paper, lined
Drawing

At left: the torus is foliated and framed by two bands. At right: a band decorated with a stem from which spring, alternatively, two pointed leaves and two acorns. Usual background.
Designs for a Church Wall
Francesco Manno, Italian, 1754 - 1831, 1754–1831
Brush and gray wash, pen and brown ink, black chalk on paper
Drawing

Recto: Studies of wall designs
Verso: Wall elevations with Studies for a Nativity, and three studies of a Reception and a Sacrifice, possibly studies for the compositions of Alexander and Iadda.
Stage Design, View of Indian Temple
Romolo Achille Liverani, Italian, 1809 - 1872, early 19th century
Pen and sepia ink, brush and wash, graphite on paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Indian temple in landscape with palm trees.
LA GALERIE D’EAU
Adam Perelle, French, 1638 – 1695, 1678–1703
Etching on laid paper
Print

View of a rectangular bosquet, (or large hedged ‘grove') in the gardens at Versailles, featuring sculptures on plinths, basins, fountains, trellis walls, trees, and figures (courtiers) throughout. The plate is titled.
Motif for Bank Note Design
Walter Shirlaw, American, b. Scotland, 1838–1909, ca. 1895
Brush and watercolor, graphite on paper
Drawing

A winged female genius is shown flying in clouds and holding a thread, against a niche serving as a background.
Sampler
Caroline Dunn, 1828
silk embroidery, wool foundation Technique:

Inscription: "Chere maman fait par Caroline Dunn l'an 1828."  Alphabets, numbers, wreaths of flowers, medallions with birds, trees and flowers, all in a floral border.  Bound in pink ribbon.
ÉTABLISSEMENT DE L’ÉCOLE ROYALE MILITAIRE
Saint-Aubin Gabriel de, French, 1724 – 1780, 1766
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

An oval medallion celebrating the founding of the Royal Military School, accompanied by a detailed description lettered below. The medallion illustrates rows of soldiers, a drummer, and other men standing outside with buildings in the background. The medallion is framed by the French royal coat of arms, and military attributes, including a globe, a map, and arms (weapons). The plate is numbered and signed.
Textile
, 1830s
cotton Technique: roller printed (red, brown) and block printed (blue)

Peacocks in a rockery in a straight repeat.
Vase
, 17th–18th century
Enameled and glazed porcelain

"Famille verte" decoration; oviform vase; the sides depicting four sages in a rought, rocky landscape.
Edge
, 19th century
linen Technique: bobbin lace and deflected work

Edge composed of a band of deflected work and scalloped edge in bobbin lace. In a provincial style.
Designs for Ornament, Cases, Roundels, and Pendants
Pierre Bourdon, French, ca. 1656 – 1708 after, after 1703
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

An ornament print featuring roundels, ovals (possibly watch cases or mirror backs), a case (etui), and jewelry pendants decorated with grotesque motifs (intertwining scrolling leaves, foliage, human and animal forms), with mascarons (masks), rosettes, fleurons, and cartouches. The plate is signed and numbered.
Samples
Orinoka Mills, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, ca. 1910

a. Rust color ground with pink and white floral pattern.
b. Rust color ground with gold color and white floral pattern.
A Woman and Two Men with Guns. Costumes of the Kingdom of Naples
Bartolomeo Pinelli, Italian, 1781–1835, 1807–08
Paper
Drawing

With slight alterations, similar to plate 46, loc. cit.
LE FEU
Antoine Watteau, French, 1684–1721, 1723-1735
Etching on laid paper
Bound print

Page of arabesque ornamentation with a central vignette of Venus and Vulcan in a rocky landscape. The scene is situated underneath a baldachin at top of which is a fire-breathing dragon and smoking vessels and framed by ornamental leaf and scroll motifs. The plate is signed.
Jesus Christ, the Virgin and St. John the Baptist with Saints Paul and Catherine
Marc Antonio Raimondi, Italian, 1483 – 1527, ca. 1520
Engraving on paper
Print

The Virgin is seated, above in the clouds, at Christ's right, and Saint John the Evangelist at his left. On the ground, below, left, St. Paul; on the right, kneeling by her wheel, is St. Catherine.
La Fête Flamand
Jean-Baptiste Huët, French, 1745–1811, ca. 1797
cotton Technique: printed by engraved plate on plain weave
Textile with chef de piece

Scenes of people enjoying food and drink in a rural landscape. Red on white.
Recueil de Vases Dessiné et Gravé par C. Dupuis Architecte a Versailles
Charles Dupuis, French, active 1760 – 1791, ca. 1763
Album

An album containing a series of vase designs featuring neoclassical motifs - bucrania (ox skulls), mythological creatures, fluting, and festoons of leaves. Some of the plates are numbered.
Band
, 4th–5th century
Warp; S-spun linen. Wefts; S-spun linen, S-spun wool Technique: slit tapestry with supplementary weft wrapping

Circles containing rabbits, other animals and a human figure.
Design for the letters Y and Z of a primer: Yacht/ Zéphir (Yachts driven by Zephyrs)
Victor Vincent Adam, French, 1801 – 1866, ca. 1830
Graphite, pen and bistre ink, brush and ink wash, with white heightening on cream paper.
Drawing

Letters above, flanked by intertwining rinceaux. Two sailing ships blown by wind.
A woman drawing
Jessie Curtis, ca. 1860
Pencil on paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. A woman, probably a Cooper Union student, seen in right profile, seated at a drawing table, working. Inscribed below (in pencil): "School of Design / Jessie Curtis." Verso: fragments of figure sketches and ink notations in the hand of Alice Donlevy.
Fringe
, 17th century
silk Technique: woven

Green, pink and white fringe with a plain-woven heading and skirt threads arranged to form colored stripes.
Band
, late 17th century
linen Technique: needle lace

Needlepoint lace border.
Sewing instruction book samples
, 1829
A) b) White linen plain cloth embroidered in cotton. c) d) White linen net embroidered in cotton.

A) Small white linen mat embroidered in design of conventionalized flowers and leaves with a panel of needlepoint stitches. b) Mat embroidered in design of basket of grapes and leaves within a border of grapes. c) Mat of net with six-pointed star embroidered in the center.
Textile
, 1700–1750
silk, silver foil on silk core Technique: compound satin weave with brocade

Blue-green satin with vertical rows of large symmetrical floral palmettes between columns of smaller palmettes, large flower heads, feathery leaves, serpentining lace, in tarnished silver, pink, yellow, white, and green.
Design for a Brooch
, 1820
Pen and ink, brush and sepia on paper
Drawing

An oblong diamond frames by volutes.
Textile
, late 18th–early 19th century
cotton Technique: relief printed

Fragment of cream white cotton with design, block-printed of fine trailing vine and natural size clusters of small wildflowers, in shades of red, violet, blue, black for outlines and faded drab. (If yellow was used, it has faded out). One selvage present, sewed in seam.
Side chair
, ca. 1815
Wood (mahogany), fabric

The chair back with reeded posts; panelled top rail and reeded lower rail, enclosing the figure of a harp; out-curved front legs, lower half carved to depict fur-covered animals legs and paw feet; trapezoidal, dark blue slip seat in readed frame.
Chest
, 16th century
wood, wrought iron

Carved wooden chest
Hay Wharf
Joseph Pennell, American, active England, 1857–1926, 1907
Etching in black ink on paper
Print

River boats are seen in the foreground. Warehouses in the middle distance, opening to a vista in the center.
St. Luke Painting the Portrait of the Virgin
Dirk Jacobsz. Vellert, Fl. 1511–1544, 1526
Engraving on off-white laid paper
Print

Vertical rectangle. St. Luke, accompanied by the bull, is  seated at left before his easel, facing right in profile. The Virgin is seated on the floor at right, holding the Child on her knees. Behind her, through an open doorway, is seen a cat and another figure. Open window, left, with view of a building beyond it.
Fragment
, late 18th century
linen Technique: bobbin lace

Fragment of Valenciennes lace has a branch with leaves and flowers.
Textile fragment
, late 17th–early 18th century
silk Technique: discontinuous supplementary weft patterning (brocaded)

Green silk damask, brocaded in gold and rose; hunters, birds, winged figures, supporting an urn.
Cap fragment
, 19th century
silk, cotton, wool Technique: slit and interlocking tapestry

Small-scale allover design of diamonds framed within interlocking S-scroll borders in black and yellow silk with accents of dark red wool, white cotton, and turquoise blue silk. Incomplete border section in red and white.
The Scavenger
Eugene Higgins, American, 1874–1958, ca. 1910–20
Soft-ground etching in dark brown ink on cream wove paper
Print

An elderly figure with a large bag over his shoulder is leaning over a refuse can.
Page Three from "Toisieme Livre Contenant Des Frises ou Paneaux en Longueur Inventés Par G. M. Oppenort Architecte du Roi et Gravés par Huquier"
Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742, after 1751
Etching on paper
Print

Three different ornamental compositions in sequence. The first: military trophies; second: derived from grotesque with central figures: two women crowning a winged bust. The third: two dogs on a pedestal among grotesque ornaments. Inscribed, upper left: "C"; upper right: "3"; lower left: "Oppenort inv."; lower right: "Huquier sculp. et ex."; center: "Avec privilege du Roi".
Worshipping Angels
Francis Augustus Lathrop, American, 1849–1909, ca. 1895
Graphite on laid paper
Drawing

Central figure with arms outstretched. Angel at left carrying child. At right, figure with a book.