biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Botanical Studies with a Seated Figure, Ecuador
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, probably May 1857
Graphite, brush and white gouache on tan wove paper
Drawing

Botanical and figures sketches from Ecuador showing views of tall grass and mixed vegetation with a seated human figure. At center and left, a mass of tall grass and other foliage is visible. A seated figure dressed in local Ecuadorian clothing (a hat and poncho or ruana) is situated at lower right.
Illustration, The Laughable Adventures of a Sleepy Charley
Robert Cruikshank, 1789 - 1856, ca. 1820
Graphite, pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper
Drawing

Outdoor scene, at night. A man in a sedan chair, being carried by two others toward left.
Panel with Grotesque Design and Scenes of the Labors of Hercules
Charles Normand, French, 1765 – 1840, ca. 1800
Pen and black ink, brush and watercolor on off-white paper, lined with white heavy paper and framed by blue color paper colored light brown and black
Drawing

Design for a wall panel with a vertical composition.  Episodes from the life of Hercules are interspersed amidst a finely drawn, elaborate display of gardens, urns, nymphs, leafy arbors, pavilions and arabesques.  The panel's representations include, from the bottom up: Hercules and Dejanira; Hercules and Antaeus;  Hercules and Cerverus;  Hercules and the Cretan bull; Hercules and Nemean lion; Hercules carrying the apples of the Hesperides; Hercules killing the Hydra;  Hercules and Geryon (?); Hercules as boy with snake; Mercury advising Hercules.
Frieze, from the set, "Ornemens à la Mode"
Jacques Androuet Du Cerceau the Elder, French, ca. 1515 - after 1584, ca. 1650
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Three freizes, Flower boughs. Distant view of a tree in the center of the central frieze.
A Court Scene
Francesco Galli Bibiena, Italian, 1659–1739, 1700–1739
Pen and brown ink; brush and gray, blue and pale rose wash on white paper, laid down
Drawing

Vertical rectangle showing a palace court scene with clouds hang above an elaborate architectural space. Many figures bring tribute to a king standing at left, beneath a lofty baldacchino.  Columns with caryatids support arches.
Wall Elevation with Statues in Niches
Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682, 1656–57
Etching on laid paper
Print

An interior wall elevation featuring standing statues in niches flanked by fluted pilasters and arched views of garden buildings in the background. Ornately carved paneling along the dado and cornice, with festoons of leaves and fruit, putti, wave pattern molding, vases, rosettes, and scrolling leaf motifs. The plate is signed and numbered.
Design for an Urn, a Pitcher, Vases
, 1620–40
Black chalk, pen and ink, bistre on paper
Drawing

Top row, an urn with two handles, showing nude figures standing in calices in panels formed by scrolls; a pitcher with hand at right, depicting scrolls and nude figures on body with frontal figure holding a festoon. Bottom row, vase with curved flutes at bottom, with figures sitting upon shoulder; two-handled vase with undecorated body, crest frieze surrounding upper section.
Design for Two Cartouches
François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768, 1745
Etching and engraving on off-white laid paper
Print

Designs for two cartouches, each containing within it rustic landscape scenes. The cartouches are comprised of diverse motifs including attributes of the sea, putti, mascaron, and rinceaux. The plate is signed and numbered.
Design for an Altar Mensa
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1746-1809
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on off-white laid paper
Drawing

The left half. The pillar at left is decorated with a triglyph. In the center of the front is a cross in a circle. Colored background.
Ornament Designs for Metal Objects
Hugues Brisville, French, active ca. 1663, 1662
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Vertical rectangle showing designs for a variety of metalwork objects. At right, half of an escutcheon; at left, a bracket; below, a handle.
Rendering of the Palazzo Farnese, Rome
Unknown, ca. 1750
Pen and brown ink, brush and gray and red wash, over black chalk on paper, lined
Drawing

Elevation of a large, three-story building (Palazzo Farnese, Rome).  Northeastern half of elevation of the facade with northwestern half elevation of the court and section through northwestern wing.  Measurements inscribed.
Candlestick
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1780–1795
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, black chalk on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

The lower and the upper half are detailed at left and at right. The entire design is in the middle. The base is supported by crouching lions. The lower part of the shaft has the shape of a cup carried by a circle of sitting women. The upper part is a baluster again supported by sitting figures. Its lower part is surrounded by a calyx, the upper by standing women holding each other's hands. Three of them are shown.
Le Ployant
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1775-1788
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Elevation, plan, and profile of a Ployant stool, which has crossed legs. The plate is signed and numbered.
Livery trimming
, 18th century
silk Technique: velvet

Design of a sailing ship in white and black on a red ground, a band showing three fleur-de-lys in yellow on blue ground, and a crown in black and white on a yellow ground.
Chalice veil
, 18th century
silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered on plain weave

Fragment of linen square embroidered in tan, blue, red and green. Central star with radiating branches of carnations, rose buds and birds, procession of animals. In corners Agnus Dei and Sacred Heart.
Button
, 1852–70
Brass

1931-59-59: Convex button showing small sheild with eagle on m...
Project for a Window Case
, 1650–1700
Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash on off-white laid paper
Drawing

Window case with triangular pediment, whose frieze is supported by corbels with masks at the base.
Bust of a Young Girl
François Boucher, French, 1703–1770, 19th century
Black and red chalk, pastel on paper
Drawing

Bust of a young girl leaning upon her right forearm and raising her head, which is shown in profile. Copy.
Urn
, 19th century
Glazed earthenware

Vase with footed base, made of scroddled ware- mixed color clay to resemble marble.
Ornament Design with Figures
François-Thomas Mondon, French, 1709 – 1755, 1736
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

A chinoiserie (European decorative arts and architectural style inspired by fanciful ideas of China and East Asia) ornament print with a central female figure seated on a fantastical throne, with a bird on her arm, in a landscape, surrounded by rocaille ornament, a flowering vase, a lidded vase, and palm leaves, with a figure and fantastical creature in the foreground. The throne is topped with a canopy. The ornament features scrolling leaves, shells, c-scrolls, fleurons, fretwork, feathers, and fluting. The male figure in the foreground is crouching below the throne, wearing a helmet with feathers, and holding a bow. The plate is numbered and signed.
Design for Hilt and Guard of a Dress Sword
, ca. 1780–90
Pen and black ink, brush and wash, gold paint, traces of graphite on off-white laid paper
Drawing

Jeweled designs for hilt and guard of a dress sword. Hilt is decorated with a pattern of horizontal gilded metal bands accented with small diamonds and rosettes. At top, an ovoid-shaped pommel with button.
Title Page
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, 1772–77
Etching on paper
Print

Title page and six designs for trophies incorporating musical instruments, scientific instruments, and artist's tools with flowers and leaves, such as an easel, palette, paint brushes, lute, musical score, harp, flute, horn, globe, rulers, telescope, and maps. The plate is titled and numbered.
Romulus and Remus Suckled the Wolf; Romulus Dedicates to Jove Feretrius the Spoils of Conquered King Acronius, Two Studies after Carracci
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1821–22
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of black chalk on white heavy wove paper
Sketchbook folio

Upper drawing of she-wolf suckling Romulus and Remus, shown in cloth-lined basket, in landscape setting near river. Lower drawing of man at left leading horse; at center warrior in classical dress and helmet carrying suit of armor. At right, crowd led by old man wearing robes.
Valley and Mountains near Guaranda, Ecuador
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, June 4, 1857
Graphite, brush and white gouache on light brown wove paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of a valley and mountains near the Ecuadorian town of Guaranda. At right, an immense, bulging mountainside descends into the middle distance at center, where a group of dark hills are visible. In the foreground at center left, several houses are visible around treeless, cultivated terrain. At lower left, a wide stream snakes its way through a shallow gorge with houses on its heavily wooded slopes. Rolling terrain extends from the middle distance into the background, where a large, rugged mountain ascends to a sharp peak at upper right. A snow-capped summit, possibly that of Chimborazo, peeks over this ridge at upper center. Rolling mountain ranges continue into the distance at left.
Mount Mansfield from Pleasant Valley Road, Cambridge, Vermont
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, September 6, 1866
Graphite, white chalk, black crayon on grey paper
Drawing

Bridge over a stream, lower left, with mountain in distance, center.
Project for the Door of a Tabernacle
, 1700–1750
Graphite, pen and ink, brush and watercolor, sepia on paper
Drawing

Upon the base, two angels are kneeling, supporting a chalice upon which the host is towering, surrounded by a glory of rays. A crown at top.
Le Jardin de la maison de Monsieur de Chamlay
Adam Perelle, French, 1638 – 1695, ca. 1690
Etching on laid paper
Print

A garden scene, with a large trellis wall, with a central niche in the center with a large sculpture of Artemis/Diana on a plinth. The trellis is decorated with pilasters, s-scrolls, rosettes, and finials, with two arched gates on either side of the central niche, with steps leading up to the trellis. Planted pots, sculpted mythological figures on plinths and flowers along the trellis. Below in the foreground is a planted parterre, surrounded by topiary and small trees, with rows of planted trees in Versailles planters on either side. Figures walk around the garden, with a gardener raking the ground in the lower right. The proof is before lettering, with the title inscribed in ink, within the plate, lower center.
A Street Corner in Guayaquil, Ecuador
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, May 1857
Graphite on white wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Architecture sketch showing a view of three buildings near a street corner in Guayaquil, Ecuador. A large, rectilinear, three-story building comprises the central focus. Each floor extend beyond the floor below it, creating slightly cantilevered balconies. The building's roof is sloped. Other similar buildings are partially rendered in foreground at right and in background at left. 

Verso: Two botanical sketches showing views of an evenly-formed tree at left and groves of plantain trees at upper right. Sketch of a human-made structure visible lower right.
Fantastic flower motif from "Nouvelle Suitte de fleurs iéales"
Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808, ca. 1760
Etching a la poupée and green, teal, siena, rose, indigo, and ochre ink on paper
Print

A bouquet of fantastical flowers, colored in various hues, with looping leaves and spade-shaped petals, as well as more recognizable blossoms.
Project for a Tureen
, 1800–1835
Pen and ink, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

Elevation of a tureen with lid. Three paw feet, scrolling handles. At front, a cartouche framed with palm fronds. Finial in the form of a cherub.
Plate
William Ridgway & Co., Staffordshire, England, 1830 - 1848, ca. 1843
porcelain or earthenware, vitreous enamel
plate

White plate features a view of Lake George, Caldwell, with central decoration showing four boys in a boat and mountainous landscape.
Heraldic Achievement Designs
Nicolas Guérard, French, ca.1648 – 1719, late 17th–early 18th century
Etching on laid paper
Print

Three designs for heraldic achievements with devices in the shields supported by angels and putti along with other designs for allegorical and mythological figures, including two seated women holding shields with devices. The upper heraldic achievement design features a crowned device in a cartouche or shield, supported by angels, arms and armor and military flags. The plate is numbered.
Cartouche Surrounded by Elements of Naval Commerce
Pierre Edme Babel, French, 1720–1775, 1743-1763
Etching on cream paper
Print

Cartouche design with elements referring to naval commerce, seashells, cornucopia, two men, and a large ship in the background. The plate is signed.
Stage Design, Palace Interior
, late 18th century
Pen and brown ink, brush and gray ink wash on paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. View into halls with stairs in Gothic palace. Male figure stands in middleground.
Study of a Seated Woman
Raimundo de Madrazo, Spanish, 1841–1920, 
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Study of a seated female courtier for the painting The Return of Christopher Columbus to the Spanish Court, currently owned by the Italian Charities of America.
Study of Dahlias
Sophia L. Crownfield, American, 1862–1929, early 20th century
Brush and watercolor, graphite on white paper
Drawing

Vertical sheet with two yellow dahlias at right and two pink dahlias at left on recto.  The verso contains one red dahlia.
Lincrusta-Walton
Christopher Dresser, Scottish, 1834–1904, 1881–1882
Painted and gilded Lincrusta-Walton

Repeat of leafy stems and rosettes in relief, gold on dull red. One half of each leaf textured with cross-hatching, pebbling, imbrication or venation unlike that of other half. Rosettes centered with Maltese crosses, circles of dots, etc. The metallic-gold floral pattern stands out in high relief from the maroon ground. Nearly square format.
La Route de St. Cloud ou de Poissy
Favre Petitpierre, France, 1802–1818, ca. 1815
Printed by engraved roller on cotton plain weave.
Textile

Four scenes, all captioned in French, showing travelers on the road. The captions are: 'Route de St. Cloud', 'Route de Poissy', 'Les Joueurs des Boules', 'Le Joueur de Cornemuse'.
Shot glass container and cover
, 1880
turned wood, satinwood or birch with transfer printed scene.

The tumbler case is of tapered plain shape, widening toward the cover. Cover is attached to the body with a plain ring bezel. Interior hollow, and fitted with small glass drinking vessel, probably mold-blown. The exterior of the case is varnished, and at one side is a photographic image of the beach at Weymouth, printed on paper and applied to wood. Below the photograph are printed the words ''WEYMOUTH, THE NOTHE.''
Vue de la Maison de M. Le Doux (View of Mr. Le Doux's House)
Jean-François Janinet, French, 1752-1814, 1787–92
Etching; black, yellow and green inks on cream paper
print

This is an etching in color of the architect Claude Nicolas Ledoux's house on the rue Poissonière in Paris, a fashionable neighborhood to live in at the time. Janinet is considered the inventor of an innovative aquatint method of etching, involving printing each seperate color one on top of the other. He was the chief color engraver of his time. Other similar "oculus" views of Parisian monuments are also attributed to him, seemingly produced around the same period.
Ave Maria at Tivoli
Bartolomeo Pinelli, Italian, 1781–1835, 1807–08
Pen and gray ink with watercolor and black chalk on off-white wove paper
Drawing

The setting except for the house at right, the people standing in the entrance of the chapel and the man upon the donkey are similar to plate 33, loc. cit. Four women kneel, a boy leans against the chapel.
Two Girls from Frascati Visit a Hermit
Bartolomeo Pinelli, Italian, 1781–1835, 1807
Paper
Drawing

They stand at left, he is seated at right. The setting is reminiscent of plate 29, loc. cit.
Commemorative bookmark
Thomas Stevens, English, 1828–1888, 1866
silk Technique: jacquard woven

Bookmark woven to show commemorative pictures, inscriptions. Top to bottom: a coat of arms of York; large building topped with flags, inscription "Yorkshire Fine Arts and Industrial Exhibition opened July 1866 Rt. Hon. James Meek Lord Mayor of York, President", garlanded portrait of a man, Roman ruins, and the inscription: "MULTANGULAR TOWER Each ivi'd arch and pillar lone, plead haughtily for glories gone." At bottom, heart-shaped motif with floral accents in red and blue. Colors: black, grey, orange, purple, green, on white ground.
Sample
Orinoka Mills, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, ca. 1910

Yellow, pink and white pattern on a light green /grey ground.
Dianne Chasseresse
Jean-Baptiste Huët, French, 1745–1811, ca. 1798
cotton Technique: printed by engraved plate on plain weave, glazed
Textile with chef de piece

Design in brown on white background. Figure of Diana as a huntress with various classical medallions. The short height of the repeat indicates that the shorter printing plate which came into use at the turn on the century was used.
The Accusation of Lucretia
Pietro Fontana, Italian, 1762 - 1837, ca. 1810-1820
Engraving on paper
Print

In a classical interior, women are seen at their work, while four soldiers stand before them. The scene shows Hector being told of Lucretia's supposed unfaithfulness.
Textile
, 18th century
silk Technique: compound weave with supplementary warp

Skirt panel of deep blue silk with close-set, parallel serpentine flowering branches with small birds and large bouquets in between. Two selvedges, each with pink and yellow satin stripe.
Ma toile est chere, bourgeois (This canvas is expensive, citizen), plate XV from Par-ci, par-la
Paul Gavarni, French, 1804 - 1866, 1857-1866
lithograph in black ink on white paper
Print

Vertical rectangle. An old artist stands in foreground in three-quarter view to left and in front of a huge canvas, from which only a part is seen depicting two nudes.
Tile
, late 16th century
Glazed earthenware

Portion of a design composed of geometrical shapes enclosing conventionalized flowers and foliage; painted in blue, green, yellow and brown.
Design for brooch with children
, 16th century
Pen, sepia, brush, grey water color. Paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. Below is a base, upwards curved in its center, with a mask and Scrolls below. Two children stand upon the base, leaning upon the frame of the central round diamond. It has an inner molded frame which is supported below by two crossed cornucopias with upwards disposed curved points. Upon them rest the lower ends of volutes which frame the upper part in the shape of wings. Between their upper ends is the head of a child, upon a shell, and a bunch of flowers in front of a shell on top.
Textile
, early 19th century
cotton Technique: roller printed

Repeat length of white cotton printed in red with a late-style Chinoiserie design showing Chinese-style figures amid tree branches and foliage. A male figure swings on a rope tied from tree branches while a standing female figure with a parasol and a bird in her hand stands looking down on a male seated figure.
Fragment
, 14th century
silk, metallic Technique: two interconnected structures (plain weave plus plain weave) plus brocade (lampas)

Large circles with vines with brocaded peacocks, birds and animals in gold on maroon.
Fragments
, 17th century
medium: linen, silk, wool Technique: two plain weaves; one warp faced, one weft faced

Flowers and scrolling motif in red, green and white.
Textile
, ca. 1817
cotton Technique: printed on plain weave

Red print on white ground showing six vignettes from the life of Jeanne d' Arc; including storming a wall, scenes in camp, entry into city, appearance before king, at prayer, and at stake. Ground has all-over design of minute dots and stars.
Bedcover
, late 18th century
cotton Technique: painted and dyed

Bedcover showing a central field with trees and a wide border with flowering vine. A tree with exposed roots rises from the point of a triangular mound, and branches about half way up appeared to be sawed off. A vine rises from the mound, crossing and recrossing the tree and bearing large flowers in shades of red and foliage in blue. The flowers exhibit much interior decoration in reserved patterns. Babbler birds are perched amid branches and two long-necked cranes are on the mound on either side of the tree. The mound is made of a series of diamond shapes with a row of red diamonds alternating with a row of blue diamonds. They bear fine inner decoration of fine sprays of flowers reserved in white. The crane at the right of the tree has a back wing which is an applied patch painted in a pattern similar but not the same as that of his companion. A wide border is between two very narrow guard borders decorated with a vine in brown bearing large heavy flowers in red, possibly lotus flowers. Pointed leaves in a chevron of red and blue with outlines of dark brown. Yellow has faded to the extent that the foliage is now blue.
Tassel
, 17th century
linen, silk on linen core

Skirt of gold-colored silk partly covered by a trellis of same colored twisted threads. Collar of cut threads topped by a knob covered with silk threads in twill pattern. Cord of braided silk threads.
Design for a Candelabrum
Joseph Anton Seethaler II, German, 1799–1868, 1825-1835
Pen and ink, brush and wash, graphite on paper
Drawing

Cupid with the forepart of his right foot on a sphere, raisese with either hand a torchère with seven sockets.
Band
, 18th century
metallic thread Technique: bobbin lace, metallic

Wide border of metallic gold lace in all-over diamond shaped pattern.
Waistcoat
, 19th century
silk, linen Technique: ciselé voided velvet

Waistcoat made from velvet in an allover design of flowers and birds in dark red on a tan ground.
Study of a Gentleman with Three Dogs, Hunting
Henry Bernard Chalon, English, 1770 - 1849, 1820–1840
Graphite on paper
Drawing

A gentleman is shown at right in profile, walking toward left and carrying a gun. Two dogs are in front of him, two of them turned to him. Written at the upper edge: "F [?] Epson Esqur."
Border
, ca. 1805
cotton Technique: block printed using padded ground, glazed

Short curtain or border of yellow cotton with detached conventionalized motif in body of curtain. Border of classic revival design. Enlaced bands form medallions to frame a hippocamp. Color are dark red, black and green (probably blue over yellow). Lined with terra cotta-colored muslin.
Bobbin Lace 5
, 18th century
linen Technique: bobbin lace
Fragment

Fragment of Valenciennes lace has a design of squarish conventionalized flowering branches. Round mesh.
Fragment
, late 18th century
cotton Technique: printed by engraved copper plate on plain weave

Printed cotton textile fragment in red on white background. A well-dressed young boy doffs his hat to an older couple in a dense, rustic setting.
Fragment
, late 19th century
silk Technique: resist printed in warp (chiné)

Polychrome bouquet of flowers in oval medallion on a yellow and white woven fabric. Fragment probably part of a dress flounce.
Fragment
, 17th century
linen Technique: bobbin lace (Binche style with Binche ground)

Binche-style fragment with a delicate design of palmettes and foliage. Five hole mesh (cinq trous ground) and straight edges.
Three Studies of a Left Hand
Francis Augustus Lathrop, American, 1849–1909, ca. 1895
Graphite on grey-brown paper
Drawing

Hand with palm up, shown from center. To the right, two studies of the hand in almost the same position.
Drawing
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, About 1820
Black chalk on heavy laid paper

Vertical rectangle. In profile, turned towards the right.
Drawing
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, About 1815
Pen and brown ink over traces of graphite on cream laid paper

H.R. at left: Minerva is seated upon a chair holding an olive branch resting upright upon her right leg. Objects referring to Arts and Science are beside her. A curtain is in the back. At right, a sketched octagon is shown.