biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Oval frame supported by two angels
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1775–1790
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

Two angels fly on either side, the left one supporting with his left arm a wreath on top, the right one carries flowers in his right hand. The angels are connected by a festoon. The background is slightly colored.
Boulders in El Yemen Valley, Palestine (Israel)
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, February 20, 1868
Graphite on off-white wove paper; verso: graphite
drawing

Landscape sketch of a large boulder within a deep canyon in present-day southern Israel. In foreground, a large, cubic boulder is visible at right, supported by other smaller rocks. Opposite face of the canyon is visible in middle distance, across from the interceding valley floor. Rugged mountains rise along upper margin and continue out of view.

Verso: Landscape sketch showing two views of a valley in southern Israel known to Church as the Valley of El Yemen. In upper portion, large boulders are visible in foreground, resting along a slope at left. In middle distance, rocky spires at left descend to a sheer cliff, shown center right, which continues toward the canyon floor. In lower portion, a view of three figures taking shelter under an overhang is included.
Design for the Letter L of a Pictoral Alphabet: The Reading Lesson
Victor Vincent Adam, French, 1801 – 1866, ca. 1830
Graphite, pen and bistre ink, brush and ink wash, with white heightening on cream paper
Drawing

Letter above, flanked by intertwining rinceau. A monk seated in a vestibule is seen teaching a boy how to read. Beyond, a view of the gates to a castle.
Sampler
, ca. 1835
silk embroidery, wool foundation Technique: cross, half-cross and satin stitches on plain weave

Alphabets, numerals, floral cross border and text.
Design for Fireplace Mantel Decoration
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1780-1789
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Design for a fireplace with a mantel on which sits two vases with flowers and an urn with smoke (incense?) wafting out. The fireplace is decorated with ornament motifs including piastre, fluting, rosette, acanthus leaf, and lamb tongue. The plate is signed and numbered.
Design for an escutcheon
Carlo Bianconi, Italian, 1732–1802, 1765
Pen and sepia ink, brush and gray-brown watercolor, graphite on paper
Drawing

Two snakes wind below and through holes at the sides of a scrollwork frame. Above at center is a foliated lion mask. Shells decorate the sides.
Chambre à Coucher avec Cabinet
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1780-1789
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Plan for a bedroom with a private study. The plate is signed and numbered.
Fragments
, late 18th century
cotton Technique: roller and block printed on plain weave; glazed

Fragment of glazed chintz showing multicolored flowers on a tan ground.
Book page
, 17th–19th century
silk, metal Technique: woven or embroidered samples affixed to heavy paper sheets

Collection of 572 numbered samples of woven, brocaded or embroidered silks, affixed to heavy board, originally bound in a book.
Priests Worshipping on the Ocean Shore
Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858, 1797-1858
Woodblock print in colored ink on paper
Print

Buddhists priests and other religious folks gathered at the shore of the ocean to pray and worship. The four pine trees are surrounding these figures in the foreground. Three ships and a flock of birds hover in the background.
Clouds over Church's Farm, Hudson, New York
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, June 1870
Brush and oil on paperboard
Drawing

Landscape and atmosphere sketch showing view of clouds and fog in the Hudson Valley from the artist's estate near Hudson, New York. Slope of hill descends from right to left in foreground, with trees and other foliage at left. View completely inundated by clouds, rendered in various shades of gray, green blue, purple, and red.
Louis Quinze Le Bien Aimé
Charles Parrocel, French, 1688–1752, 1745
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

Equestrian portrait of Louis XV with other figures in the background within a landscape with a church and buildings visible in the far left. The plate is titled and signed and features the French royal coat of arms.
Studs
, 19th century
Steel, gold

Pair of steel studs topped with gold nuggets.
Portrait of Jacques Bénigne Bossuet (1627-1704)
Pietro Salvatori, Italian, active 1880 - 1890, ca. 1880-1890
Engraving on paper
Print

Bust-length portrait with head in three-quarter view, facing right; body slightly to left. Wearing cardinal's robe and skull-cap.
Cliffs at Southwest Head, Grand Manan Island, Canada
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, August 1851
Graphite, white gouache, and oxidized white gouache on light brown wove paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of rocky cliffs and the rugged coastline of Southwest Head on Grand Manan Island in Canada. In the foreground, ocean water laps against a rocky shore that ascends, at right, to sheer cliffs and outcroppings made up of geometric pillars of rock known as basalt. Their flat planes and rectangular tops lend this portion of the composition a sense of verticality and pixelation. At far right, the tallest cliff has a wooded top and extends out of view. A sailboat is visible in the background at center, traveling across the ocean near the horizon. Behind it, bright sunset clouds are still visible at 10:00pm (see artist inscription) due to the island's extreme northern position on the globe.
Arabesque Design
Charles Normand, French, 1765 – 1840, 1787–95
Etching on laid paper
Print

Design for a vertical panel with arabesque ornament with Neoclassical and Empire style motifs, featuring mythological figures, friezes, roundels, putti, scrolling foliage, acanthus leaves, fleurons, palmettes, rosettes, herms, griffins, vases, incense burners with smoke, masks, eagles, and cornucopia of fruit and foliage. The plate is numbered and signed
Alternative Design for the High Altar, Santa Maria del Priorato, Rome, Italy
Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702–1786, 1762–64
Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, black chalk on white laid paper
Drawing

Design for the High Altar of of the Prioriato while the building was still in progress, showing the apse designed by Piranesi but with some minor difference with the final executed design. At lower right, image of Carlo Marchionni explaining the design to Cardinal Rezzonico.
Water Carriers on the Magdalena, Barranquilla, Colombia
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, May 2, 1853
Graphite, brush and oxidized white gouache on tan wove paper
Drawing

Landscape and figure sketch showing a view of nine water carriers and their donkeys wading in waters at the mouth of the Magdalena River. The figures occupy the foreground, while a canoe with four passengers travels along the river beyond them at left. Visible in the middle distance, a wooded bank contains fenced coconut grove, a house, and two figures at right. Scattered, wispy clouds occupy the sky. At upper left, a woman's head with a water barrel is visible.
Button with Painted Seated Lady
, late 18th century
porcelain, copper, glass, tin
button

Button showing a female figure in costume of late 18th century; covered with glass; mounted in copper rim; back with tin.

On card 69
Sailboats near Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, July 12–13, 1859
Graphite on light brown wove paper
drawing

Sketches of sailboats of various kinds near the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. At left, a single sailboat is viewed in right profile as it dries its sail between its two masts. At right, nine separate sketches of sailboats and ships in various states of travel are included. They move left, right, away, and toward the viewer.
Title Page
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, 1777–79
Etching on paper
Print

Title page and design for two rectangular decorative panels featuring arabesque motifs including scrolling acanthus leaves (rinceaux), flowers, festoons of flowers, ribbons, a vase, hat, and a bagpipe or musette. The plate is titled and numbered.
Head of a Bearded Soldier
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1862
Graphite on wove paper, laid down
Drawing

Vertical sketch of a bearded soldier wearing a cap.
Unidentified Classical Subject
Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863, 1820-1850
Pen and ink, brush and with brown wash on paper
Drawing

Roman soldiers are gathered in a city square watching a bearded sage exclaiming before a block in the left foreground. A seated woman in the right foreground. Verso: sketches of legs.
Ramla viewed from Ramla Tower and the Tower at Lydda, Palestine (Israel)
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, February 7 and 10, 1868
Graphite on gray wove paper; verso: graphite, brush and white gouache
Drawing

Landscape and architecture sketch showing a view of the city of Ramla from Ramla Tower, and separately, the Tower at Lydda (now known as Lod) in present-day Israel. Along the left margin, the Tower at Lydda is sketched in some detail with an observation space at its top. Dominating the rest of the composition is a view overlooking the city of Ramla from the Ramla Towers. Tombs are shown in the foreground at lower right, while fields and olive trees are shown in the middle distance in front of the city itself. Multiple towers and domed buildings are visible in the city, while rolling mountain ranges backdrop the scene along the horizon.

Verso: Landscape sketch, possibly part of a panorama, showing a view of the slopes of the Mount of Olives near Jerusalem, possible viewed from the Mount of Olives itself or Siloam. At upper center, a large building with two domes is perched atop a steep hill with a dirt road. Portions of the hillside at right are highlighted in white gouache. In the foreground at lower right, a shrub is visible on nearby terrain. In the background at right, another hillside extends out of view.
Design for a sedan chair
, 1773
Pen and ink, brush and various watercolors on paper
Drawing

Shown in profile turned toward the right.  Divided into two vertical panels.  The right one had above a window with a curtain.  The panel beside it is decorated with a candelabrum.  The central panel is decorated with a medallion and festoons at left.  A bowl and festoons at right.  The lowest panels are decorated with a medallion portrait and festoons at left with a plant at right.  On top of the roof is a vase with a mark.  Tassels hand at the corners.  The bar is decorated in the width of the chair.
Pedestal of a column
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1780–1790
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

The main frieze is concave and has in the center a circular medallion. From it hang festoons which decorate the cornucopias at the corners. Usual background.
Clouds over the Catskills
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1868-1880
Graphite and white gouache on green laid paper
Drawing

Landscape and atmosphere sketch showing a view of a dramatic sunset over the Catskill Mountains. An undulating mountain ridge spans the horizon along the lower margin, with its high point at center left. Above, a mixture of puffy, billowing clouds and hazy, high-altitude clouds, variously lit by the sinking sun, making for a diverse and dramatic sunset.
Wall with Double Door and Overdoor Painting
François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768, 18th century
Engraving on paper
Bound print

Design for an interior wall decoration with applied ornamental stuccowork. A large set of double doors with an overdoor landscape painting above within decorative frame. At either side, two wall-mounted brackets with vsaes. Scale at lower left.
Textile
, 19th century
silk, paper Technique: compound satin

Horizontal rows of rust, brown, blue, and peach colored flowers each in combination with white on a cream ground (originally light yellow).
Stage Design, Arcaded Palace Hall
, early 18th century
Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash on laid paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. View into fantastic palace with lofty arches set with sculptures, three naves opening backward.
Grille pour une chapelle
Jean Mariette, French, 1660–1742, c. 1738
Etching and Engraving on Paper
Print

Design for a chapel gate of openwork metal, half of which is shown. The design features scrolling bars and leaves. Half of a cross is visible at the top of the gate. There is a scale bar of "6 pieds" at the bottom of the plate. The plate is numbered but not signed.
Portrait of Emperor Charles V (1500-1558)
, ca. 1580-1600
Engraving on paper
Print

Bust-length portrait is three-quarter view to right of the middle-aged emperor. He is dressed in armor with bare head and wearing the orde of Toison d'or. Inscription in an oval wreath-like frame supported on a pedestal.
Misericord (2)
, early 14th century
Carved wood (oak), gilding (traces)

Two roughly rectangular choir seats, each carved on undersurface, with shallow rests supported by: a stooped figure of a bearded man flanked by foliate roundels (-1a); head of a bearded man with flowing hair, flanked by foliate roundles (-1b); each seat with indentations for hinges on lower left and right.
Cartouche Design
Nicolas-Jean-Baptiste Poilly, de, French, 1707 – 1780, mid- 18th century
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Design for a rococo cartouche featuring acanthus leaves, c-scrolls, shell, palm leaves, plumes, flowers, trophies with agricultural tools, and topped with a smaller cartouche. The plate is numbered and signed.
Designs for Cartouches
Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742, 1749-1761
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Bound print

Page printed with two plates, with three cartouches each. The left plate features, from top to bottom: a cartouche with a dragon-winged head; a cartouche with a mascaron and an elephant head; and a cartouche in the form of a low throne, on the ground, with a lion laying on it. The right plate features, from top to bottom: a cartouche with branches and a shell; a cartouche with a man, dog, and horse; and a cartouche on a tomb. Both plates are signed and numbered.
Ornament Design
Alexis Peyrotte, French, 1699–1769, 1740–49
Etching on laid paper
Print

A design for rococo ornament featuring scrolling leaves, rinceaux, flowers, feathers, shells, foliate branches, c-scrolls, with chinoiserie motifs, dragon, parasol, and butterfly. The plate is signed.
Orphrey
, 17th century
silk and metallic yarns on linen Technique: embroidered on plain weave

Orphrey from clerical vestments. Five rectangles, each containing a figure within architectural arches and capped by symmetrical floral motifs; three are from the back of orphrey and two from the front. Silk and metallic thread embroidered in or nué technique on linen.
Mountainous Landscape
, 1720–40
Brush and gouache colors on paper
Drawing

Three figures are depicted near a small body of water in the foreground. Behind, a cottage and a double-arched stone bridge. Mountains in the distance.
Les Solitaires de Normandie
, ca. 1788
Engraved, hand-colored and painted paper leaf, turned wood handle
Handscreen

Handscreen with paper leaf and turned wood handle. Obverse: oval medallion with a hand-colored engraving showing figures in a forested landscape, three of which are kneeling, surrounded by a framework of hand-painted motifs. Reverse: dialogue from the comic opera "Les Solitaires de Normandie."
Stage Design: View Through Archway
, late 17th century
Pen and ink, brush and sepia wash on paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle showing view through archway surmounted by statues into the nave of a building.
Bandbox
, 1825–35
Block-printed on paper, pasteboard support

A group of four hunters with dogs and a horse shown within a clearing in the woods. Printed in pink, white and what was probably green on a yellow field. This same design appears on the lid.
Precinct of a Palace
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1792
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

Architectural drawing of a building. Shown is the central part from the left corner of the front. Partly drawn over an account and writing exercises. More writing and an account is above the right part of the drawing. In the center above, the beginning of a rough sketch of the central part of the facade.
Sidewall
Jules Desfossé, French, active 1851 - 1863, 1880–90
Block-printed paper

a) A sidewall of moire design, printed in shades of blue; b) a frieze paper, intended to be cut into two portions, with design of floral festoons and ribbons, printed in blues, grays and white on glazed blue ground.
Keystone in a ceiling; rosette with four acorns
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1746–1809
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on off-white laid paper
Drawing

Inscribed into a shadowed circle which is inscribed into a square. Crayon outlines at the upper edge.
Band
, 14th century
silk, linen, metallic Technique: complementary weft 2/1 twill

Heraldic motifs; shields with 'S" shapes on them, an eagle with outstretched wings and part of a lion.
Warrior with a Truncheon
Francesco Bartolozzi, Italian, active England, 1727–1815, ca. 1760–1770
Engraving in brown ink on white paper
Print

A bearded man in armor stands, facing frontally, gazing to the right, a staff in his hands.
Wallpaper Design
, 1840–60
Brush and gouache, graphite on white paper
Drawing

A dado is shown at the bottom, and a entablature on top. The panels show plant candelabra upon a yellow background. The candelabra are colored alternatively white and brown; they are identical design, the brown one standing lower than the white one. Two designs are alternatively suggested for leaves composing the motifs of the candelabra. Bunches of grapes are suggested in either case. A garland of blossom and leaves is on top. The background of its upper part is colored brown.
Soldiers Seated in a Group
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1862
Brush and watercolor, graphite on paper
Drawing

Horizontal view of a group of soldiers seated in various positions with one standing at far right.
Decoration of a Wall and Ceiling to be Executed in Stucco
, 1725–50
Pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper
Drawing

Central panel has an escutcheon with a looking glass, two mermaids at the sides and a lion mask below. Lateral small panels provide for looking glasses above console tables, supported by three mermaids at left and a putto at right. The lower part of the ceiling is spherical, decorated with many frame motifs and in the center are two winged mermaids supporting garlands.
Saint Paul
Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528, 1514
Engraving on laid paper
Print

The full-length figure of the bearded Saint, standing, turned toward the right, his head facing left. He holds an open book on his left arm, his right hand pointing to a passage. A sword lies on the ground at his feet. A view of the sea in the background. The artist's monogram and date, "1514", appears lower right on the wall behind the figure.
Portrait of Cardinal Ascanius Philamarinus
Jean Louis Roullet, French, 1645 - 1699, ca. 1670
Engraving on paper
Print

Half-length portrait in three-quarter view toward left; facing onlooker. Below, coat-of-arms of the sitter.
Four Studies After the Head of a Man
Giovanni Giardini, Italian, 1646 - 1721, early 18th century
Red crayon on laid paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. On either side of the paper are two heads, one below the other. The head is shown from below nearly as profile, turned toward the left. The mouth is open. Beside each head a number is written correcting a previous one.
Landscape
Charles Nicolas Ransonnette, French, 1793 - 1877, 1830–1850
Pen and ink on tracing paper
Drawing

Park of a South European villa with a pond stretching obliquely in the foreground. A woman and two men in Renaissance attire are seated at the edge of the pond at the foot of a s tatue, at left. Framine lines.
Soldiers Escorting Civilians
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, ca. 1862
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Vertical view of soldiers with bayonets fixed, escorting civilians.
Veue et Perspective du Rocher que le Roy a fait construire au bas de la terrasse du Château Royal de Luneville
Emmanuel Héré de Corny, French, 1705–1763, 1753
Engraving on laid paper
Bound print

View of the "rocher," which features eighty-six automaton animal and human figures as a spectacle of rural, farm life. The title is printed at the upper left, in a rocaille cartouche surrounded by putti on clouds. A description of all the automata is provided in text; see 1921-6-209-25 and 1921-6-209-26.
Design for a Salon Wall
, 1790
Pen and black ink, brush and watercolor, black chalk on paper
Drawing

Two deep window bays are near the corners. In the center stands a console table under a mirror flanked by candle brackets. A framed representation of a lion is shown over it.
Fragment
, 17th century
silk Technique: 4&1 satin damask

Close pattern of detached leaf sprigs in pale blue. Pattern is two directional.
Proofs for four plates of "Alfabeto in Sogno" [Dream Alphabet]: Letter G
Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, 1634 – 1718, 1683
White laid paper with red crayon
Print

Central image of a mermaid blowing a horn forms a G. Additional drawings of four cherubim and a cork.
Olive Tree Trunks, Italy
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, April 28, 1869
Graphite on brown laid paper
drawing

Botanical sketches showing five views of the gnarled trunks of olive trees in Italy. Throughout upper half of composition, three twisting trunks are shown while two others are included in the lower half. One tree, with twin trunks at lower right, stands next to a white stone wall.
The Entombment
Diana Mantuana, Italian, ca. 1547 - 1588, ca. 1588
Engraving on laid paper
Print

The body of Christ is lifted by two disciples into the tomb. In mid-distance, six figures against the calvary and Jerusalem in background. Inscribed, lower left: "PARISI R OMANO INVENTORE / DIANA MATVANA INCIDEBAT"; lower right: "HORATIUS PACIFICUS FARNIS". Cut within platemark.
Early Autumn in the Green Mountains, Vermont
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, possibly 1873–74
Brush and oil on tan paperboard
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of a hilly and mountainous landscape in Vermont in early autumn. A group of red and green trees is shown in the immediate foreground at lower right, while a grassy hillside extends through the foreground and into the middle distance, where two other heavily wooded hills are visible. In the background, a rugged range of mountains with a pointed summit at right is rendered in gray-blue paint beneath a dark, overcast sky.
Portrait of Ferdinando Cornacchia
, ca. 1820
Engraving on paper
Print

Bust-length portrait in side view, facing left, of a middle-aged man. He has curly hair, sideburns, and wears a jacket with a high, embroidered collar.
Fragment
, 1870–80
cotton Technique: printed on plain weave

Fragment printed in red, brown and black on a white ground in a design of solid vertical stripes alternating with stripes of geometric patterning.
Palace Façade with Cartouche
Giovanni Battista Natali III, Italian, 1698 - 1765, mid- 18th century
Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash on laid paper
Drawing

Design for wall decoration, architectural design with cartouche at center, over which putti surrounded in drapery are holding a royal crown.
The Gardens of the Villa Mattei, near Rome
Jean-Baptiste Richard de Saint Non, French, 1727 – 1791, 1761
Etching on paper
Print

Plate 20 of series. A section of a terraced garden. Title in margin, below: "Vue prise dans les jardins de Villa Mattei aux invirons / de Rome en 1761.
Study of Feet for "Justice and Peace"
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, 1878
Graphite and white chalk on off-white wove paper
Drawing

Study of a woman's left foot with the right foot crossed behind it.
Galerie métallique des grands hommes français (Great Men of France)
Jacques-Édouard Gatteaux, French, 1788 - 1881, ca. 1824
Cast bronze
Medal

Gérard Edelinck (20 October 1640 (baptized) - 2 April 1707)
The Virgin and Child
Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863, 1820–1850
Graphite, impressed lines on paper
Drawing

The Virgin walks through the country, supporting the Child. Framing line.