biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Design for a Square Ceiling
, ca. 1780
Graphite, pen and ink on paper
Drawing

Quarter of a ceiling in the neoclassical fashion. Ceiling divided into panels which are further divided into geometric shapes. Nude classical figures recline within marquise-shaped cartouches. Two flying putti flank a V-shaped panel with grotesques.
Design for a Woven Fabric, Unfinished
, 1815–1840
Brush and white, blue gouache, brush and watercolor on black paper
Drawing

Neo-rococo escutcheon with flowers, a shell, a satyr gaine with a pitcher from which water flows.
Sidewall
, 1880–1890
Block printed on ribbed paper

Complete width. Vertical rectangle with design in Anglo-Japanesque-style, of roses and other plants, vases and strapwork. Printed in greens, olives and greenish-brown on a metallic copper ground with ribbed texture imitating moire.
Design for Elevation of Alcove Wall of Bedroom
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1780
Brush and watercolor, graphite on white laid paper
Drawing

Frontal view of a bed alcove, framed squarely and hung with drapery, and flanked by single paneled doors. The panel over the alcove is decorated with an eagle encricled by a wreath.
Study of Woman Peeling Potatoes
Walter Shirlaw, American, b. Scotland, 1838–1909, ca. 1875
Graphite with white heightening on light brown paper
Drawing

The woman peeling potatoes is seated upon a chair and turned toward left. Shown in profile slightly from the left rear.
Pavillon de Louveciennes éxécuté près St. Germain pour Me Dubarry par Mr le Doux Architecte
Jean-Charles Krafft, French, 1764 - 1833, 1812
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

Architectural print illustrating a garden pavilion with two exterior elevations of the entrance façade and the river façade, a section view illustrating the interior, and floor plans for the basement and ground floor. The pavilion features neoclassical motifs - columns, friezes, niches with statues, and a domed coffered ceiling. The plate is titled, numbered, and signed.
Plate from 12 Stick Zum Verzaighnen Stechen Ver Fertigt (Set of Twelve Designs for Engraved Vessels)
Bernhard Zan, Germany, active ca. 1580, 1580
Punch engraving, pen and black ink, graphite on off-white laid paper
Print

A scrollwork frieze surrounds a fantastic animal mask ornamented with feathered headgear. Below a cluster of fruits and scrollwork, a seed flower hangs flanked by two additional masks.
Clouds over a City in Italy
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, September 1868 - April 1869
Graphite on tan wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Landscape sketch showng a view of the sunset of a city in Italy. Below, a hastily-rendered city skyline is visible. Various prominent rectangular structures are shown within the skyline. Above, a vibrant sky with varied clouds stretches over the scene.

Verso: Loosely rendered landscape sketch showing a view of the sun setting behind a cloud, with two structures on the foreground at right. Rays of sunlight emanate from behind a cloud close to the horizon while the rest of the sky remains open.
Sacerdotesse à la Grecque
Ennemond Alexandre Petitot, French, 1727 – 1801, 1771
Etching on paper
Print

Print titled ‘Sacerdotesse à la Grecque', from a series of 10 plates featuring fanciful costumes inspired by Ancient Greek and Roman ornament and architectural motifs. A standing male figure wears a costume and headdress featuring a section of a fluted column, acanthus leaf, and laurel leaf ornament and garlands and Greek key friezes. The figure also wears draped textiles and sandals. The plate is titled, signed and numbered.
Cross Section of a Grotto and Salon
Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742, 1749-1761
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Bound print

Cross section of an interior that looks out onto a garden. The structure on the left has a coffered domed ceiling with rosettes, and representations of allegorical female figures on either side of the rectangular door. The larger structure on the right has fluted columns and a fountain, and a statue of an angel at the top of the roof. The plate is signed and numbered. A graphite inscription at the bottom of the page indicates that this is a cross section of a grotto with an adjoining salon for the Elector of Cologne.
Iceberg at Midnight, Labrador
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, June–July 1859
Oil on tan paperboard
Drawing

Seascape sketch showing a loosely rendered view of a craggy, blue iceberg at midnight off the coast of Labrador, Canada. Situated nearby, the iceberg's shape is characterized by an immense pyramidal form at right that descends to a lower, flat segment with rugged, hefty spires at center and left. The berg floats on dark gray water while the twilight of the midnight sun renders the sky a striking gradient from blue-green, above, to fiery red-orange along the horizon.
Design for an Entablature
Filippo Marchionni, Italian, 1732–1805, 1750–1805
Pen and ink on paper
Drawing

Architectural details. Capitols of two Corinthian columns and section of freize on which two busts apear in profile, encircled with a female figure between.
Elevation d'une Porte a placard a deux vanteaux
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Elevation of a closet with double doors. The doors frame features a band of lamb tongue, and wave pattern and rosettes above. The overdoor panel has a relief of a low urn with bound leaves. The plate is signed.
Sidewall
, 1795–1800
Block-printed on handmade paper, joined sheets

Vertical rectangle on joined sheets of paper. Diagonally-running lattice design overlaid with alternating square and oblong octagons; the square octagons enclose a chair with vase, or a ewer with mug; the oblong octagons enclose rose sprays. Printed in blue, gray, terra cotta, brown and black on pale blue ground.
Elevation of a Wall Monument
Jean-Charles Delafosse, French, 1734 – 1789, 1780
Pen and black ink, brush and wash, black chalk on white laid paper
Drawing

Monument takes general scheme of a pedestal. Top section decorated with medallion of  sun, festoons below. Bottom section shows cross-shaped tablet at center, decorated pilasters topped with rosettes at either side. Base decorated with acanthus leaves. Shadows throughout.
Fragment
, 13th–14th century
linen Technique: pigment printed on plain weave

Fragment of printed linen with a repeating design of closely set roundels containing a pair of addorsed regardant birds perched in the branches of a central tree-of-life, enclosed by a broad plain band with crescent hatching. Simplified rosette in the interstices with four fleur-de-lys forms extending from it. Printed in violet-blue on an undyed linen ground.
Studies of Peace for "Justice and Peace"
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, 1878
Charcoal and white chalk on gray-brown laid paper
Drawing

Above, two studies of drapery. Below, at left, study of a woman's face in left profile. Below, at right, studies of a right foot and a right hand.
Trimming
, 18th century
silk Technique: woven

Green and tan trimming fragment in a checkerboard design.
Rocky Mountaintops, Syria
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, April or May 1868
Graphite on gray-green wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of a canyon in desert mountains from an elevated perspective. Cliff or boulder visible at far left that descends from left to right. Opposite canyon wall shown at right with visible rock strata.

Verso: Loose landscape sketch showing a rugged mountain ridge at left and center, and and a detail of a wooded hillside at upper right.
Ships at Sea
Pierre-Jacques Volaire, French, 1729 - Before 1802, 1775–1800
Pen and ink, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

A large galley with tender in the foreground. Two warships in the distance.
Sketch for a Painting
, ca. 1820
Black chalk on paper
Drawing

Sheet missing corners. Oval with a seated nude woman at left, reaching toward a figure at right.
Elevation of a Decorated Interior
Johann Michael Hoppenhaupt II, German, 1709–ca. 1778, 1753
Etching and engraving on white laid paper tipped into cream laid paper
Bound print

Elevation of an interior with a set of double doors at the center. The walls are richly decorated with rocaille ornamentation, including motifs such as pastoral scenes, hanging vines, leaves, trees, s- and c-curves, putti. The plate is signed.
Girl Seated on a Porch Step
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1879
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Vertical view of a girl sitting on a porch step and holding with her arms a column, as her head turns to her left.
Boulders at the Base of Tree, Catskill, New York
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, July 1844
Graphite on white wove paper
drawing

Landscape sketch showing large boulder and rocks at the base of a tree in the woods of Catskill, New York. Scantily rendered, the central rectangular boulder is articulated largely in outlines, like the tree trunk above it at right and the rocks and curving roots visible at lower left. Sense of looseness in handling throught.
Iceberg, Canada
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, June–July 1859
Graphite on light green wove paper
drawing

Seascape sketch showing a view of a large, craggy iceberg off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Dominating the composition at center, the iceberg has a tall, sharp, pyramidal peak at center that descends at left to a cubic formation on the far left margin. Striations of erosion melt are visible throughout the berg.
Border
, 19th century
silk (?) Technique: needle lace

Design of flowers and leaves work in relief and connected with ornamental brides.
Design for Armchair and Stool
Jean Démosthène Dugourc, French, 1749–1825, 1790
Brush and watercolor, pen and black ink, graphite on white laid paper. Ruled borders in pen and black ink.
Drawing

Left: Egyptian style curule stool, x-shaped legs terminating in bird heads. Seat is fringed in gold color.
Right: Armchair, round back pierced in a gothic design, legs slightly splayed, upholstered blue seat.
Houses of a Town at the Edge of a Rocky Shore
Eugène Edouard Soulès, French, 1811–1876, ca. 1840
Graphite on paper
Drawing

Water at left, probably a lake. A roughly outlined frame.
LA PORTE ST. DENIS
Adam Perelle, French, 1638 – 1695, 1672–1703
Etching on laid paper
Print

View of a Parisian monument, a triumphal arch - The Porte Saint-Denis (St. Denis Gate) - decorated with classical motifs, obelisks with trophies of arms and armor with lions, and friezes. Above an inscription in Latin - Ludovico Magno (To Louis the Great). The street is filled with figures, horses, and horse drawn carriages. Buildings on either side along the streets and cityscape visible in the background. The plate is signed and titled with a description below.
Façade with the Albani Arms
Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702–1786, 1730s
Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, black chalk on white wove paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. Building with two stories, the lower with five divisions and the upper with three. Stairs lead to the lateral left door and parallel to the façade to a ramp in front of the central part. At right, oblique stairs lead simultaneously to the lateral door and the ramp. The three doorcases are topped by a coat of arms, at left and in the center identified as that of the Albani. Tablets are above the door frames at left and in the center, respectively, with the inscriptions: ALEXANDER ALBANVS; ANNIBAL ALBANVS; posts are at the foot of the ramp.
Saint John in the Wilderness
Francesco Bartolozzi, Italian, active England, 1727–1815, ca. 1760–1770
Engraving in brown ink on white paper
Print

Saint John holds a bowl under a fountain, to the left. A cross of wood at the right, and mountains beyond.
Beirut Bay, Lebanon
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, January–May 1868
Brush and oil, graphite on off-white paperboard
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of the Bay of Beirut and the coast of Lebanon, from the coast near the harbor of Beirut. The waters of the bay extend from the foreground into the background, In the foreground at far right, a kind of wooden framework structure is built upon rocks in shallow water--perhaps for use by fisherman. In the middle distance at left, a ship is anchored in the harbor. In the background, across the bay, the mountainous coastline of Lebanon stretches across the horizon. Puffy white clouds fill an otherwise dark sky above.
Design for a Sedan Chair
, 1770–75
Brush and various water colors, pen and Chinese ink, black chalk on paper
Drawing

Shown from the rear right corner with open door. On top of the roof sits the Dionysus boy upon a scroll. He has a staff with vine in his left arm and with his right hand raises the garlands which decorate the roof. Corn cobs stand at the corners from which tassels hang. A scroll rises from the lower right to the upper left superimposed garland. The upper panel of the back shows above a festoon and an intertwined garland hanging from a disk. Below, the upper sides of a triangle form garlands. In it hangs a lozenge from a bow knot parted per pale, baron, and femme, two coats. First, a chevron between ?; second a bar between three roundels, 2, 1. The lower panels show above festoons from which garlands hang down in the lateral ones. In the panel below the window the garland supports an ovoid wreath framing a medallion. A disk and a calyx motif are shown in it. The bar is decorated with two intertwined garlands. The mountings are shown at left and at right at the back bar. The signature, beside at left, and two figures, probably 75 in the corner of the front foot have been erased.
Elevaon du costé du Jardin de la Maison de Monsieur de Bretonvillers
Jean Marot, French, 1619 - 1679, ca.1643–ca.1660
Etching on laid paper
Print

Architectural elevation of a large house, view from the garden side. A scale below. The plate is signed and titled.
Misty View from Olana, Hudson, New York
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, June 1882
Graphite on tan wove paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of mist and clouds over the Hudson River and the Catskills, as seen from Church's home, Olana, near Hudson, New York. In the foreground at center, the top of a nearby wooded hill is visible. In the middle distance at center, the Hudson River curves around a wooded prominence situated across the water in the village of Catskill. Above, large, layered, billowing clouds--predominantly shown at left--bring misty rain and low-lying clouds, suggested by the faint pencil strokes throughout the composition. Below the cloud bank, the rugged Catskill Escarpment is partially shown, obscured by clouds.
Stage Design: Arcade Leading to a Garden
, early 18th century
Pen and brown ink on paper
Drawing

Vertical format. Left-hand portion of a proscenium, with a columned and statued hall receding back and opening on to a garden, with a fountain. Back drop is an architectural screen, or casino. Right half of drawing incomplete.
Elevation d'un Pavillon de 11 toises du còté du jardin
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Elevation of a pavilion with a facade decorated with arches, bas-reliefs, garlands, engaged columns with ionic capitals, figural statues, fluting, and a crowned, winged coat of arms with fleurs-de-lys at top. The title indicates the building is 11 toises; 1 toise is the equivalent of about 3.799 square meters. The plate is signed.
The New Fashions
Constantin Guys, French, 1802 – 1892, 1858–60
Pen and brown ink, brush and tan, blue and gray-blue washes over graphite on thin off-white wove paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. Two fashionably dressed women walking past a hat shop.  A bonnet on a hat stand in the show window at left.  Both women wearing gray hooped skirts, poke bonnets, three-quarter black velvet capes and carrying light gray muffs.
Le Camp de la Douleur
Jean Berain, the elder, French, 1640-1711, 1711
Engraving on laid paper
Bound print

Design of the funeral chapel for the service of the Prince de Condé, held in Notre Dame de Paris on March 10, 1687. The burial monument is placed under a baldachin and is flanked by bystanders. The plate is signed.
Pleated fan
, 1840–1849
Paper leaf with hand-colored lithograph, pierced and gilded bone sticks

Pleated fan. Gilded paper leaf with hand-colored lithograph. Obverse: Cupid and Psyche (?) in a woodland setting beside altar with flaming hearts pierced by arrows. Reverse: birds and arabesques with central medallion with man and child. Pierced and gilded bone sticks.
Cartouche Design
Jean-Bernard Turreau, French, 1672 - 1731, 1716-19
Etching on laid paper
Print

Design for a cartouche framed by putti, a mascaron (mask), c-scrolls, festoons of laurel leaves, ribbons, palm leaves, egg, fluting, gadrooning, and scale motifs. Lower left: a small vase of flowers decorated with fluting, gadrooning, and rosettes. Lower right: an ornament featuring griffins, a torch and scrolling leaves (rinceaux). The plate is signed.
Popocatépetl, Mexico
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1892–93
Graphite on beige wove paper
drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of the volcano known as Popocatépetl in Mexico. In the foreground or middle distance at lower center left, a large rock or a small hill is visible. Dominating the scene at center, the sharp, conical, and snow-capped peak of Popocatépetl is shown with a cloud hanging beside its summit at left. Another rugged mountain is shown beside Popocatépetl at right.
Elevation and Plan for a Public Fountain
François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768, 1745
Etching and engraving on off-white laid paper
Print

Elevation and plan for a fountain set within an apse. The water flows from the mouth of a dolphin, which is framed by statues of Minera (left), and another classical figure. The plate is signed and numbered.
La Petite Bergere
Charles Emile Jacque, French, 1813 - 1894, ca. 1860
Etching on cream paper
Print

A young shepherdess stands among her sheep. A ewe nurses a lamb. Beyond a gnarled tree is seen a village in the distance.
Frame with Trophy
François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768, 1740–68
Etching and engraving on paper
Bound print

Upright frame design for a mirror or painting, a trophy of arms and armor at top surrounded by banners and drums. Vines of lives at right and left sides.
Sidewall
, 1820–30
Block-printed, handmade paper, joined

Vertical rectangle, on joined sheets of paper. Conventionalized pattern of full-blown flowers and scrolling leaves. Printed in pale yellow and white on darker yellow satin ground.
Button
, ca. 1880
Brass

Component -a is on card i80-3
a: circular brass button; at the top, the motto: Excelsior; below that a flying eagle, head to left, holding a shield in his mouth. On reverse: H. V. Allien & Co. N.Y.; b: similar button but smaller. On reverse: H. V. A & Co. N.Y. -a,b have brass shanks.
Stage Setting, People Rushing into Crypt
, ca. 1775
Pen and bistre ink, brush and green wash on green paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Slight indication of vaults in interior space. Fire burning at center, several figures rushing in from left with lit torches. Skeleton in the foreground at right, possibly representing Death. Verso: Skull and skeleton.
The Parthenon and Ruined Fragments, Athens, Greece
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, April 1869
Graphite on gray wove paper
Drawing

Architecture sketch showing a view of the Parthenon in Athens, Greece, from the west. Ruinous blocks and fragmented columns and their drums litter the terrain in the foreground, while the Parthenon itself stretches horizontally across the composition in the middle distance. At center, two damaged columns stand isolated from the rest, indicating the epicenter of the blast that destroyed the original Parthenon, that sent ruinous fragments into the places they now reside. At left and right, the intact Doric colonnades and entablatures of the Parthenon's fore- and rear facades stand resolutely. The interior of the temple at right is heavily shaded. Between the two facades, the artist included two lines indicating the course of the missing entablature/roof.

Verso: Indistinct landscape sketch from Athens, Greece, showing the outline of a rugged mountain ridge with an arched ruin.
Crescent Moon
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1860 - 1880
Graphite on gray-green wove paper
Drawing

Landscape and atmosphere sketch showing a view of the crescent moon in a partially clouded sky, likely seen from the artist's property near Hudson, New York. At upper center, a crescent moon hangs in the sky and illuminates the hazy clouds around it. At lower center, nearby treetops are visible. 

Verso: Atmosphere sketch showing a view of backlit storm clouds billowing above a mountain range, likely viewed from the artist's property near Hudson, New York. Situated at center, one dark, puffy cloud has a bright edge as it looms over a mountain peak--another billowing cloud is faintly rendered behind it. Above, a long, dark cloud banks stretches across the composition.
Design for Ceiling Decoration
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1746–1809
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

A variation of the of -1524. The supports are gaines with half figures of Atlantes. A view of an Ionic arcade is shown over the entablature.
Fragment, frame
, ca. 1750
wood, painted and gilded

Portion of a carved Venetian moulding, painted cream, green, and red.  Flowers and fruit with running foliage.  Scrolled edge.
Square Panel with a Roset
, 1750–1800
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown, gray wash, over black chalk on white laid paper
Drawing

Five acanthus leaves revolve around a circle of beads and a band and molded frame.
Wall Fountain
Giuseppe Valadier, Italian, 1762–1839, 1775
Graphite, brush and gray wash on laid paper
Drawing

Design for a fountain with three columns on each side; sculptural figures above entablature.
Design for two friezes
, 1770-1790
Pen and Chinese ink, brush and watercolor, graphite on paper
Drawing

The top frieze depicts intertwined, curved bands with rosettes. The bottom frieze shows rosettes of alternating design.
Bases of pilaster stripe
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, ca. 1790
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

Central row, above: the elevation of two pedestals, one above the other, separated by a band. The front panel of the lower pedestal is decorated with marble, that of the upper one with figures. Below, a high pedestal with a frieze supported by two gaines. Above is another pedestal with a medallion and a garland at the front. The pedestal of a pillar is at the back. Below at left is a gaine with a lion mask as support of an entablature. Below at right is shown the left half of a pedestal upon which lions crouch supporting another pedestal. Colored background.
Tethered Donkey and a Style of Fence, South America
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1853
Graphite on tan wove paper
Drawing

Figure sketch of a donkey in Colombia or Ecuador, tethered with a rope around its neck and viewed obliquely from the rear. Partial detail of a fence visible upper right. Significant discoloration throughout.
Stage Design: Palace Architecture
, 1700–1750
Pen and bistre, pencil on paper, lined
Drawing

Vertical rectangle showing alternative designs for a domes building with garlanded columns. Left side shows a monument in the center.
Armoire à la Moderne
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Design for a double door armoire decorated with bands of ornament motifs including wave pattern, lamb tongue, egg and dart, and rosettes. The plate is signed.