biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Title Page
Pietro Metastasio, Italian, 1698 – 1782, 1755
Etching on laid paper
Print

Title page for the ninth of ten volumes of poetry by Metastasio. The title, address and date are lettered within an ornamental border, featuring trellis, c-scrolls, acanthus leaf, and palm leaf ornament, fleurons, garlands of flowers, cartouches, clouds, and two winged putti.
Designs for Vertical Friezes or Pilasters
Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742, ca. 1900
Photomechanical print
Bound print

Three designs for vertical panels or pilasters decorated with, from left to right: an anguiped fountain with winged putti around the spraying water; an Atlas with a winged lion atop a cloud; and a half-human half-dragon grotesque with coral, shells, and seaweed emerging from her head. The plate is signed and numbered.
Monument of King Louis XVI of France
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1793
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper
Drawing

The architectural setting is the same as in 1938-88-1295, but a niche in the wall is suggested. In front of the pedestal stands the sarcophagus, whose fringed cloth is held up by two putti. The pedestal has several offsets. On top of the statue of the kneeling ruler is classical attire. Below it is a festoon, supported by two sitting putti. The decoration of the couch is sketched.
Buttons and card
, ca. 1890
Cardboard; green silk, tin

1940-98-1: One card with inscription and 36 buttons. Card wit...
Vessel with Two Soldiers
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1862
Graphite on cream wove paper, laid down
Drawing

Vertical slight sketch, possibly representing a vessel, with two soldiers.
Design for Cartouche with Putti Supporting Helmet
François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768, 1738–45
Engraving and etching on laid paper
Bound print

Large rocaille-framed cartouche depicting two putti holding a staff with helmet, above, winged figure blowing horn. Left, plant bearing fruit topped with putto holding helmet and axe with escutcheon, leading to curled branches, some of which turn into geometrical trellis-like design. Right of cartouche, stairs with wall and vase.
Mausoleum
Jean Berain, the elder, French, 1640-1711, 1711
Engraving on laid paper
Bound print

Scene in a mausoleum with four bystanders. The space is decorated with coats of arms, trophies, and candles. The plate is signed.
Portico at Entrance of Theatre at Brescia
Antonio Giuseppe Basoli, Italian, 1774–1843, early 19th century
Pen and bistre ink, brush and sepia wash on paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Portico of theatre at Brescia from inside, figures standing in groups.
Doorframe for a poor house
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, ca. 1790
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper
Drawing

Two overdoors separated by the entablature. The bottom one shoes an inscription: PAVPERES / PROVIDE", flanked by triglyphs. The top one consists of an inscription tablet in a niche. Colored background.
Design for Cartouche Evoking Death
Jacques de Lajoüe, French, 1687–1761, 1740
Engraving on white laid paper
Print

Cartouche decorated with elements of death. At top, a skull wearing a papal cap. A fatal weapon extends from a cluster of leaves above the skull. Evoking a coffin and gravesite, torches, laurel leaves, a coat of arms, and implements of a grave digger (a pick and shovel) surround the cartouche.
Design for an Embroidered or Woven Corner Motif of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"
Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1800–1825
Brush and white gouache on glazed tracing paper
Drawing

A motif consisting of a kind of mace flanked by dolphins, together with which it supports a calyx from which tree arrows, connected by scrolls, rise. Obliquely shown in an angle of lines.
The Virgin with the Child
Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863, 1820-1850
Pen and ink, brush and dark brown watercolor on paper
Drawing

The halffigure of the Virgin is seen frontally, supporting the back of the Child. He is bending downwards, somewhat to the left.
Andiron Designs
Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742, ca. 1900
Photomechanical print
Bound print

Designs of two andirons; the left andiron is a scrolling cartouche topped with a vase with a snake on its lid; the right andiron has a putto holding a cornucopia on top of a pedestal with mascarons, shells, and a portrait medallion. The plate is signed and numbered.
Design for an Emrboidery Repeat
, 1780–1800
Pen and ink, brush and gouache on paper
Drawing

A hanging bunch of flowers, top right, is connected by a leaf garland and a thread with a rising and waxed flower stem.
Sidewall - fragment
, 1795–1805
Block-printed on handmade paper

a) Obverse: A mythological scene of three classic figures in grisaille representing a bacchic scene, Youth with a thyrus holding up Bacchus whose fallen empty drinking cup is on the ground. Maenade with a lyre is laughing at him. At top is an applied border simulating a draped fabric, edged top and bottom with lace, and held up by a leaf motif. At bottom is a border simulating marble. b) Reverse: A Directoire design of alternating geometric squares with rosettes. Between are figures of children at play done in grisaille. At bottom is a wide border simulating marble. Green, amber, black and white on gray field.
La Vue
François-Thomas Mondon, French, 1709 – 1755, ca. 1736-55
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

An allegory for the sense of sight featuring a large magic lantern or camera obscura type device with peep holes around each side. The box is decorated with rococo motifs, c-scrolls, cartouches, shells, fluting, and gadrooning.  The large box is in a landscape flanked by trees, with a young girl and boy looking into the holes. A man stands left of the large box, and another seated to the right looks through a telescope towards the sky. The plate is titled and signed.
Design for Woven Shawl with Paisley Motifs
, 1825–50
Brush and gouache on brown oiled translucent paper
Drawing

Design for a woven shawl featuring two paisley motifs, also referred to as Persian cones. The designs consist of blossoms in multiple colors, including dark red, light red, blue, and purple, and green calyces and leaves. The paisley design on the left is smaller than the other design on the right, which is positioned obliquely. Two flower boughs and parts of red blossoms surround the lower part of the design on the right.
Designs for a Vase and Two Ewers
Henri Sallembier, French, ca. 1753 - 1820, 1777
Etching on laid paper
Print

Designs for a vase and two ewers featuring neoclassical and Turkish motifs (Turkerie) including leaf festoon, leather straps as handles, oval profile portrait, mascaron (mask), quiver of arrows, shield, feathers, crescent moons, beads, textiles, ribbons, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), fluting, and gadrooning. The plate is numbered.
Textile
, 14th–15th century
silk, metallic yarns Technique: lampas, 4 harness broken twill plus 1/3 twill

Purplish-gray ground with design entirely in gold. Pattern arranged in offset horizontal rows. Paired hound attacking goose separated by broad curving branches and palm leaves; small blossoms in interspaces.
Fragment
, 3rd–4th century
Warp; S-spun linen. Wefts; S-spun linen, S-spun wool Technique: slit tapestry with supplementary weft wrapping.

Geometric band in black.
Design for a Sedan Chair
, 1775–90
Black chalk, pen and Chinese ink, brush and yellow, brown, blue, purple, rose watercolors on paper
Drawing

Shown in profile, turned toward left, with one bar. Corn cobs stand in the middle and at the corners of the roof, the first one seemingly in a meadow. Tassels hang from the corners. The panel beside the window is decorated with a cord with two tassels hanging over two disks. The lower panels have single blossom rosettes in their upper parts. The left end of the bar is shown; it is without a mounting.
Title Page
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, 1778
Etching on laid paper
Print

Title page and design for a cartouche or framing device featuring festoons of flowers, ribbons, scrolling acanthus leaves (rinceaux), foliate branches, and grapes. The plate is titled, numbered, and signed.
Friezes; An Antique Sarcophagus; A Vase
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, ca. 1800
Pen and dark brown ink, brush and brown wash on laid paper
Drawing

Left row, above: lions stand with scrolls; center, above: hanging circumscribed palmettos alternate with circumscribed female head; center, below: bucrania support festoons, situated above crossed branches upon which birds stand. Women pour water into bowls which they present to crouching winged lions.  Center row, above: crossed vine branches as decorative frieze; below: elevation of sarcophagus, right side outlined. Winged genii lean upon medallion, above festoon and tablet. Hanging trophies of shields and acanthus scrolls, probably column decoration.  Vase with pair of swans as handles, connected by festoons.
Man
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1880
Brush and gouache, graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Sketch of a male figure.
Plate, from the series Ornamenti o grottesche (Ornaments or Grotesques)
Stefano della Bella, Italian, 1610–1664, ca. 1653
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

At top, the title "Ornament o Grottesche / di Stef. Della Bella." These words appear in the top of three circles formed by long leaves that sprout from the bodies of creatures at the bottom of the etching. Two eagles with spread wings perch in the other two circles.
Galerie métallique des grands hommes français (Great Men of France)
Ursines-Jules Vatinelle, French, 1798 - 1826, 1818
Cast bronze
Medal

Bust of Pierre Gassendi (1592-1655).
Panneau avec son lambris
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Design for paneling with wainscoting, decorated with ornament motifs including leaf garland and ribbon, cornucopia, and a rosette. The plate is signed.
Design for a Sepulchral Monument
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, ca. 1795
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper
Drawing

The back wall of a pavilion has the shape of a niche. In its is below the sarcophagus supported by Atlantes, and above an oval niche with an urn. A festoon surrounds the lower part of this niche. Laterally and in the front are no walls, but arches supported by two pillars. The entablature is projecting in front of the corners and is there supported by two obliquely standing columns. Rectangularly projecting steps give access to the platform. Above the entablature is an attic, with figures standing above the columns. The dome has the shape of a pedestal, with an escutcheon on top, supported by putti, of whom the left is sitting and blowing a trumpet, the right one apparently knels. Below is the left hald of the plan, and a sketch of a crouching griffin as a part of a decoration.
Stage Design, Prison Interior with the Death of Socrates
Antonio Giuseppe Basoli, Italian, 1774–1843, early 19th century
Pen and brown ink, brush and gray and black wash on off-white laid paper, partially laid down on paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Interior of antique prison with high vaults. In foreground, group of figures in conversation with seated prisoner to whom they seem to offer the poisoned drink meant to kill him, likely an illustration of the death of Socrates.
Frieze: Trophies of Arms and Putti
Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682, 1671
Etching on paper
Print

A seated and a flying putto support a shield, upon which a battle is represented. A putto is kneeling before a shield, at left, another seated one leans upon a shield and raises a wreath, at right.
Clock or Barometer Wall Mount Designs
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1775-1788
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Two designs for wall-mounted clocks or barometers. The one at left has a mascaron at top and a fluted pillar leading down toward the round face. The bottom has garlands of beads, flowers, tassels, and a monogram rondel. The mount at left has a low, gadrooned vase on top with a pinecone finial, floral wreath, and ribbons atop a pedestal with bead course leading down to the round face, which is framed by bands of lamb tongue and cornucopia. The mount has garlands of flowers, tassels, and ribbons at the bottom. The plate is signed and numbered
Button
, mid-19th century
steel

1931-59-305-a: circular, flat button; with decoration in design o...
Elevation developée d'une Grille et Fontaine posée en tour creuse aux angles de la Place Royale de Nancy
Jean Lamour, French, 1698–1771, 1753
Etching on laid paper
Bound print

Elevation of the gate and fountain on the Place Royale in Nancy. The fountain in the center of the rocaille gate is of Neptune wielding his triton while riding on his sea horses. In a smaller archway to the left, is a smaller fountain of putti holding a large shell; in a smaller archway to the right, is a smaller fountain of putti riding a dolphin. The plate is signed.
Cartouche with Mask
François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768, 1738
Etching and engraving on paper
Bound print

Asymmetrical blank upright rocaille cartouche topped with a mask; a large tree at left. Shields and vegetation surround the ornamental frame.
Two Frieze Designs
Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682, 1655–82
Etching on laid paper
Print

Two ornamental friezes with scrolling leaves (rinceaux), foliate branches, a female figure, snakes, mascaron (mask) with fruit, festoons of leaves, ribbons, putti, and a lion. The publisher's address is lettered below.
Wooded Shore, Quakish Lake, Maine
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, October 4, 1878
Graphite on white wove paper
drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of the heavily wooded shoreline of Quakish Lake near Millinocket, Maine. The surface of the lake extends from the foreground to the middle distance, which is blanketed in lush deciduous and conifer trees. This vegetation forms a darkened mass of organic, undulating forms. In the background at left, the upper portion of a billowing cumulus cloud is visible over the horizon.
Eagle and Snake
, ca. 1805
Black crayon, pen and ink, brush and sepia on paper
Drawing

Eagle standing upon a rock holding the neck of a snake in its right talon. Seen from the front.
Latest from the Front—Our Friends the Mosquitoes Preparing and Off for the Summer Campaign, Illustration for Harper's Weekly (XVII, No. 860, June 21, 1873, p. 532)
Frederick Stuart Church, American, 1842–1924, June 21, 1873
Etching in black ink
Ephemera

Left, group of mosquitoes playing instruments. Right, mosquitos sharpening their proboscis. Mosquitoes seen flying in the background.
Sidewall
Desfossé et Karth, French, 1863, 1860
Block-printed paper

Vertical rectangle. Framework of diagonal chains of roses, with tilted basket of roses at the center. Mounted on board and badly damaged - broken into many small pieces.
View of the Piazza del Popolo, Rome from series : "Vedute di Roma", v. II
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720–1778, 1750
Etching
Print

Horizontal rectangle. View of the piazza, showing the three streets diverging from it. The Obelisk is in the foreground, and behind it, left, the church of S. M. in Monte Santo: right, S. M. De' Miracoli. Title in margin below, "Vedute della Piazza del Popolo."
Border
, ca. 1860
Block-printed and flocked

Central light brown flock stripe bordered above and below by white stripes overlaid by light brown flock lattice design.
Jester
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1876
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Seated male actor dressed as a jester in profile. Series of vertical bars across lower half of page.
Mt. Sannine near Beirut, Lebanon
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, May 15, 1868
Graphite on gray-green wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of Mt. Sannine from a perspective near present-day Beirut, Lebanon. A ridge in the foreground descends from upper right the lower left, revealing a view of other rugged mountain ranges extending from middle distance to background. The peak of Mt. Sannine is visible at center right.

Verso: Landscape sketch showing a hastily rendered view of mountains with a nestled village in Lebanon or Syria. A rugged canyon, showing in greater detail that the surrounding terrain, is visible at center. In background, the outline of a rugged mountain ridge stretches across the composition. A small village is visible at lower left.
Stage Design, Interior of Hall
, early 19th century
Pen and bistre ink, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Vast hall supported by columns.
Design for a Trophy
Mathurin Cherpitel, French, 1736 – 1809, 1755–68
Etching on laid paper
Print

Design for a nautical themed trophy hanging from a rope tied to a ring. The trophy includes different parts of a sail ship, a sail, bow, ropes, and a compass. The plate is signed.
Puck, Study for Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, IL
J. Carroll Beckwith, American, 1852–1917, 1891–92
Charcoal and graphite on cream wove paper
Drawing

Figure of a boy with butterfly wings, a star on his head; left leg raised, foot held out behind; right arm held out to side, left arm crossed in front of body as hand holds rein. Concentric lines indicate curve of dome. Squared for copying.
Design for a Window Case
Filippo Marchionni, Italian, 1732–1805, ca. 1770
Pen and ink on laid paper
Drawing

A broken pediment, with ram's head in the center above a drapery supported by the cornices; a crown on top. in the window opening is the upper part of a man with his hands resting upon a horizontal bar. Above some remnants of accounts. On verso: accounts and a sketch of a sleeping nymph; beside are trees.
Escutchon, Mask, No. 8 from "Raccolta di varii cappriccii et nove inventioni di cartelle et ornamenti"
Stefano della Bella, Italian, 1610–1664, 1646
Etching on paper
Print

No. 8 of the same set as -10,  "Raccolta di varii cappriccii," etc.
Catafalque of Giorgio Bolognetti, Bishop of Rieti
Sebastiano Cipriani, Italian, 1660 - 1740, 1686
Pen and brown ink, watercolor, black chalk on laid paper
Drawing

A baldachino mounted on a raised platform between two large candelabra, ornamented with fleur-de-lis, holding lit candles.
Design for a Frieze
Jean-Guillaume Moitte, French, 1746–1810, ca. 1780–1800
Pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper
Drawing

A palmette motify with a fruit bowl as center, the Bacchus boy on a seat, a cornucopia.
Panel Design of Grotesque Ornamentation
Jean Berain, the elder, French, 1640-1711, 1711
Engraving on laid paper
Bound print

Panel of symmetrical grotesque ornamentation with figures in antique garb approaching an altar under a baldachin at the center. The plate is signed and lettered "C."
John Jay Phelps Seated, Separate Hand and Chain Study
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, 1863
Graphite on light brown wove paper Verso: Graphite and white chalk
Drawing

Half-length seated male figure with beard, looking upward to left. Additional study of left hand with watch chain, upper right.
Elévation d'une porte avec son profil
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Elevation and profile of a doorway. The doorframe is decorated with ornament motifs including floral garland and scrolls. The plate is signed.
Laundry Hung Out to Dry
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1865–75
Brush and oil on white paperboard
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of laundry hung out to dry on a clothesline on the slope of a lush, grassy hill, likely in or near Hudson, New York. White, violet, blue, and yellow items of clothing hang from a line supported by wooden poles at either end. At left, the clothesline continues beyond the pole, and another clothesline is also visible at right. Beneath the rightmost poles, a large basket with white laundry is included. Light, puffy clouds hang in the otherwise blue sky above.
Textile
, late 18th–early 19th century
cotton Technique: relief-printed

Floral stripe on a floral ground.
Embroidery and Marquetry Designs for a Carriage
Bernard Picart, 1673–1733, 1713
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Embroidery and marquetry designs for a carriage with ornament motifs such as rinceaux, fruits, and winged putti.
View of Venice, Italy
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1880
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Sketch of the Grand Canal in Venice from a promenade with the outline of churches and gondolas along the horizon.
Entrees de Serrures
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1775-1788
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Designs for two lock entries. The one on the left has attributes of war around it, including a helmet at top, flags, quivers, bows, and scrolling acanthus leaves with flower tassels from it. The one on the right has a crown at top, and is surrounded by stylized and scrolling acanthus leaves, and a swag of flowers. The plate is signed and numbered.
Two Designs for Candlesticks
, ca. 1810
Black crayon, brush and sepia wash on light blue paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. The sketches that appear in 1938-88-566 are fully executed. Two candlesticks shown beside each other. At left, the base of the candlestick contains a compartment with eagles at the base. The shaft has two foliated parts connected by one with a band. At right, at the base are two standing eagles supporting a festoon. The shaft has three foliated parts. At bottom left, a scale.
Portrait of a Woman
Francesco Bartolozzi, Italian, active England, 1727–1815, ca. 1760–1770
Engraving in brown ink on white paper
Print

The woman is facing left, with her right arm extended, her left at her side. She wears a large cap, with streamers swirling down behind her back.
Sketches
Filippo Marchionni, Italian, 1732–1805, ca. 1750
Pen and ink, brush and gray watercolor on paper
Drawing

Top left: ceiling decoration with panels and bands. Bottom right: panel decoration with grotesque motifs and escutcheon on top; beneath it are dolphins with crossing tails; a bell hands from the tail of another dolphin farther below. Lower left: a vase in the shape of a column base, filled; a standing man and a kneeling woman are shown in the bottom molding; some accounting figures. On verso: fragment of a written tablet pertinent to a chemical system beginning with "Ogio dolce semplice," ending with "Saponi animali come la Bile / Gelatina animale."
Whiteface Mountain, New York, Part Two
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1856
Graphite on gray-green wove paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing the second part of a panoramic view of Whiteface Mountain in the Adirondack Mountains of New York, and other nearby ridges and hills. At center, the mountain's pyramidal peak is prominently visible, while other hills and ridges are layered in front of it in the middle distance and foreground. Wooded terrain is likely shown in the immediate foreground.
Dessus de porte
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Design for an overdoor with a large central rondel framed by leaf garland. At the top of the overdoor is a military trophy; at the bottom are two putti and a mascaron. The plate is signed.
Boulder in the Woods
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1846–52
Brush and oil, graphite on heavy cardboard
Drawing

Intimate landscape sketch of fern- and moss-covered rocks, boulders, roots, and tree trunk. The composition is dominated by shadow and dark hues of green and brown against a black background. A small pool may be visible in the immediate foreground along the lower margin.
Arabesque Ornament Designs
Jean-Baptiste Fay, French, active 1765 – 1790s, late 18th century
Etching on laid paper
Print

Four horizontal designs for ornamental friezes with repeating patterns featuring arabesque motifs. The designs include flowers, scrolling leaves, fleurons, rosettes, festoons of flowers, vases, vignettes with animals, portrait busts, and sculptures. The plate is numbered and signed.
Plate from Omnia Conando Docilis Solertia Vincit (A Docile Disposition will Conquers all Difficulty)
Paul Birckenhultz, German, 1561 - 1639, Ca. 1600
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Vertical rectangle showing a vase with three fantastic masks containing a symmetrical floral arrangement. The vase stand on a table with gadrooning.