biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Orator Henley Christening a Child
Jane Ireland, British, 1786-1794
Etching on paper
Print

A christening scene around a small round table. Four young persons-two men and two women-are standing behind the table. The pastor holds the child. A small girl in front of the table spills the water from the holy-water basin.
Sampler
Susan Cuming, English, 1827
silk embroidery on wool foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, satin, chain, and running stitches on a plain weave foundation

Eagle, band of trees, verse, "Have not Eve and Adam taught us/ their sad profit to compute/ To what dismal state they brought us/ when they stole forbidden fruit."  All within a curving floral border.
Quatre Parties du monde
Joseph Gaspard Picart, ca. 1785
silk Technique: damask
Textile

Panel of pale yellow silk damask with design of allegorical figures representing the Four Continents. Asia is depicted as a man seated on a camel carrying an open parasol, and behind him an ape plays with a butterfly. Europe is a seated, helmeted female resting her hand on a shield, on which appears a horse. Other attributes include: flags, trumpet, anchor, caduceus, and cornucopia. Africa appears as two men in plumed turbans spearing lions. America is represented by seated Indians, in high feather headdress, carrying a bow and playing with a parrot. Based on designs by Joseph Bourne and Pascal Picart.
Textile
, 18th century
wool on cotton Technique: crewel wool embroidery

White cotton worked in colored wools; symmetrical design of flower and vine.
Vase
, 19th century
glass

hyacinth  Green glass.
Fragment
, late 16th–early 17th century
silk, metallic Technique: velvet

Small symmetrical figure with leaf curving from lower end closely set at right angles, in stie mauve and blue voided cut and uncut velvet on cream cloth ground originally run through with metal strips.
Sidewall - sample
, 1906–07
Machine-printed

Tulips on curved stem and oblong leaves vertically designed with five leaf foliage between the flowers. Vertically striped background, with vermicelli fine lines and pin dots covering the background. Printed in shades of red, green and beige.
Cinching Up, Illustration for The Century Magazine (XXXVIII, No. 1, May 1889, p. 2)
Mary A. Hallock Foote, American, 1847–1938, 1889
Wood-engraving in black ink on paper
Print

Man assists young woman who is seated on a horse. Canyon in background.
Ceiling paper
Standard Wall-Paper Company, Standard Wall-Paper Company, Sandy Hill, New York, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

Large medallions feature line-work crosses with stylized blossoms at finials and intersections. These larger medallions alternate with quatrefoil blossoms as well as smaller, octagonal medallions outlined by c-scrolls. Medallions and blossoms are printed on top of an allover diaper pattern. The simple outlines of the medallions and textured look of the diapered background make the pattern resemble an embroidered sampler. Pattern is printed in gold, green and tan on a khaki ground.
Habit de Cordonnier [The Shoemaker]
Nicolas de Larmessin II, French, ca. 1638 - 1694, ca. 1695
Engraving
Print

Figure of a man facing the view.  His costume is composed of the tools and products of his trade: shoes are worn on his hat, sleeves, and suspended from his waist.
Plave LIV from Theatrum instrumentorum et machinarum
Julio Paschale, 1582
Woodcut on paper
Print

A small boat left, with many anchors out, righting a ship on logs to launch it, right, by means of ropes and wheels. Crowds watch, a city beyond, upper right. Rocks, left. Description in Latin on verso of 1949-152-251.
Light Sketch of Choppy Sea with Rocks and Cliffs at Left
William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905, 1885–90
Graphite on cream wove paper, bound
Sketchbook folio

Ocean in foreground with three rocks at left in foreground. At left in distance, large horizontal cliffs.
Grotesque Heads
Pietro Antonio Novelli, Italian, 1728 - 1804, 1750-1775
Pen and ink on paper
Drawing

Three human heads rendered grotesquely like those of animals. Two are shown in profile while one is shown frontally.
Ceiling paper
Keystone Wall-Paper Company, 1905–1915
Machine-printed paper

On light blue ground, cluster of white flowers and rinceaux in pinwheel shape.
Fork with Carved Figural Coral Handle
, ca. 1600–1630
coral, silver plated, gold
fork

1985-103-81,82: Two-tined fork with sloping shoulder; gilded neck ...;     1985-103-81: Two-tined pointed fork with sloping shoulders. Gil...;     1985-103-82: Oval spoon bowl, gilded neck elaborately decorated...
Sidewall
, ca. 1800
Block-printed on handmade paper

Small-scale white and black pattern of flower sprigs on deep blue.
Sketchbook Page: Girl in a Hat
Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919, 1875
Graphite on paper
Sketchbook folio

Young girl in a wide-brimmed hat, facing forward.
Frieze
, 1800–1850
Block-printed on handmade paper

Repeating motif of a column, stop-fluted on bottom third. A drapery hangs behind row of columns. A foliate swag suspends from capitals. Anthemion or palmette motif on the drapery and below.  Band of dentilling at top edge and across column base. Printed in shades of blue, black and white on a pale blue-gray ground.
Fragment
, 16th–17th century
silk Technique: cut and uncut supplementary warp pile (velvet) in a satin foundation

Fragment of cut and uncut reddish-violet velvet of vertical stripes with a scrolling vine pattern.
The Right Hon. Gustavus Lord Viscount Boyne & C
A.M. Ireland, 1794
Etching on paper
Print

A full-length portrait of a young man in landscape. He is standing in foreground slightly turned towards left. He rests his right hand on a sculptured stone. In his left he holds his hat and cane. In further background hills and trees.
Ignudo from Sistine Chapel ceiling
Jean-Robert Ango, French, active in Rome 1759 –1770, d. 1773, ca. 1759–70
Red chalk on paper
Drawing

Ignudo (nude figure) between Creation of Eve and Expulsion from the Garden of Eden on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo. The figure's torso is twisted and he looks over his shoulder.
Design for a Lobby, Possibly the Ante Room to the Music Room
Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859, 1815–22
Brush and watercolor, pen and ink on paper
Drawing

Vertical Rectangle. Design for the Royal Pavilion, Brighton. Perspective view of the end of a corridor, with a doorway flanked by half-round columns on the wall facing the spectator, a section of another doorway visible on wall at the left, a long window on wall to the right. A greed marbleized design covers the walls. Brilliant virtuoso marbling.

Original album associated with this collection still exists.  See 1948-40-1 accessory
Unfinished Landscape with Large Trees, Pond and Hills
William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905, 1870–85
Graphite on cream wove paper, bound
Sketchbook folio

Unfinished study of countryside. In left middleground, three large, bushy trees. In distance at right, a pond with additional trees and a hill behind it.
Fragment
, 16th–17th century
silk Technique: cut and uncut supplementary warp pile (velvet) in a plain weave foundation

Grey-blue velvet fragment, cut and uncut, on a yellow ground in a symmetrical small-scale pattern of four leafy scrolls alternately enclosing fleur-de-lys and plant forms.
Ancient Tombs at Petra and Well at Be'er Sheva
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, February 26 and March 3, 1868
Graphite on white laid paper
drawing

Two landscape sketches showing four views of ancient rock-cut tombs at Petra in present-day Jordan, above, and a circular well in the city of Be'er Sheva in present-day Israel, below. At lower center, a figure crouches beside the wide opening of the well, which is lined in hewn stones, and two sketches of water troughs are visible at lower right.
Virgo, Lunette for Ceiling, Sala Ottagonale, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1804–05
Pen and brown ink, brush and light brown wash over graphite on white laid paper
Drawing

Crouching winged female putto in a demi lune.
Plan and Elevation of the Ginetti Chapel at Sant'Andrea della Valle Basilica
Carlo Fontana, Italian, 1634 - 1714, 1671
Engraving, brush and blue wash on paper
Print

Plan and Elevation of the Ginetti Chapel at Sant'Andrea della Valle Basilica.
Canyon Panorama, Part One, El Yemen Valley, Palestine (Israel)
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, February 20, 1868
Graphite and white gouache on gray wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Landscape sketch of a bulging mountainside in the region of present-day southern Israel known to Church as the Valley of El Yemen. The mountain dominates the composition, rising from lower right to upper left along a steep slope, which is broken in three places by ledges and cliffs. Various surface details are lightly rendered. In background at right, another mountain ridge is visible.

Verso: Landscape sketch of a cliff face and mountain in the region known to Church as the El Yemen Valley in southern Israel. At left, a sheer cliff with a rolling, undulating surface is viewed obliquely and shaded in some detail. Rock strata is visible. A somewhat rounded mountain peak is shown in the middle distance at right.
Portrait of a Cardinal
, 1725-1750
Engraving on paper
Print

Bust-length portrait in three-quarter view to left. The Cardinal, an elderly man, is wearing an order. The portrait is encircled by a laurel wreath frame cut off at sides.
Decorated Cartouche with Classical Architecture
Pierre Edme Babel, French, 1720–1775, 1720–1775
Engraving on paper
Print

Decorated Cartouche with Classical Architecture.
Design for a Tabernacle
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1746-1809
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper
Drawing

Below are the moldings of the altar furniture. The tabernacle has the shape of a building. Seen from its left corner. Below is a dado. The central part is bordered by a convex semi-circle with six free columns and a cupola. Inside is a group of figures. The lateral panels contain a niche with a statue. Above the upper entablature are on either side two figures, in the center are two angels upon clouds, in adoration of a central motif.
Andiron Designs
Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742, 1749-1761
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Bound print

Page printed with two plates of andiron designs. The top plate features three andirons decorated with garlands, acanthus leaves, scrolls, shells, fluting, rings, ribbon twist, and mascarons. The bottom plate features two andirons in the form of lidded urns decorated with egg molding, cartouches, acanthus leaves, rings, fluting, mascarons, and scrolls. Both plates are signed and numbered.
Design for a clock
Lefebvre Manufactory, Tournai, 1800–1825
Brush and yellow, red watercolor, black wash, graphite, on cream laid paper
Drawing

Clock sits on footed base. At center, an oblong clock easel decorated with leaves, rosettes, wreath. "HOMERE / VIRGILE" written at center. Above dial are three books and a wreath. At left, on pedestal, a winged cupid plays a lyre. At right, on pedestal, a flaming candlestick with suspended lyre.
Design for Pagoda in Garden Pavilion
Franz H. Heissinger, ca. 1909
Graphite on wove paper, lined
Drawing

Conical roof supported by pillars, balustrade decorated with flower motif. Pillar decorated with circular designs. Table drawn in middle of pagoda. Scale noted at bottom.
Group of Figures, Study the Donation, after Giulio Romano
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1810–20
Pen and brown ink, brush and light and dark brown wash, over traces of black chalk on white laid paper
Sketchbook folio

Three kneeling women, one holding child. One woman's face seen in profile, and one woman seen from behind.
Entablature Designs
Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682, mid- 17th–early 18th century
Etching on laid paper
Print

Two entablature designs (including a section of an overdoor) with ornately carved moldings, friezes, and cornices with egg, fluting, scrolling acanthus leaves, lamb's tongue, and meander (Greek key) patterns and motifs.
Ornamental Medallion Designs
P. J. Bertren, active 18th century, 1768
Etching on paper
Print

Two medallion designs, one above the other. The upper medallion is decorated with a laurel wreath, a torch, and a bow and arrow shaft. The lower medallion is decorated with a dove, a rose wreath, and a ribbon. The print is signed and numbered.
Arabesque Ornament Design
Etienne de Lavallée, French, 1735 – 1802, 1788
Aquatint and etching on laid paper
Print

Arabesque ornament design featuring a lidded vase, with festoons of flowers above. Below a vase decorated with female figures on the lid, putti and scrolling acanthus leaves on the body, with mermaids as the foot of the vase, sitting on a base. The base is on a roughly cut stone decorated with a putto with scrolling acanthus leaves and rosettes for legs, pouring liquid over the paw of a mythological creature, part goat, part lion with wings, possibly a Chimera or Griffin. The plate is numbered and signed.
Rocaille Design
, 18th century
Engraving on white laid paper
Print

Rocaille design with scrolls, rinceaux, and floral garland. The plate is not signed or numbered.
Hare Hunt with Falcons
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, ca. 1599
Recto: pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black. chalk on laid paper Verso: pen and brown ink on laid paper
Drawing

Recto: Landscape with two horsemen entering the composition from the left foreground, one with a falcon perched on his left hand. In the background, falcons dive to catch hares. Framing line at the bottom.
Verso: Small pen sketch of a hand and wrist emerging from a loose sleeve. Hand is possibly holding a small cross.
Interior Alcove with Figures
Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682, 1650–80
Etching on laid paper
Print

A design for an alcove with a highly ornate bed in the center flanked by doors with figures dressed in classical Roman attire (togas and tunics) in the center and in the right door frame. The bed is topped by a canopy with a tapestry on the wall behind. The alcove is framed by carving featuring a cartouche in the center, with festoons of leaves, two angels and cornucopia. The doors and overdoors are decorated with paneling featuring portrait busts, a mask, garlands of fruit, and laurel leaf molding. The cornice features a wave and shell pattern molding. A scale below with the publisher's address.
Tree Tops, Niagara Falls, New York
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, August 27, 1856
Graphite on tan wove paper
Drawing

Landscape and botanical sketch showing a view of lush treetops near Niagara Falls, New York. At left, a tall tree with a dark trunk looms over the others at right--all deciduous trees. Several portions of their canopies are heavily shaded.
Fountains
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, ca. 1795
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper
Drawing

A circular pavilion stands in the center of the basin into which water pours from the mouths of two lions upon pedestals. The wall of the pavilion consists of trellis work and statues standing upon a dado between the columns. The lion, left, is drawn over part of preparatory sketch of the pavilion. The background is colored. On verso: top row, left: a sketch resembling a spade. Second row: sketch for a colonnade and two sketches of pavilions (probably cafeauses). A fountain with a column and two figures, recumbent, beside it. Part of a lion upon a pedestal. Third row: two plans. A colonnade above which a statue of Hercules rises. Two sketches for the pedestal and the colonnade. Bottom row: an obelisk rising from a colonnade. A colonnade. A figure. Part of a plan. Some writing in ink, vertically: "Sige", ibn the upper right corner: "Per que…" "Dirò due cose (?)."
Seascape
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1880–1881
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Recto: Sketch of figures by the sea at night with a ship in the background; Verso, Partial sketch of the roof of a building.
Sketch for Portrait of a Woman
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, 1881
Graphite and white chalk on thick cream wove paper
Drawing

Vertical sheet with a woman seated with her hands in her lap.  She is facing to the left and has raised her head up over her left shoulder.
REPRÉSENTATION DE LA CEREMONIE DANS LAQUELLE LES VINS D’HONNEUR FURENT OFFERTS A SA MAJESTÉ LOUIS XV
Johann Martin Weis, French, 1711 - 1751, 1745
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

Before the Episcopal Palace, festivities celebrating the offering of Wines of Honor to Louis XV. Horses pull barrels of wine toward palace gates along the river. Crowds of people on the streets and visible in the windows, along with groups of performers. The plate is titled, signed, numbered, and features the Strasbourg coat of arms.
Design for an Earring
, late 18th century
Pen and black ink, brush and gray watercolor on light green paper
Drawing

Jewelry design for an earring. Above a disk, in the center a knot, three drops below. The knot is of a ribbon with disks between bands, a jour.
Design for a Daybed
Jean-Charles Delafosse, French, 1734 – 1789, 1849–66
Etching on paper
Print

Design for an upholstered daybed with a carved frame featuring scrolling leaves, festoons of flowers, cartouches, and shells. The plate is signed with the printmaker, publisher, and original designer, and numbered.
Galerie métallique des grands hommes français (Great Men of France)
Armand-Auguste Caqué, French, 1793 - 1881, 1821
Cast bronze
Medal

Bust of Claude Louis Hector de Villars, Prince de Martigues, Duc de Villars, Vicomte de Melun (1653 -1734).
A Trophy of Weapons Intended to be Executed in Painting
Romolo Achille Liverani, Italian, 1809 - 1872, 1830–1850
Black crayon, pen and dark ink, brush and grey water color on paper
Drawing

Upright cuirass with two lateral shields, a garland below a helmet upon a club. Left side has an insignia of "S. P. Q. R." while at the right, a legion's insignia with a hand in a wreath and the word "LEGIO" is present.
Developpement concernant l'appareil de diverses sortes d'Arcs à l'usage des Portes, Fenêtres, Niches, Voutes et Escaliers
Jean-François de Neufforge, Flemish, 1714–1791, 1768
Engraving on paper
Print

Designs for arches. The plate is signed and numbered.
Design for Doors
Thomas Lainé, French, 1682 – 1739, late 18th century
Etching on laid paper
Print

A printed sheet from a series of thirty designs for moldings, carved frames, doors, chimneys, and liturgical objects. A design for a set of double doors, doorcase and overdoor. The doors are composed of four framed sections. The panels in the upper section are octagonal with acanthus leaves and fleurons ornament along the shorter edges. Below is a small rectangular section decorated with central mascarons. The large central section below is decorated with strapwork, fretwork, acanthus and scroll ornament along the top and bottom edges. The lower section is blank. The doorcase is decorated with floral fretwork and winged mascarons flanking the semi-circular overdoor. A central blank cartouche above the door, ornamented with a shell pattern, fronds, C-scrolls, with a shell and crown above. More floral fretwork above, framed by acanthus leaf ornament. The lintel is carved with rosettes, strapwork, scrolls and acanthus leaves. The plate is signed and numbered.
Gaines
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Designs for three pedestals decorated with ornament motifs including egg and dart, fluting, acanthus leaves, beading, wave pattern, lamb tongue, garlands, and rosettes. The plate is signed.
Ornamented Cornice Designs
Jean Berain, the elder, French, 1640-1711, 1711
Engraving on laid paper
Bound print

Four ornamented cornice designs, vertically aligned. The top cornice features lion heads, medallions, and military attributes. The second cornice has harpies and mythological bas-reliefs. The third cornice has strapwork, mascarons, and trophies. The bottom cornice has winged putti and bas-reliefs of mythological theme. The plate is not signed but lettered "B."
Design for a Knife Handle Showing Prudence
Willem du Tielt, Flemish, active 1610 – 1653, 1600–1675
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Prudence is shown with a snake in an ovoid. A heart is depicted in a medalion above and two clasped hands are shown beneath the ovoid. A candelabra ornament motif sprouts from an urn at the bottom.
Morning Scene in Edo
Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858, 1856
Woodblock print in colored ink on paper
Print

This quiet scene of Edo shows workers carrying heavy loads of trade, women chatting and dogs begging for scraps. The red sky tells us that it's a dawning of a new day and the closed signs tell us that the restaurants are not open yet.
Grand Chandelier d'Autel sur le plan d'un triangle à coin coupé
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1788–1796
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Design for a large candlestick for an altar decorated with ornament motifs including acanthus leaves, bead course, spiral fluting, bound leaf, branch guilloche, scrolls, tassels, drapery, and claw feet. The plate is numbered.
Pair of Cane Handles
Samson, Edmé et Cie Porcelain Manufactory, Paris, France, established 1845, 19th century
hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel
cane handles

Porcelain cane handles painted in pink of both male and female figures. On the top of the handle, a painted female sits in an outdoor scene.
Design for the Embroidery of a Man's Waistcoat
, ca. 1780
Graphite, brush and watercolor on paper
Drawing

Lower left section of a waistcoat. At the corner and below the pocket a large motif of flowers and leaves. Two sprays of small flowers follow the line of the lower edge of the pocket, directly below it. Pocket in outline. Design pricked for transference.
Stage Design, Porticoes with View of a Park
Bibiena Family, 1657, early 19th century
Pen and gray-brown ink, brush and gray-brown wash, graphite on paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. Renaissance style portico toward garden with fountain.
Fringe
, early 19th century
cotton

White bedspread fringe made from groups of warp threads crossed obliquely and knotted to form diamond shapes. Tassel at the bottom of each diamond.
View of Petty Harbour, Canada
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, June 24, 1859
Graphite on tan wove paper
drawing

Landscape sketch showing an elevated view of Petty Harbour (now Petty Harbour-Maddox Cove), in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, looking southwest from hills just north of the town. In the foreground, nearby slopes host a small hut at center right as they descend toward the middle distance. At right, a steep, rugged mountainside descends toward the center of the composition and has a rounded to. In the middle distance, the numerous structures of Petty Harbour are nestled among dramatic mountainsides. The same church visible in 1917-4-961 is shown here at the far left of the town. At far left, the hill known as Booms Head looms over the harbor town. In the background, rugged mountain tops and jagged ridges extend to the horizon.
Button
, late 19th century
brass

Domed, circular buttons with ornament of leaves on the edge and hexagon with in-curving sides in center.

On card 41
Drapery Study for "Martha Reproved"
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, January 18, 1855
Graphite, white chalk on brown wove paper
Drawing

Drapery study of a skirt. Verso: Part of a left hand holding a piece of paper.
Landscape
, ca. 1790
Brush and grey watercolors on paper
Drawing

A stream flows from the left background to the right foreground. An arch bridge crosses the river. A town lies on its left bank. Ruins of a Classical tholos are depicted on a cliff in the foreground. A man and small boy are shown walking on a road to the left of the composition with their backs to the viewer.
Saint in Ecstacy, After Franceschini; Classicized Version of Vision of St. Catherine of Vigri, Study after Franceschini
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1821–22
Pen and ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk on heavy white wove paper
Drawing

Upper drawing of seated Virgin on clouds with four angels; Lower drawing of landscape with Venus and male(?) figure on shell-backed throne. At Venus' right stands torch-bearer; at her left, winged-male figure with lyre; woman kneels at her feet.