biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Portrait of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm (1614-1662)
Paulus Pontius, Flemish, 1603 - 1658, 1649
Engraving on paper
Print

Bust-length portrait in three-quarter view to right, in a medallion surrounded by laurel wreath. He is standing on military trophies. At lower right, a seated allegorical female figure admiring it. Above three winged putti holding his coat-of-arms and crown.
Plate
Thomas Wieldon Factory, English, ca.1760
Lead-glazed earthenware

Brown agate ware. Simple molded edge, marly decorated with alternating areas of diapering and basket-work, set apart by scrolls.
Stage Design, Exterior of Gothic Buildings
Romolo Achille Liverani, Italian, 1809 - 1872, 1831
Pen and sepia ink, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Exterior of a group of Gothic buildings resembling churches on public square.
Fragment
, 17th century
silk, linen Technique: two integrated fabric structures, plain weave and plain weave

Symmetrical floral sprays in half-drop alignment in blue, white and tan.
Valley Waterfall and Churches, Switzerland
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, August 1868
Graphite on tan wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Architecture and landscape sketcehs from the Rhone Valley, Switzerland, showing, at left, an oblique view down a steep, narrow mountain valley with a waterfall at left. At right, a sketch of a church is included, with a view of another church oppositely oriented at lower center.

Verso: Landscape and architecture sketches around the Rhone Valley, Switzerland, showing a view at center of a waterfall in the mountains, over which a stone bridge arches. Loosely rendered in the lower portion and oppositely oriented, a monastery or multiple buildings in a town are visible, including a tower in the foreground.
Bed Alcove with a Figure
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, ca. 1790
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

Elevation of a round bed alcove richly hung with textile and lambrequins. The top is tented and capped with large feathers. At right stands a Chinese figure in robes and a tall hat resembling the bed.
Sidewall
, ca. 1700
leather, stamped, silvered, painted

Red flower and one flying insect, possibly dragon fly. Textured, gilt background.
The Holy Family with Saint John
Simone Cantarini, Italian, 1612 - 1648, ca. 1640
Etching on paper
Print

The Virgin is seated at the left, in right profile, near a pier, with the Christ Child standing on her lap. St. Joseph sits at the right, and between them, the child, St. John.
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, ropes, tassels, vase of flowers, and fruit. The plate is titled and numbered.
Fragments
, 17th century
silk, metallic Technique: woven

Isolated irises repeated on a gold metallic ground.
Design for Wainscoting with a Double Door
François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768, 1745
Etching and engraving on off-white laid paper
Print

Design for panelling on a set of double doors, featuring ornament motifs including scrolls, shells, and mascaron. On either side and above the doors are tapestries of paintings, depicting landscape scenes with figures (on the sides) and Venus emerging from the sea (at top).
Ornamental Vase Design
St. G..., active 18th century, 1772-1777
Engraving on paper
Print

Two lidded vases, side by side. The vase on the left has fluting and gadrooning. There is an oval medallion in the middle with two doves on it. The foot of the vase has acanthus leaves, and the vase is raised on a low socle. The vase on the right has two winged putti sitting on the lid, holding a garland of flowers. The vase has gadrooning at the base, and acanthus leaves on the foot. The vase is elevated on a low socle. The plate is numbered.
Design for a sedan chair
, ca. 1775
Pen and ink, brush and various water colors on paper with additional black chalk
Drawing

Shown from the rear right corner with two bars.  The upper rim is waved.  Leaf branches are at the corners and on top of the roof.  Tassels hang at corners.  The panels beside the window and the corresponding one at the back are decorated with garlands as frames and inside with an oval medallion with a standing woman, at the back an octagonal representation of a sacrifice, laterally.  Above and below are roughly sketched ornaments.  The lower panels have similar frames.  Festoons are inside.  They hang from knobs and respectively from a child's and a ram's head.  The bar is decorated in the width of the chair.
Bromelia Pinguin in Bloom, Jamaica
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, August 1865
Brush and oil, graphite on paperboard
Drawing

Botanical sketch of a blooming bromelia pinguin plant. Spiky fonds visible at bottom. Green trunk rises along central axis. Flowers rendered in warm, creamy white. Dark green wash on brown ground comprises background.
Wall Elevation with a Mirror
Étienne Charpentier, French, 1707 – after 1792, mid- 18th century
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

An interior wall elevation featuring a central mirror framed and flanked by rococo paneling. On both sides of the mirror there are central larger panels, which include oval frames or cartouches above and two thinner panels on either side, with a dado level below. The over-mirror panel is decorated with a central mask, griffins, acanthus leaves, gadrooning, c-scrolls, and fleurons. The other panels feature similar motifs and include rosettes, strapwork, diaper pattern and plumes. There is a scale in the center below the elevation.
Elevation d'une Croisée entre deux Panneaux de lambris
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, 1774
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Elevation of casement windows framed by bound leaf between paneling. On the left, the upper panel features carved motifs including scrolling acanthus leaves with garland and set in a frame of lamb tongue. The panel above the windows features an urn with garland. On the right, the panel features a depiction of a lightly draped woman with a book, garland, and rosettes. The plate is signed.
Title Page
François-Thomas Mondon, French, 1709 – 1755, 1736
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Title page for a series of ‘chinoiserie' (European decorative arts and architectural style inspired by fanciful ideas of China and East Asia) ornament prints. The title and date are lettered within a large ‘rocaille' cartouche, with a male figure, wearing a hat with feathers, to the left and fanciful birds or dragons in the foreground. The ornament features fluting, curvilinear forms, shells, and c-scrolls. The rocaille motifs and forms fill the lower half of the plate, below the central cartouche.
Button
, 1801–50
Brass

1931-59-110: Convex button ornamented with a crown and "The Kin...
Elevation de l’entrée de la Grote de Noisi le grand
Jean Marot, French, 1619 - 1679, ca.1635–ca.1660
Etching on laid paper
Print

An architectural elevation of the exterior façade and entrance to the grotto at Noisy featuring arches, niches, pilasters, smooth-faced banded rustication, sculptures, vases, cartouche, and a balustrade. A scale in the upper left. The plate is titled and signed.
Textile
, 19th century
piña (pineapple) fiber, cotton Technique: plain weave

Sheer cream-colored ground with a fine check of blue and red cotton.
The Three Blind Mice
Frederick Stuart Church, American, 1842–1924, 1878
Printed in black ink on paper
Ephemera

Short story on three blind mice. Left, three mice with eyepatches, seen from various perspectives, with canes and hunched over. Upper right, older woman with knife in right hand and holding three tail on left, holding tails at eye-height.
Study of a Tree
Bernardino Santini, Italian, 1593 - 1652, 1600–1650
Pen and ink on paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle showing a tree growing on an outcrop with a peasant's dwelling at left.
Design for a Frame
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 fame decorated with ornament sculpted in relief, with two winged putti-heads in clouds, with sun rays on the top of the frame, with another two putti in clouds on the sides. The frame is pear-shaped, with carved molding, flowers, acanthus leaves, c-scrolls, fretwork, shell and margent ornament with a trompe l'oeil textile motif with a tassel hanging over the lower edge of the frame. The plate is signed and numbered.
Necklace
, ca. 1880
Onyx, gold.

Link necklace with clasp: twenty shaped pieces of onyx set in gold and one heart-shaped piece with gold setting and ornament with ring (possibly part of a pendant now missing).  One piece of onyx is broken.
Sampler
, 1802
linen, silk Technique: Hollie point and darning stitches

Central square with initials "H. D." and date.  Surrounded by six panels of designs in Hollie point and two in darning.
Farmhouse with a Haystack near Benedicta, Maine
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1856 or 1876 - 1881
Graphite on tan wove paper
Drawing

Architecture and landscape sketch showing a view of a barnhouse with haystack near the town of Benedicta, Maine. Viewed obliquely from the side, the rustic farmhouse is constructed of logs and is clearly divided into two sections--the right side functioning as a barn that shelters a pile of hay, while the left side is a dwelling complete with a smoking chimney. A large, round haystack is situated to the right of the structure, in front of a rail fence. In the foreground at left, multiple tree stumps dot the land at left. 

Verso: Indistinct sketch of a tree stump, or possibly a boulder on the water's edge of a lake in Maine.
LE BATELEUR
Charles-Germain de Saint-Aubin, French, 1721–1786, 1753-1757
Etching on laid paper
Print

Vignette of a butterfly walking across a tightrope held up by reeds and cattails. Another butterfly stands below to catch the balancing insect. On the ground is a chair and a ladder. The scene is framed by a rocaille stage made of scrolls and flowers, and plants. There is a cartouche with the words "Le Bateleur" printed on it, and two garlands of balls, at the bottom of which is (on the left) a horn and (on the right) a deck of cards and a sword. The plate is not signed or numbered.
Figure of a Boy
Niderviller Porcelain Factory, French, active from 1754, 1780
tin-glazed earthenware, vitreous enamel
figure

Standing figure of a boy with folded arms leaning against the stump of a tree. Head inclined forward, turned to right. Black hat and maroon vest in overglaze color; other colors are under the glaze. Underglaze decoration.
Brooch Design
, 16th century
Graphite, pen and ink, brush and sepia on paper
Drawing

In the center, a project for a brooch with a round stone framed by a calyx, with a palmette on top and shell-like wings. Hanging from this, a pearl. Surrounding sketches of shells and floral motifs.
Embroidery sample
, late 18th–early 19th century
silk, sequins, metal wire, paper, glass Technique: embroidered and appliquéd on a compound foundation; in paper envelope

Floral pattern embroidered with polychrome silk, net appliqué, blue and silver sequins and clear glass on background of blue and black silk compound ground fabric.
Cotopaxi Erupting Behind Rumiñahui, Ecuador
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, June–July 1857
Graphite on light brown wove paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of the Ecuadorian volcano known as Cotopaxi erupting behind the craggy mountain, Rumiñahui. Viewed across a largely unrendered valley in the foreground and middle distance, the rugged foothills of Rumiñahui ascend to the mountain's rocky, serrated summit at center right. Several sharp peaks are visible throughout the extensive foothills that spread across the composition. Prominently visible in the background at center left, the conical stratovolcano known as Cotopaxi erupts and sends an immense, billowing plume of ash and smoke high into the sky. The plume drifts to the right and fades as it is carried by the wind.
Decayed Birch, Catskill, New York
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, July 1844 and June 1845
Graphite on white wove paper; verso: graphite
drawing

Botanical sketch showing a view of the trunk or branch of a decayed birch tree in Catskill, New York. Shown at center and extending diagonally toward the upper right corner, the tree is split at the center, with the rearmost portion darkened by shade.

Verso: Atmosphere sketch showing a view of a billowing cumulus cloud at center, with dark, enshrouded clouds beside it at left and below it.
Sidewall
W. Campbell & Co., 1890–1900
Machine-printed, embossed

Light green-yellow ground, conventional flowers and leaves in darker shade outlined heavily with bronze. Marked: "Campbell and Co. Calopocon Pulchellus". Outline of design is embossed in copper bronze.
Pandora's Box. From "The Wonder-Book." (Houghton, M. & Co.), Illustration for Publisher's Weekly (XXVI, No. 668, November 15, 1884, p. 83)
Frederick Stuart Church, American, 1842–1924, 1884
Etching on paper
Ephemera

Profile of girl standing over embellished box, hands on box lid, attempting to carefully open box. Upper half of body twisted, peering behind her.
Design for an Earring
, late 18th century
Pen and black ink, brush and gray watercolor on off-white laid paper
Drawing

Jewelry design for an earring, a disk above and three drops below in a scheme similar to 1938-88-839. The most important difference being an a jour framing of the disk and the drops. Bevelled corners.
Plan de l’Eglise des Peres de l’Oratoire de Paris
Jean Marot, French, 1619 - 1679, ca.1635–ca.1660
Etching on laid paper
Print

Architectural floor plan for a church in Paris. The plate is titled.
Sampler
Mary Strod, 18th century
silk embroidery, linen foundation Technique: satin and cross stitches on plain weave

Five cross borders with flowers, animals, and birds.  Signature "Mary Strod is my name."
Architecture Sketches and Woman Carrying Basket, Switzerland
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, August 1868
Graphite on blue wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Architecture and figure sketches showing, in the upper half, a frontal view of a house surrounded by vegetation and whose basement is covered in vines, and in the lower half and oppositely oriented, a woman carrying groceries and the facade of a church with a steeple are visible. 

Verso: Landscape sketch showing a view of the jagged peaks of the Swiss alps near Hotel Belalp. A steep, grassy slope frames the scene at left. In middle distance, the serrated crest of a neraby mountain is shown, with its dramatic ridge extending to the background.
Coast of Grand Manan Island, Canada
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1851–52
Oil and graphite on carboard
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of precipitous cliffs on the coast of Grand Manan Island in Canada, likely near Southwest Head. In the foreground, a rocky and driftwood-strewn beach curves from the lower left corner into the middle distance at right. At left, calm sea water comprises the foreground and middle distance, where a small boat hosting a figure and what appears to be a dog is visible. At right, dark and extremely abrupt cliffs rise almost vertically out of the rocky coastline and extend out of frame at right, as their tops are covered in trees. The sky above is mostly inhabited by bands of low, puffy clouds that reveal a patch of blue sky in the background at center.
Design for a country villa
Claude-Nicolas Ledoux, French, 1736 – 1806, 1765-1770
Pen and ink, brush and watercolor, graphite on laid paper
Drawing

A two-story structure with dormers and lateral wings. The central section consists of seven bays and the ground floor projects semicircularly.
Priam in the Tent of Achilles
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, ca. 1790
Pen and brown ink over traces of graphite on light blue paper
Drawing

Priam shown kneeling before Achilles who sits at right. He is followed by Idaeus carrying ransom, female companions of Achilles sit or stand by table in middle plane.
Presentation Incense Burner for Agustín de Iturbide, Emperor of Mexico
F. Celaya, 1823
silver plated, brass
incense burner

Platform resting on four ball feet; incurving corners with leaf ornaments. Gallery which is set back of flange on platform is pierced in leaf design with solid panels at corners. On the platform are two square blocks each supporting a round column with lion masks and removable covers. Between the columns and attached to them is a globe; the lower half soiled and decorated with overlapping leaves; the upper half hinged to form a cover, has pierced pattern of circles and leaves and the portrait of a man.
Title page, from "Dix-Septième Cahier de Fragmens..."
Jean-Baptiste Huet, French, 1745 – 1811, ca. 1785
Crayon-manner engraving in red ink on paper
Print

A small cottage in a wooded landscape. Above, the title: "Dix-Septieme Cahier de fragmens de Dessius; Dessiné par J. B. Huet / Peintre du Roy; Gravé par Marie Louis Le Grand, à Paris chez Bonnet …"
Landscape Sketch, Hyde Manor, Vermont
Samuel Colman, American, 1832–1920, July 23, 1917
Graphite, pen, brush and blue ink on paper; Verso: Graphite, pen, brown and black ink on paper
Drawing

Above, view of a hillside, showing isolated trees and a house in its lower part, a meadow flanked by woods in its upper part. On verso, horizontally, a wooded hillside. A boulder is shown in the right foreground.
A farm wagon
Charles Francois Daubigny, 1817-1878, ca. 1850
Black crayon on paper
Drawing

Shown with obliquely directed front axle and without tongue. Indistinct setting. Verso: small part of beginning of a sketch.
Woman
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1879
Graphite on wove paper.
Drawing

Sketch of a female figure wearing a dress seated in a chair.
POELE orné de colonnes doriques avec camés
Louis-Gustave Taraval, French, 1738 – 1794, ca. 1791
Etching and hand colored watercolor on paper
Print

Design for a stove heater decorated with neoclassical motifs, in the form of a pedestal with columns at the corners, with rosettes above, and leaf running patterns. An eagle with flames and lightning bolts in his talons in a central roundel framed by scrolling acanthus leaves, and fleurons in the corners. A plan view and scale below. The plate is signed, and hand colored with watercolor.
Maine Surf, Mt. Desert Island
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1850
Brush and oil, graphite on cardboard
Drawing

Seascape sketch showing view of waves breaking in a rocky tide pool along the Maine coast at Mt. Desert Island. Sky is rendered in a grayish light purple, rocks are a deep brown. Churning green seawater crashes against the rock at center and right, producing white foam. Dark orange ground is visible along lower margin.
Title Page, from Recueil de différents Muebles garniers Comme Fauteuils (Liard's "Suites"), Ecran (Screen)
Matthew Liard, English, ca. 1736–1782, 1762 and 1774
Etching on cream laid paper
Print

Screen is framed with curved ornament and rinceaux motif. Image depicts small leaf and fruit-bearing tree with two birds.
Ornamental Vase Design
Joseph Marie Vien, French, 1716–1809, 1760
Etching on laid paper
Print

Lidded vase in the shape of an urn. The vase is topped with a large pinecone finial, and has a garland draped across its neck, through two small rings, and over each side. The body of the vase has a plain band in the middle with three lines of imitation script, comprised of vertical and slanted lines. The vase is decorated with acanthus leaf ornamentation at its base, and has a short, tapered foot. The vase is elevated on a platform that extends to the edge of the image. The plate is signed and numbered.
Strapwork Design
, early 17th century
Charcoal, pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper
Drawing

Strapwork with harpy candelabrum, swags and masks frame a square panel at center
Design for a Military Trophy and Two Helmets
D. Antoine Pierretz, French, active 1647, 1648
Etching on laid paper
Print

An ornamental print featuring a trophy of arms and two feathered helmets below. The trophy includes a helmet, shields, spears and arrows. The plate is numbered.
Five designs for an overdoor
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, ca. 1790
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

Upper row: at left, a pedestal of a kind stands upon the upper part of the door frame. It has at the front on ovoidal medallion with a figure, and on top the tiara upon the crossed keys. Center: the escutcheon stands upon a base, upon which garlands drag. On top are the keys and the tiara in front of a volute pediment. At right: a similar escutcheon stands in front of a couch upon a base of several moldings. Lower row: at left, the escutcheon is in front of an obliquely shown pedestal upon which an enormous helmet st ands. At right: above an entablature stands a pedestal with an escutcheon similar to the upper ones being in the panel of the front. This design, as those above it, has been partly drawn over a pen sketch for the design above at left.
Trembleuse Saucer
Chantilly Porcelain Manufactory, French, active ca. 1725 - ca. 1789, ca. 1725
soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel
saucer

Curved sides, raised rim at centre. Decorated with indianische Blumen (Indian flowers); outer rim painted brown.
Handscreen
, ca. 1750
Engraved and hand-colored paper leaf, turned wood handle

Handscreen with an engraved and hand-colored design. Obverse: a shepherdess enclosed within a frame of arabesques and foliage. Reverse: a map of South America.
Chimborazo from Guanujo, Ecuador
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, June 14, 1857
Graphite on tan wove paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of a distant Chimborazo looming over a house (or farm or hacienda) in Guanujo, Ecuador. A group of bushes strewn with flowers is visible in the immediate foreground at lower right. Across a relatively flat expanse, multiple terra cotta roofed buildings are shown within a fence with a group of trees beside it at right. A group of four individuals is visible in front of the complex at center, while a solitary figure is shown further to the left with a dark cow at extreme left. In the background, the dormant stratovolcano known as Chimborazo looms over a rugged mountain range that stretches across the horizon.
Title Page
Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808, 1773
Etching on laid paper
Print

Title page from a series of chinoiserie scenes with figures in landscapes. The title is lettered in the center, framed by sprigs of flowers and leaves forming a circle around the title with musical instruments and flowers at the lower center. The plate is signed.
Fragment
, 17th century
silk, linen Technique: plain compount satin weave (brocatelle) Label: Silk, linen plain compound satin weave

Fragment of woven fabric with a lion and bird of prey on a curving vine with exotic flowers and foliage, in red with touches of white and blue on a yellow background.
Neptune Riding over the Sea in a Chariot
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, ca. 1820
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over traces of graphite on off white laid paper
Drawing

Seated in chariot, accompanied by woman. God holds chariot's reins, which are fastened to merman who  blows into horn. Another merman holds musical instrument.
Study of Woman Praying for "Communion of the Sick"
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906, 1844
Graphite, black pastel crayon, white chalk on white laid paper coated brown on recto
Drawing

Study of a female figure on her knees, turned to the left and looking up with her hands clasped.
Mantel Clock Design
Jean François Forty, active 1775 – 1790, 1775–94
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

Design for a mantel clock supported by fluted legs with fleurons on acorn feet, with a frieze of scrolling acanthus leaves in the center. The circular clock with its roman numerals is supported by an eagle and festoons of flowers, with leaves, ribbon, and an acorn finial on the top. The plate is signed and numbered.