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Designs for Decorative Ironwork, Plate 88 from Divers dessins de balcons a plusieurs usages (Variety of Balcony Designs)
Claude René Gabriel Poulleau, French, b.1749, 1757–1776
Engraving on paper
Print

A variety of designs for ironwork including gates, capitals, and friezes.
Inkstand
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1775–1800
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. Shown slightly from above. An oblong pedestal, the corners of which are bevelled and show protruding quadrangles, is supported by tortoises below each corner. Its front is decorated with ovoidal medallions. They are conneted by festoons. Eagles carrying garlands in their beaks stnad upon the corners. In the center is a base shaped like an entablature, upside down. In front of each side of teh base is to be a circle, with the figure, representing the seasons at the upper side of the pedetal. Two female genii stand upon a base, raising a wreath which contains the dial. In their free hands trumpets.
Urban Scene with Supplicant Figures and Monument
Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863, 1820–1850
Pen and ink, graphite on paper
Drawing

Urban Scene with Supplicant Figures and Monument.
The Holy Family
Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863, 1820–1850
Pen and ink on light green paper
Drawing

The Virgin sits upon the ground, in a kneeling position, the Child kneeling between her legs. At left, the upper part of the figure of Joseph, sitting, is seen from the back. A bowl below, at left. In the background, at right, is a shepherd with his flock near a tree. Framing line.
Design for a decorative panel
Gilles Paul Cauvet, French, 1731–1788, 1777
Pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper
Drawing

Arabesque panel composed of an urn in the center, springing from a base made up of acanthus leaves and vine tendrils.
Designs for Mechanical Dressing and Writing Tables
, 1805
Pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper
Drawing

At left, kidney-shaped writing table seen in plan and elevation. At right, a fitted dressing table seen in isometric drawing of table and isometric detail of fitted drawer.
Grotesque for an Oblong Panel
Filippo Marchionni, Italian, 1732–1805, 1730–50
Graphite, pen and ink, brush and gray watercolor on laid paper
Drawing

In the center is a candelabrum with a bearded mask sticking out an enormous tong, below, with a cup in the center. From it emerge two animals' heads, with ribbon-like reins which are held by a fantastic bat flying on top. Laterally are half-figures of a satyress at left, giving a stem to a satyr at right to eat. He satyr has an animal's head, is facing her, and is supporting a bowl. The half figures rise from scrolls with a fantastic male sphinx below at left, head at right. At left a mermaid, at right a satyress and plants.
Sidewall
, 1875–85
Embossed paper

Imitation leather. An assymetrical floral design in Dutch foil which has been given a gilt finish. The background is embossed in pebble effect and painted. The entire paper has been lacquered. This paper is made from the pulp of the bark of the mulberry tree.
Ornamental Vase Design
Edme Bouchardon, French, 1698–1762, 1737-1749
Etching on laid paper
Print

Design for a vase with dolphins encircling the belly of the krater form. The faces of the dolphins protrude on either side as knobs. There is some twisting scalloping from the body of the vase, through the neck and up to the rim. The lower half of the vase is decorated with a fish scale pattern. The foot of the vase is adorned with rosettes and vegetal motifs. The print is lettered but is missing the numbering found in earlier editions.
Design of a Chimneypiece
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1780-1789
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Design of a chimneypiece with an overmantle arched mirror. The chimneypiece is decorated with ornament motifs including urns, shells, drapery, fluting, and rosettes. The plate is signed and numbered.
Two Studies of a Sailor with Raised Arm
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1895–96
Charcoal, black chalk, white chalk on heavy cream wove paper
Drawing

Sketch of the head and shoulders of sailor, wearing a wide-brimmed hat and holding a coat (a sou'wester), at right. Another sailor, nearly full-length, with left arm raised, is shown wearing rain hat and yelling. A sketch of clouds and sea appears at left.  Various notations at the margins.
Man
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1877
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Sketch of a male figure kneeling and wearing a turban.
Fragment
, late 16th–early 17th century
silk Technique: cut and uncut supplementary warp pile (velvet) on satin ground

One end of a stole of deep red cut and uncut velvet on white satin ground. Design of small flowering branches alternate horizontal rows turning left and right.
List of Textual Notations
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, January 1868 - April 1869
Pen and ink on gridded laid paper; verso: pen and ink
Drawing

List of textual notations including names and addresses.

Verso: List of textual notations including names and addresses.
Petra from the Pathway to Ed-Deir
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, February 24, 1868
Graphite on gray wove paper
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of the carved architectural forms of Petra, viewed from the nearby road to El-Deir, also known as the Monastery. Rocky ledges at left and right steeply give way to a view of cliffs and prominences in middle distance, where the carved buildings of Petra are visible, embedded into the surrounding mountainsides. In background, rolling hills and mountains extend to the horizon.
Textile
, 19th century
cotton Technique: roller printed, glazed

Floral pattern in blue, pink, purple and white on a light brown ground.
Brisé fan
, 1870–1879
Painted and gilded ivory sticks with chromolithograph on paper

Brisé fan of ivory with chromolithograph on paper showing a game of Blind Man's Bluff. Reverse: landscape with fishing village in an 18th century style. Later heavily coated with yellow varnish. Painted and gilded ivory sticks and guards.
Project for a Keystone or Bracket
Leonardo Scaglia, French, active Italy, 1640 – 1650, 1625–1675
Pen and bistre on paper
Drawing

Escutcheon with mask. Above a capital, below an acanthus leaf
Sampler
, 19th century
silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: drawnwork (aztec stitch), counted satin and back stitch on plain weave

Lozenge design in drawnwork; embroidered bird, rabbit and plant forms.
Sampler
Eliza Steelman, American, 1816
silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, tent and satin stitches on plain weave foundation

Scene showing a house flanked by two trees, a garden with a fence, a dog, birds and butterflies. Surrounded by a rose border and inscription.
Chandelier simple
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Design for a candelstick decorated with lamb tongue, acanthus leaf, fluting, garland, and egg and dart. The plate is signed.
Design for a Setting of the Exhibition of the Host
, ca. 1700
Black chalk, brush and gray and black watercolor on laid paper
Drawing

Vertical rectangle. Eleven steps lead to the apse. It is alternatively suggested to divide them with three separate flights. A large baldachin with the Easter lamb on top stands in the apse. The inclusion of standing angels at left or carrying candlesticks with many arms at right is alternatively suggested. The monstrance stands on top of a high structure consisting of dado sections and steps with candlesticks. Baldachin and apse are profusely decorated with candles. Verso: figures written in chalk.
Scrolling Foliate Ornament Design
Henri Sallembier, French, ca. 1753 - 1820, 1777
Etching on laid paper
Print

A scrolling foliate ornament design featuring floral, fleurons, and scrolling leaf (rinceaux) motifs. The plate is numbered.
Stage Design, Cloister at Night
Gaëtano Malagodi, Italian, 1850 - 1902, 1869
Pen and black ink, brush and watercolor on white wove paper
Drawing

Horizontal rectangle. View of churchyard as seen through portico, church behind.
Plate 4, from "Divers Ornemens"
Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772, 1730-1740
Etching on paper
Print

Top of a plant with acanthus scrolls and large flowers of the rose family.
Devices
Jean Berain, the elder, French, 1640-1711, 1711
Engraving on laid paper
Bound print

Page of forty-eight devices, or emblems, set within octagonal frames and with latin inscriptions at the bottom of each emblem. The plate is signed.
Designs for Ornament
Briceau, French, 16..–17.., 1709
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Central oval with ornamentation, bands of scrolling ornament on either side and at bottom. The plate is signed.
Design for a Censer
, early 18th century
Pen and ink, brush and wash on paper
Drawing

Design for a partial gilt silver censer. Alternative suggestions shown. At top is a flat platform, at center a gilded cherub. At right, a festoon; at left a seated angel. Drop at bottom. Suspended from chain at top left.
Project for a Painted Panel
, ca. 1805
Graphite, pen and ink, brush and watercolor, sepia on paper
Drawing

Two vertical bands with candelabrum. At the center of each of a pink oval with figures. Above and below are putti.
Diverses Corniches. Imposte et Archivolte Ionique.
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1775-1788
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Plate showing various cornices and an Ionic impost and archivolt at right. In the upper left of the plate is a diagram showing the manner for making pediments. To the right side of the plate is a scale bar of "2 Modules." The plate is signed and numbered.
Vases pour l'autel
Pierre Germain, French, 1703 - 1783, 1748
Etching on laid paper
Print

Designs for altar vases decorated with ornament motifs including scalloping, branches, rinceaux, and ribbon garland. The plate is signed and numbered.
Scrollwork Escutcheon
Jacob Floris the Elder, Flemish, 1524 - 1581, 1566
Engraving on paper
Print

Showing three boys and two putti, the three shield emblem, a cook standing in pots, "HOVDT•DIE•COCK• / IN•EEREN."
Love Cares'd
Francesco Bartolozzi, Italian, active England, 1727–1815, 1783
Stipple engraving in sanguine ink on paper
Print

Composition in horizontal oval. Half-length figure of a young woman, lightly draped, embracing the winged Amor.
Minchiate (Tarot) Playing Card
, 17th century
Stencil-colored woodblock print
Playing card

1909-22-1-1/35: Partial set of Italian Minchiate playing cards50;     1909-22-1-4: Part of a set of Italian Minchiate playing cards.50
Mixed Sketches, Catskill, New York
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1844 - 1846
Graphite on white wove paper
Drawing

Mixed sketches showing several subjects in and around Catskill, New York, including cows in a stream under an arched bridge at upper center, trees at upper left and center right, two cross-hatched lattices at center, and two faces in profile at center left and lower left--the latter being struck out. Other pencil scratches are visible throughout.
Coconut Palm, Jamaica
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, June 1865
Brush and oil, graphite on tan paperboard
Drawing

Botanical sketch of a coconut palm in Jamaica. Upper portion of tree with fronds comprises central focus, and delicately reflects sun's light. In background, lush slope descends from left to right. Beyond, a hazy sky rendered in shades of yellow and blue.
Sidewall
, 1835–1845
Block-printed paper

Two full widths, each with two different scenes, one below another.  a: is above, man on galloping horse, aiming rifle at a deer; below, birds at nest with newly-hatched birdlings;  b: above, still life of fruit, with large melon; below, deer in rocky clearing.  Printed in white and greys on grey ground.
Twilight over the Catskills, Hudson, New York
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, 1870–1890
Oil and pencil on white paperboard
Drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of a twilight sky over the Catskill Mountains, as viewed from or near the artist's property in Hudson, New York. Along the lower margin, a short hill range is rendered in dark purple. Stretching across the composition, the Catskill Escarpment is rendered in a lighter shade of purple. The highest peak at center left is Blackhead Mountain, while the sharp summit at center right is Windham High Peak. Just above the rugged ridge, hazy clouds are brightly illuminated in shades of orange, cream, gold, and pink by the light of the setting sun. The sky is otherwise rendered in a gradient from light purple to orange.
Paper Doll Costume in Black with Red Shawl
, 1876–80
Lithograph, brush and watercolors on cream heavy wove paper
Print

This paper doll dress is black patterned material with white on the front of the bodice.  A red shawl drapes over her right arm.  Both the back and front of the dress are depicted.
Chimneypiece Design with Side Paneling
Jacques-François Blondel, French, 1705–1774, 1727
Etching on laid paper
Print

Chimneypiece design with over mantle mirror. On either side of the shelf along the mirror are engaged candelabra held up by winged half-figures. The peak of the mirror is bow shaped and features a mascaron at its center. Above the mirror is an oval rondel with a mythological scene of Danaë. This rondel is set within a panel with a lozenge patten inset with quatrefoils. The left side panel is ornamented with carvings featuring sphinxes, figures blowing horns, and a vignette of a young woman and older man making a sacrifice at a flaming altar. Above them two half-figures hold aloft a baldaquin; the figures' headdresses fuse with the ornamentation. The right-side panel is carved with intertwining straps and acanthus leaves, on which sit two swans and a bouquet of flowers. The frieze at the top features a repeating ornamental pattern of sphinxes, birds, and cornucopia. The plate is numbered and signed with the publisher's name.
Sketch for a wall paiting: Two sainted monks
, 1650–1700
Pencil, sepia, and wash on brown paper.
Drawing

Horizontal composition with two saints seated on the cornices of a broken pediment. The left saint is reading a book and holding a crozier. The right saint has his hand raised in prayer. Two angels sit between them, one sitting and holding a book, while the other stands on the entablature.
Trimming
, early 19th century
silk

Red and white trimming fragment in a design of leaves arranged to from scrolls.
Fragment
, 16th century
wool mohair Technique: supplementary warp pile (velvet), embossed

Fragment of embossed wool velvet with a pattern of scrolling stems and leaves, in deep red.
Stage Design for the Interior of a Gothic Building
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, early 19th century
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper
Drawing

Interior of Gothic building. View opening into hall through Gothic arches.
Egham Lock
Francis Seymour Haden, English, 1818–1910, ca. 1864
Etching on cream paper
Print

The river occupies the entire foreground. It narrows in the middle at the lock. In mid-distance a tree which throws a shadow on the water. More trees at right and left distance.
Les Plaisirs de le'Eté
Dubois, ca. 1725
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Escutcheon. The amusements of summer. A boy bringing a girl apples. The girl is seated in a park, and a slave boy holds an umbrella over her. A sleeping child is on top.
Le petit Château de Chantilly du côté du Jardin et de l’Estang (Upper Plate)
Adam Perelle, French, 1638 – 1695, late 17th century
Etching on laid paper
Print

Two plates printed one above the other. Views of French gardens. The upper plate illustrates the small chateau of Chantilly to the left, with its parterre planting and fountain in the center foreground and pond to the right with figures throughout the grounds. The lower plate illustrates a cascading fountain with rockwork, smaller fountains with jets of water, and avenue of trees with figures along the paths and a townscape in the distance to the left. The plates are titled.
Grand Cañon of the Colorado, View from the Hance Trail
H. Bolton Jones, American, 1848 – 1927, 1890–91
Wood engraving on off-white wove paper
Print

View of part of the canyon, high cliffs on each side, with tree at the bottom.
Vegetable dish, cover and plate
, ca. 1790
Lead-glazed earthenware ("cream ware")

Oval body on rising, irregular foot. Body has two handles formed by bound branches. Raised decoration of leaves on sides, extending from either side, and on the foot. Cover rises in center to a handle in the form of a bud and leaf, and is modelled in scrolls on each end. Plate has a raised border of scrolls picked out in gold. Overglaze black transfer decoration of male and female peacocks, foliage and flowers on each piece. Ladle opening in cover.
Letter case
, early 19th century
leather, silk Technique: counted stitch embroidery

Letter case or pocket book with tooled brown leather covers. Inside covers have silk panels embroidered with multicolored silks in counted stitch embroidery. One side has an urn with weeping willow tree, the other a wreath of flowers with the initials J.B.
Fragment
, 3rd–4th century
Warp: S-spun wool. Weft: S-spun linen, S-spun wool Technique: Slit tapestry with supplementary weft wrapping

An 'L' shaped border, possibly from a tunic. Monochrome type, purple wool and undyed linen. An interlacing geometric pattern with a three-leafed branch at each end.
Sleeve
, mid-18th century
silk Technique: woven

Portion of the sleeve of a man's coat. Small scale floral pattern
Elevation of an Apartment Interior
Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742, 1749-1761
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Bound print

Elevation of an apartment interior with alternating mirrors, windows into a garden, and pastoral panel paintings. There is a band of grotesque ornamentation, of dragons and scrolling leaves, at the top. The plate is signed and numbered.
Five Sketches of Young Boys
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, ca. 1872
Black crayon on heavy wove gray-blue paper
Drawing

Recto: Horizontal view showing five sketches of young boys, some kneeling or seated.

Verso: Geometrical figures and parts of such figures.
Near Berchtesgaden, Bavaria
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, June 30, 1868
Graphite and white gouache on green laid paper
drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of the peaks of the Watzmann near Berchtesgaden, Bavaria, present-day Germany. In the immediate foreground, a fenced and walled area--possibly a courtyard--is minimally shown at right, with the tops of conifer trees and a small hill visible just beyond. A lush, flat valley with a small farm comprises the middle distance. In the background, two massive wooded ridges stand before the towering, snow-strewn, and fang-like peaks of the Watzmann, shown above.
Camel Legs, Palestine or Syria (Israel or Jordan)
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, February or March 1868
Graphite on white wove paper; verso: graphite
Drawing

Two oppositely-oriented sketches showing the fore and hind legs of a walking camel. At left, the head and front legs of the animal are shown, while its rear legs are visible at right. Each set of legs is shown in motion, mid-step.

Verso: Landscape and figure studies showing a distant and loosely rendered mountain range with billowing clouds above it, and at left and oppositely-oriented, a sketch of a Bedouin guide sitting on a rock with a water jug is visible. A detail of his head is shown in profile at center.
Landscape at Montauk, Long Island, New York
Samuel Colman, American, 1832–1920, September 1880
Graphite and charcoal on cream-colored paper.
Drawing

Horizontal bird's eye view of a valley with a winding road, and a pond, and a wood in the central middle distance. Framing lines laterally and on top.
Box and Cane Handle Designs
Jean-Baptiste Fay, French, active 1765 – 1790s, late 18th century
Etching and engraving on laid paper
Print

Second plate from a series of designs for jewelry, boxes, snuffboxes, rings, seals, cane handles and other small luxury objects. The plate includes twelve designs for boxes and cane handles decorated with neoclassical motifs and ornament. The decoration includes roundel profile portraits, cyphers, dots, rosettes, acanthus leaves, fluting, fleurons, ribbons, and repeating border patterns, beading, leaves, lamb's tongue, diaper pattern, and flowers. The plate is numbered.
Figures Mourning Over the Dead Christ
Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863, 1820-1850
Pen and grey ink, brush and pale brown wash on paper
Drawing

A group of figures mourns over the dead Christ. In framing line. Verso: Two heads of satyrs, one seen in right profile, and the other frontally.
Aedicule with Profile
, ca. 1839
Pen and black ink, brush and yellow, pink and gray wash on off-white wove paper
Drawing

Elevation view of an aedicule  in high relief. An center, a cameo profile of a left-facing man with sideburns On either side, pilasters with candelabra motifs. Below, a Greek key motif and inscription.
Rocaille Ornament Design
François-Thomas Mondon, French, 1709 – 1755, after 1736
Etching on laid paper
Print

A print from a series of seven designs for trophies, rococo ornament and vignettes. Two figures within a fantastical rococo garden landscape. The men look at sheets of paper with rococo designs on them surrounded by attributes related to the arts. Behind them, a wall with rococo motifs, c-scrolls, shell, and acanthus leaves. The wall incorporates a balustrade, cartouches and a female bust. In front of the figures, a male nude sculpture, and to their right, a sculpture on a plinth with a male portrait, surrounded by a sculpture of a putto, books, artistic tools, such as a palette and paint brushes, a caliper, a hammer, and a globe. The plate is signed and numbered.
Détails en grand de la Sculpture des Traverses
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1775-1788
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Details of the carving of the crossbeams of the armchair represented in 1921-6-331-44. The upper detail represents the carving on the front of the armchair, and includes ornament motifs including wave pattern and bead course. The lower detail represents the carving on the crossbeam of the backrest, featuring fluting, ribbon twist, and bead course. The profile of the carving is visible on the right. The plate is signed and numbered.
Stage Design: Open Temple in a Garden
Unknown, Italian, 1750–1800
Pen and brown ink, brush and black and brown wash, white gouache, charcoal on paper
Drawing

Design for a stage design.  A flight of stairs leads to a platform upon which three female figures are decorating a statue of goddess.  The platform is flanked by flights of stairs leading up to the atrium of a temple.  The temple appears not to have a roof.  The structure is placed in a garden setting with trees located off to the side and behind.  There are statues located in the distance, on either side of the temple.
Illustration for Hamlet: The Players Represent the Death of Hamlet's Father (III,2)
Eugène Delacroix, French, 1798 - 1863, 1835
Lithograph on paper
Print

The Players Represent the Death of Hamlet's fFther (III,2)
Plan pour un Bâtiment de l'Ordre Ionique
Jean-François de Neufforge, Flemish, 1714–1791, 1768
Engraving on paper
Print

Plan for a building in the Ionic order, with rooms including a bedroom, a dining room, private studies, and a living room. There is a scale bar of 12 toises (1 toise was equal to about 3.799 square meters) at the bottom of the page. The plate is signed and numbered.
Doorway
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1882
Graphite on wove paper
Drawing

Partial sketch of a doorway.
Album of Prints: Cahiers d'Arabesques by Boucher Fils
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Album

Album of prints containing four volumes of arabesque designs by Juste-François Boucher, known as Boucher fils.
Pitcher
, 18th–mid-19th century

embossed and poly-chromed, brown and green