biglam/cooper-hewitt-alt-text huggingface dataset:
Fragment
, ca. 1820
cotton Technique: printed on plain weave

Fragment shows a scene entitled "Chasteté de Joseph," which depicts a seated woman reaching for the robes of standing man as he attempts to move away from her. They are surrounded by foliage and a basket of flowers. Architectural elements are suggested in the background. In purple on white.
Cloudy Skies, Jamaica
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, August 1865
Brush and oil, graphite on paperboard
Drawing

Landscape and atmosphere sketch showing of a view of cloudy skies over the Blue Mountains of Jamaica. In foreground, a green slope gives way to succeeding ridges, that become hazier in the distance due to the atmospheric/aerial perspective. Above, luminously glowing storm clouds are lined in the gold and silver light of the sun. These billowing clouds comprise most of the sky, with the sun's light peeking out at top.
Teapot and Lid
, ca. 1805
Tin-glazed earthenware with transfer-printed decoration

White earthenware teapot and cover decorated with an outdoor garden and gazebo scene in blue.
Bridle Path, White Mountains
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, August 24, 1868
Graphite on cream wove paper
Drawing

Horizontal view of a woman riding side-saddle on a horse.
Box and cover
, ca. 1785
lacquer and tortoiseshell

Speckled dark green composition on outside; tortoise-shell on inside. Circular. Cover decorated with engraving showing tomb, stream, and four female figures, with a circular opening across which passes a revolving disk, with a sentimental verse.
Design for Frame for Altar Retable Painting
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1746–1809
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on off-white laid paper
Drawing

Cherubim and an angel surround the frame of a small painting. Laterally are pairs of pilasters.
Sketches of Buildings in Mexico
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, February–April 1889
Graphite on off-white wove paper
Drawing

Architecture sketches showing views of three buildings in Mexico. At upper left, a church with a large dome and a tall belltower is loosely sketched. At upper right, a gate or possibly the facade of a church is shown a gaping, arched doorway. At lower right, three small, thatched structures are grouped in close proximity.
Market Day
Frederick Stuart Church, American, 1842–1924, 1882
Etching on paper
Ephemera

Left, cupid sitting on knees holding up heart to young girl, in front of cupid basket of hearts. Right, figure of girl with hands behind her back looking down at cupid, smiling. Vegetation, left and right; right, tree with bird nest and bird.
Pilate Washing his Hands
Andrea Andreani, Italian, 1558/1559 - 1629, 1585
Chiaroscuro woodcut on paper
Print

Pilate washing his hands.
Design for a Sepulchral (Funerary) Wall Mounted Monument
D. Antoine Pierretz, French, active 1647, 1647-55
Etching on laid paper
Print

A design for a sepulchral (funerary) wall mounted monument featuring a sculpted portrait bust framed and topped with a broken pediment and flaming vase finial, trophy of arms, festoons of leaves and flowers, leaf and ribbon molding, cartouches, palm leaves, scale pattern, fluting, a bat skull mask (mascaron). A scale below. The plate is numbered.
Textile
, 19th century
silk, metallic thread Technique: satin weave with supplementary weft

Dark purple satin ground with closely-spaced serpentines of slender branches with large conventionalized flowers, fruit, and foliage brocaded in gold metallic thread.
Sketch, Centaur with Woman and Child
Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863, 1820–1850
Pen and ink, brush and sepia wash on paper
Drawing

Sketch, Centaur (or Ichthyocentaur) with Woman and Child.
Frame
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, ca. 1796
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

The scheme and decoration are variations of 1938-88-1912. Cornucopias crowned by flames crossing behind the escutcheon. The crossing point of the branches is surrounded by a wreath. At left, only partly visible, are fasces and the military flail, at right colors. Dark background.
Designs for Chairs
Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96, 1780-1789
Etching on off-white laid paper
Print

Designs for three chairs decorated with ornament motifs including foliage, rosettes, fluting, scrolls, animal heads. The plate is signed and numbered.
Design for ceiling decoration
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, 1789–1793
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
Drawing

Frieze, coved ceiling, probably for the Winter Bedroom in the Altieri.
Sidewall and border
, 1805–20
Block-printed on handmade paper

Vertical stripes about 4 1/2 wide, alternating apple-green and white, over-printed with close-set pattern of foliate rinceaux in two shades of green. Horizontal overprinted in flock, at top, of large-scale flowers and foliage suggestive of poppies. Above this, solid flock border of serpentine stripes and, over enclosed bands, figures composed of dots. Printed in greens and cream, with orange, brown, and green flock.
Galerie métallique des grands hommes français (Great Men of France)
Armand-Auguste Caqué, French, 1793 - 1881, 1821
Cast bronze
Medal

Bust of Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier (1743 - 1794) to the left.
Fragment
, 18th century
silk, paper with applied gold foil Technique: compound weave

Tan background with multicolor lozenges made of four smaller lozenges with flowers. Large green and gold fan with multicolored flowers and blue sticks. Colors include purple, orange, white, green, blue, and light pink.
Wallpaper Design
, 1820–30
Brush and gouache, graphite on white paper
Drawing

A dado is shown at the bottom. On top is a frieze between bands with rosettes. The frieze consists of a high band between two low ones of different height. The high band shows rosettes in circular medallions, from which palmettes grow laterally, alternating with a stylized plant. Above the frieze is an entablature of several moldings, the lowest of which is colored. An ornamentation is alternatively suggested for it in the left half. The wall panel is divided into oblong panels framed by fillets and separated from each other by stripes, the lower parts of which show in the middle a white line, from which leaves and seeds grow in the upper parts. A hanging palmette frieze is alternatively suggested as a decoration of the tops of the oblong panels.
Project for a Painted Wall
, 1700–1725
Graphite, pen and ink, brush and watercolor, sepia on paper
Drawing

The right half of an imaginary space, with an arch supported by a column. At right, double pilasters support an entablature with dentil moulding.
Ares, 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

Winged putto with ram in a demi lune.
Design for Brooch with Volutes and Eagle
, 16th century
Pen and ink, brush and sepia wash on paper
Drawing

Jewelry design for a brooch. An escutcheon in architectural form. In the center, above the entablature, is an eagle above a cloth. Below is an octagonal diamond. Hanging from the upwards disposed lateral volutes are round diamonds; a similar larger one hanging from a chalice in the center below.
Ascetic and Courtier
, 1500–1550
Pen and ink on paper
Drawing

An old man on the left interacts with a youngerman on the right. Behind them is an intricate sketch of a building.
Dousieme livre des oeuvres de J.A. Meissonnier/Livre de Chandeliers de Sculpture en Argent.
Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, French, b. Italy, 1695–1750, 1740
Engraving on white laid paper
Print

1921-6-212-31-a: Candelabra with three branches exuberantly decorat...;     1921-6-212-31-b: Design composed of a frame of volutes in which ste...
Half Dome, Yosemite
Thomas Moran, American, b. Britain, 1837–1926, 1873
Brush and watercolor, white gouache, graphite on blue-gray wove paper
Drawing

Vertical vista features the granite peak of Half Dome, Yosemite, looming between boulders in the foreground and snowcapped mountains in the distance.  In foreground, jutting rocks at center, pine trees and spruce at right.
Rocaille Motifs and Dados, from Set No. 120
Franz Xaver Habermann, German, 1721 – 1796, 1750-1770
Etching on paper
Print

Plate 4. A dado forms a kind of apse; two doors of different designs lead into it. Rocaille motifs.
Piédestal pour figure Equestre
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Design for a pedestal for an equestrian statue decorated with caryatids, egg and dart, garland, faux script, ribbon, rosette, military trophy, and bound leaf. The plate is signed.
Sidewall
, 1800–1810
Printed on handmade paper

Apple-green paper without ornament.
Landscape with Deer in a Morning Haze
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1892
Brush and watercolor, graphite on wove paper
Drawing

A hillside landscape with a fence and three deer in the foreground, tree tops and mist in the middleground, and mountains in background.
Versailles, Gardens, Water Theatre
, 1730
Etching and engraving. Black ink on rolled paper.
Print

Horizontal rectangle:  A theatre with surrounding tiers of seats and jets of water.  Rear center, a raised stage with lowered cascade at its forefront.  In the stage background and wings, one central and two diagonal allees with cascades and water jets.  Strolling and seated people and coaches.
Design for a Salon
François-Jacques Delannoy, French, 1755 - 1835, ca. 1785
Pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper
Drawing

A long side wall with a door frame between two wall panels which show grotesque decoration and sofas standing in the central section of the dados.
Grand Canyon in the Rain
Thomas Moran, American, b. Britain, 1837–1926, July 12, 1908
Pen and brown ink on white wove paper
Drawing

Horizontal view of canyon with many cliffs shown as rain falls in the right part.
Dessus de porte en bas relief
Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782, ca. 1775
Engraving on off white laid paper
Print

Two designs for semicircular, carved overdoors. The top overdoor has a portrait medallion at center, topped with a helmet and garland, and with putti holding branches. The lower overdoor is framed with bound relief and has a cartouche at its center surrounded by putti holding a garland. The plate is signed.
Ishibe:Guests at the Inn (Isibe, ryosha tomarikyaku) from the series 53 Stations of the Tokaido
Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858, 1855
Woodblock print in colored ink on paper
Print

This print depicts guests at an inn show multiple views of hotel service from various windows. Servants well dressed are hosting and providing excellent service to the visitors who are sitting and relaxing as they eat.
Fame with Trumpet, Sala di Recezione, Palazzo Quirinale, Rome
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, 1812
Pen and dark gray ink, brush and color washes over black chalk ruled lines on beige wove paper
Drawing

On either side of central candelabrum, flying Fame holding garland in one hand and blowing trumpet with other. Ruled chalk lines in black chalk suggest square molding.
LA GRANDE PIECE D’EAU
Adam Perelle, French, 1638 – 1695, late 17th century
Etching on laid paper
Print

View of fountains within the formal gardens at Versailles. In the foreground a round basin with sculptural groups of putti, dolphins, and birds with jets of water shooting outwards. Beyond a large semi-circular basin featuring smaller sculptures with jets of water and cascading fountains supported by putti along the edge of the basin. Other smaller fountains and basins within the grounds. In the background there are trees, landscape, and windmills. Swans in the basin and figures (courtiers) throughout the grounds. The plate is titled.
Paris, plate from a suite of 6 ornamental designs with the Judgement of Paris
Adriaen Collaert, Flemish, ca. 1560 – 1618, ca. 1690
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Paris holds his shepherd's staff under a tree, extending the apple towards the victor. The figure is set within a medallion on a dark field (sur fond noir) decorated with intricate grotesques.
Calice, Siboire et Burette
Clément Pierre Marillier, French, 1740 – 1808, 1763
Etching and engraving on paper
Print

Designs for ecclesiastical vessels including chalices, ciboria, and cruets featuring mascarons (masks), scrolling leaves (rinceaux), scrolling acanthus leaves, festoons of leaves and flowers, crosses, clouds, and gadrooning. The plate is titled.
Border
, 19th century
linen Technique: Brussels-style bobbin lace

Design of scrolling vine at lower border with some branches curving up to top edge. Leaves solid white blossoms have some openwork. Known as "Point Duchesse."
Sucrier
Pierre Germain, French, 1703 - 1783, 1748
Etching on laid paper
Print

Design for a sugar shaker decorated with ornament motifs including a shell body, branches, and scroll feet. The plate is signed and numbered.
Kanasugi Bridge, Shibaura (Kanasugi-bashi Shibaura) From the Series One hunred Views of Edo
Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858, 1857
Woodblock print in colored ink on paper
Print

Here we see a parade of people celebrating the anniversary of Nichiren's, the founder of the school of Buddhism, death heading to the Honmonji funerary temple in Ikegami. Red, white, and blue signs are held up in celebration. Tenugui towels suspended from poles contain the emblem of the Nichiren School of Buddhism. The blue and white cloths located on the bottom left corner has the name of the publishers of the series. The red banner on the bamboo pole contains a sentiment translated as "Salvation is in thee, thou wonderful law of the Lotus Sutra." Written on a drum in the crowd, is: "Heaven and earth are subject to the Lotus Sutra." Each year thousands of people still come to gather in celebration.
Design for Two Panels of Ornament
François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768, 1745
Etching and engraving on off-white laid paper
Print

Design for two vertical panels of ornament. The left panel features at center a bust of a man crowned by a putto; the right panel, trelliswork and mascarons.  The plate is signed and numbered.
Design for a Metal Candelabrum of Four Branches, for Louis XV's Service
Thomas Germain, French, 1673 – 1748, ca. 1730
Graphite, pen and black ink, brush and wash on paper, framing lines in pen and black ink
Drawing

The royal French coat-of-arms is on the base. Two putti carry a bracket on which stands a vase. The branches and flower boughs spring from a volute on top of the vase. Fleurs-de-lis rise from the volute.
La Retour de la Chasse
, ca. 1820
cotton Technique: printed on plain weave
Fragment

Fragment shows a soldier walking with a young woman as Cupid trails behind. A young boy holding flowers greets the couple. A dog walks next to the soldier. Trees and architectural elements are in the background. In mauve on white.
Designs for Gun Parts and Ornament
François Marcou, French, 1595 – 1660, 1657
Engraving on laid paper
Print

Designs for gun parts (flintlock and ornament) decorated with grotesque ornament, mascarons (masks), fantastical animals, flowers, foliate scrolls, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), and man fighting a mythological animal with wings and fishtail on the sideplate of the flintlock. The plate is signed and numbered.
Haymaking
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910, 1864
Graphite, brush and touches of white gouache on paper
Drawing

Horizontal view of a young man with a pitchfork.
Sidewall and border
, ca. 1810
Block printed on handmade paper

Vertical rectangle. Across bottom, acanthus border. On either side, lozenge border formed by interlacing cables, enclosing leaf form. Across top, simulated cornice, below which are festoons of drapery and flowers depending from circular bosses, between which is a basket of flowers flanked by two putti. In center of panel, putto with quiver and lyre, surrounded by cloud; at bottom, woman seated before a potted rose tree, with putto proferring an arrow.
Design for a Jug
Ennemond Alexandre Petitot, French, 1727 – 1801, 1764
Etching on laid paper
Print

Design for a jug with a gadrooned body and a handle. The spout is ornamented with acanthus leaves and a dolphin. The plate is signed and numbered.
Ornamental Vase Design
Louis Doré, French, active 18th century, 1750-1800
Etching on laid paper
Print

Vase design with two grotesque dragon handles. The dragons' heads face away from the vase, and their stylized tails loop around below the shoulder of the vase and connect with a garland draped across the front. The lip of the vase is scalloped, and the body of the vase is fluted. The bottom of the vase is decorated with stylized long leaves, and the foot of the vase has spiraling fluting. The plate is signed and numbered.
Design for an Urn
, 1775–1815
Pen and ink, brush and sepia, watercolor on paper
Drawing

Elevation of a vase with handles and a pointed finial. A crest at center.
Title Page
Ennemond Alexandre Petitot, French, 1727 – 1801, 1771
Etching on paper
Print

Title page from a series of 10 plates featuring fanciful costumes inspired by Greek and Roman antique ornament and architectural motifs. The title and dedication are lettered on a sculpted monument, featuring fluted columns, a garland of laurels and smoking incense burners. The plate is signed and numbered.
Elevation de costé du Jardin de l’Edifice de Monsr. Jabba (Upper Plate) / Elevation du Profil qui montre une partie des Chambres avec le Profil de la demi Lune de l’Edifice de Monsr. Jabba. (Lower Plate)
Jean Marot, French, 1619 - 1679, ca.1635–ca.1660
Etching on laid paper
Print

Two plates printed on a single sheet, one above the other. Architectural elevations of two buildings with scales below. The buildings feature overdoor sculptures, pilasters framing the windows, metopes, balusters, and finials. The lower plate features sectional views of the interiors of the building. The interiors feature domed rooms with ceiling decorations, overdoor decoration, sculptures in niches, and coffered ceilings. The plates are titled and signed.
Elevation and Plan of a Carriage Entrance
François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768, 1745
Etching and engraving on off-white laid paper
Print

Design for the doors of a carriage entrance. The doors are decorated with ornament motifs including dragons, shells, and a rocaille clasp. The plate is numbered but not signed.
Sampler
Sally Follansbe, American, 1773 - 1813, 1787
silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, stem, satin, rococo, herringbone, eyelet and roumanian stitches on plain weave foundation Label: linen embroidered with silk in cross, stem, satin, rococo, herringbone, eyelet and roumanian stitches

Embroidered sampler with bands of alphabets and numerals, floral and geometric borders, and an inscription.
At the bottom are two trees, one surrounded by birds, the other with birds flying away from it; the trees are identified as 'The Good Tree' and 'The Evil Tree'.
The verse reads:  
Let Virtue be a Guide to Me
When this you see Remember Me
Design for a crest with a coat of arms
Louis Tullius Joachim Visconti, Italian, active in France, 1791 - 1853, 1829
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, traces of graphite on cream laid paper
Drawing

A design for a coat of arms rests on a two-storied base. A winged putto rests on either side of the crest, each kneeling atop a scrolling ornament. They each hold an end of a festoon upon which a crowned escutcheon rests bearing three small lioness heads and an inscription.
Band
, 18th century
silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in herringbone, chain, buttonhole and stem stitches on plain weave

Narrow border with mermaids and scrolls ending in carnations and scrolls enclosing double-headed eagles. Wide border with floral sprays above an anchor, birds on plant growing out of a basket.
Mountainous Landscape, Mexico
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, March 13, 1892
Graphite on beige wove paper
drawing

Landscape sketch showing a view of distant buildings nestled in the mountainous terrain of Mexico. In the middle distance, a group of cattle are shown grazing on a wide plain at center. In the background, a prominent, rounded hill visibly rises at center. Buildings, apparently with red tiles, are huddled together at the base of the hill's left slope, while on its right slope, a hacienda building is loosely rendered. The outline of a rugged mountain range forms a serrated horizon in the background.
Band
, 4th–5th century
Warp; S-spun linen. Weft; S-spun linen, S-spun wool Technique: slit tapestry with supplementary weft wrapping

Polychrome floral and plant pattern.
Sketch of a Street Scene in Venice
, 1775–1800
Pen and ink on paper
Drawing

A masked couple shown standing against a background of a bridge and houses. Steeples and a dome of a church in the left distance.
Trophy Designs
Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786, 1772–77
Etching on paper
Print

Six designs for trophies incorporating leaves, flowers, armillary sphere, musical scores, musical instruments and games, horn, flute, quiver of arrows, bow, book, feathers, racket, shuttlecock, panpipes, trumpet, tambourine, paddles, gloves, and a kite. The plate is numbered.
Study for a group, “Vintage Festival,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903, 1895–1898
Graphite on laid paper
Drawing

Three sketches of a struggle between two figures. The hand of the maenad covers more of the face than in the definitive design. Two of the sketches are close together in the middle of the sheet.
LE CHÂTEAU DE LOUVOIS a 4 lieües de Reims
Adam Perelle, French, 1638 – 1695, late 17th century
Etching on laid paper
Print

View of the chateau of Louvois within its landscape with the formal gardens, parterres, fountains, basins, and trees. The paths are filled with figures. The plate is titled.
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, a disk above and three drops below. The center is in the same shape as 1938-88-823. Bevelled corners.
Small Black-and-White Bird on Rose Leaf with Blossoms and Butterflies
, ca. 1800–1830
Pen and ink, graphite on coated wove paper
Drawing

Small Black-and-White Bird on Rose Leaf with Blossoms and Butterflies
Le Contant Villageois
François-Thomas Mondon, French, 1709 – 1755, after 1736
Etching on laid paper
Print

A print from a series of seven designs for rococo ornament and vignettes. A woman and man walk in a landscape to the right, with rococo ornament to their right featuring rocaille, shell and acanthus leaf motifs, c-scrolls, garlands of flowers, cartouches and fluting with putti and a phoenix. The plate is titled, signed and numbered.
The Infant John in the Wilderness accompanied by Angels [above]; Virgin and Child with Saint Catherine and Saint Barbara [below]
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, ca. 1580 – 1605
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk on laid paper
Drawing

Recto, above: The young St. John the Baptist walks in a wood. A lamb goes before him, angels beside. 
Recto, below: Nighttime scene with the Virgin Mary seated at center. She holds the Christ child and angels and saints kneel before them, to left and right. 
Verso, left: A nighttime scene of Christ on the cross, at center, with angels flying to the left and right. His followers kneel in the foreground beneath the cross. In the background at left is a soldier on horseback. At right, a figure climbs down a ladder. Spectators appear in the background beyond.  
Verso, right (inverted): in an arcaded interior, a figure at left walks forward, holding a heavy bag over his shoulder. At center right, Christ stands in conversation with another figure. Others lie on the ground.
Ornament, Vase, and Furniture Designs
Charles Normand, French, 1765 – 1840, 1787–95
Etching on laid paper
Print

Horizontal plate with designs for vases, plinths, candlestand, perfume burner and an ornamental frieze featuring scrolling acanthus leaves and foliage, a griffin and winged putto. The designs feature Neoclassical and Empire style motifs, palmettes, scrolling foliage, repeat patterns, masks, gadrooning, rosettes, snakes, and mythological creatures. The plate is numbered.