graphite on gray paper | Media | Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Eight sketches of ornamental architecture, labelled. Capitals, doorframe design, handrails and brackets.

Drawing, On Escalier de Geants, 1883
graphite on gray paper.
Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner.
1948-47-169

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Horizontal rectangle: Isolated and a group of trees and plants, across the top row; three palms with facade and steeple of a church, at center; and a tree and plant at a slope, at bottom.

Drawing, Sketches from the Rio Magdalene, Columbia: Botanical Studies and a...
graphite on gray paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-95

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Recto: Horizontal view of a hill with a buildin with a tower on top shown in the left foreground, and a mountain in the right rear; a man is shown beneath and beside and lines in the center; at wooded hillside at bottom right; and high weeds at left.

Verso: Vertical view at the top of a medieval tower rising over ruins, parts of which are covered by vines

Drawing, Sketches from Italy: Building with a Tower, Mountain, and Man, April...
graphite on gray paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-86

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Horizontal sheet containing a series of 4 sketches: A house stands beside an enormous tree at Mompos, at top left; a part of a covered canoe, at top right; tree, at bottom left; and a part of a boat, at right.

Drawing, Ceiba Tree at Mompos, Champan Canoe, Trees, and a Partial Boat, Rio...
graphite on gray paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-853

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Horizontal view of top of a camaca palm at upper left, a group of trees and vines on a river bank at center, a crane-like bird at upper right, and a sketch of leaves at bottom center.

Drawing, Camaca Palm, a Group of Trees and Vines on a River Bank, Bird, and a...
graphite on gray paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-851

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Horizontal sheet containing five designs for tops of trees

Drawing, Five Studies of Tree Tops, Rio Magdalena, Colombia, 1853, probably May
graphite on gray paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-850

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Horizontal view of bamboos with stems, a vine and a young palm, and plant top across the upper half of sheet and two designs for curious and common effects of rain falling from clouds over ridges.

Drawing, Bamboos, Vine and a Young Palm, Plant, and Two Scenes of Rain...
graphite on gray paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-849

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Horizontal view of details of plants and flowers at top left and center, a group of trees on a river bank at top right, and larger mass of trees at bottom right.

Drawing, Details of Flowers, Plants and Trees Along a River Bank, Rio...
graphite on gray paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-848-b

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Horizontal view of tree tops, a flying white bird, vines and across the bottom three flowering plants, one identified as a water plant.

Drawing, Studies from the Rio Magdalena, Colombia: Tree Tops, Flying White...
graphite on gray paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-848-a

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Horizontal view of a palm at left and two designs of hanging boughs at right.

Drawing, Plant Studies from the Rio Magdalena, Colombia, 1853, probably May
graphite on gray paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-847

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Horizontal view of a goat croaching upon a boulder beside which a fence begins.

Drawing, A Goat in Pandi, Colombia, July 1853
graphite on gray paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-84-b

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Horizontal view with a river bank at top; two trees at center left; a covered canoe at center right; a covered canoe with at least 13 men and probably a woman it in, and 8 of the men carry long poles while two men row.

Drawing, Sketches from Colombia: Trees and Rivercraft (Champans), 1853
graphite on gray paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-69

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Horizontal view with a landscape at top, a group of trees at the bottom left, and two palms at center right.

Drawing, Sketches from Colombia: Bank of a River or Bay, and Trees., 1853
graphite on gray paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-68

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Drawing, Sketches from Colombia: River Craft (Champan), a Woman, Group of...
graphite on gray paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-67

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Horizontal view of a receding street flanked by low houses with straw or grass roofs, in the foreground, by stately stone buildings, one of which has a tower with a flat top in the distance. The tops of the steeple and of the roof of the church rise in the left middle distance over trees.

Drawing, Street in Mompos, Colombia, May 1853
graphite on gray paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-63

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Drawing, Jews at the Wailing Wall, Jerusalem, April 1868

Drawing, Jews at the Wailing Wall, Jerusalem, April 1868
graphite on gray paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-445

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Horizontal view of a fern tree at top right half of sheet

Drawing, Fern Tree Study, Jamaica, August 1865
graphite on gray paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-438-b

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Vertical view of a group of large trees at top half of sheet and details of bough across the bottom.

Drawing, Studies of Trees and Boughs, Jamaica, August 1865
graphite on gray paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-438-a

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Horizontal view of a mountain landscape before a bay

Drawing, Cloud-capped South American Mountain Landscape Seen Beside a Bay,...
graphite on gray paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-415

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Horizontal view of a valley, with houses visible on hill tops in right foreground, winding towards a background containing a mountain range.

Drawing, Mountain Landscape, Jamaica, July 1865
graphite on gray paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-318-b

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Seascape scene depicting an enormous iceberg with multiple peaks. Verso: head of an Eskimo figure shown from the front.

Drawing, Iceberg, June or July 1859
graphite on gray paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-306-c

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Drawing, Two Sailing Ships, ca. 1850
graphite on gray paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-271-b

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Horizontal view of a hilly landscape covered by trees and plants with a stream flowing past a laden donkey at lower right, and shown in a vertical direction at right side a hilly landscpe with trees and water plants.

Drawing, Saberreta, Ecuador, July 23, 1857
graphite on gray paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-266

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Horizontal view of the volcano Tungurahua in Ecuador

Drawing, Tungurahua Volcano, Ecuador, June 1857
graphite on gray paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-211

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Recto: Horizontal bird's eye view over hills and mountain ridges of ascending toward the right.

Verso: Horizontal view containing at right a vertical row of three designs, probably referring to wood carvings: a corner of a panel; a trefoil inscribed into an oblong; and oblong pane with a lozenge coffer. In opposite direction calculations referring to days in August beginning: "31"; monograms CF and FI; calendar for August. Vertically two columns of: "Mon Aug 7
Got 24", etc.
and not; the sum totals are 51 and 60, respectively.

Drawing, View from Galleway Hill, Jamaica, August 1865
graphite on gray paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-208

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Horizontal view of a river winding through wooded banks towards the background, with a hill range visible in central background and part of a house in the middleground.

Drawing, Winding River in a Wooded Valley, Vermont, October 1865
graphite on gray paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-186

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Horizontal view of a wooden water wheel with its axle supported by walls, and a small basin shown at the base of the right wall.

Drawing, Water Wheel with a Basin in a Garden, Jaffa, Palestine [Tel Aviv,...
graphite on gray paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-183-b

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Vertical view showing details of a plant: two details of the stem and leaves at bottom; a high stem grows out of a bunch of leaves and carries petals on top; and a petal in large scale at top left.

Drawing, Botanical Sketches Showing Details of a Plant, Jamaica, July 1865
graphite on gray paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-18

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Recto: Horizontal view of the winding valley leading into the background, with the rear wall visible in left background, and indications of a caravan and poins near the base of one hillside in the right foreground.

Verso: Vertical oblique viwe into a narrower steeply rising valley.

Drawing, El Yemen Valley, Arabia: View of Winding Valley with a Caravan,...
graphite on gray paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-175

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Horizontal view oblique view of the right wall of the valley and the right cleft, with the central rear wall visible in the left middle distance; a continuation of the view seen in 1917-4-173. Verso: Horizontal view of a hillside and a detail of a rock wall.

Drawing, Valley of El Yemen, February 20, 1868
graphite on gray paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-174

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 6 images of this object.

Horizontal view of the lower parts of a group of trees, growing on a slope.

Drawing, Lower Parts of a Group of Trees Growing on a Slope, 1862
graphite on gray paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-171-a

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Horizontal rectangular cut-out showing the range of Mount Katahdin.

Drawing, Cut-out of Mount Katahdin Ridge, Maine, ca. 1856–60
graphite on gray paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-1527

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Horizontal view containing an outline of a canoe, at upper left; a group of trees and plants at upper right; a tree top at lower left; and vines hanging from a tree top on the river bank, at lower center.

Drawing, Nature Studies from the Rio Magdalena, Colombia: Trees, Vines and a...
graphite on gray paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-139

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Horizontal view containing a group of trees, at upper left; tree tops, at upper center and right; and three trees with vines, at lower center.

Drawing, Studies of Trees, Ecuador, 1853
graphite on gray paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-138

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Horizontal sheet containing a covered canoe with a seated woman cooking in the bow as two men row beside her, a third man standing on the hip-roof and poling the water, and a fourth man, wearing a hat and poncho, standing in the helm. Scratchings at lower right.

Drawing, Covered Canoe, probably South American, 1853 or 1857
graphite on gray paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-1343

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.