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Drawing, Bust of a Young Girl, 19th century
black and red chalk, pastel on paper.
Bequest of Erskine Hewitt.
1938-57-221

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

The ornamental part is sketched, the figures are completed. Two kneeling servants offer drinks to a seated man.

Reverse: Slight sketches of ornamental details.

Drawing, Designs for Chinoiserie Ornament, 1730–60
black chalk, pen and brown ink on paper.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1931-73-233

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

Drawing, Spandrel Decoration: Fame and Truth Applauding Louis XV

Drawing, Spandrel Decoration: Fame and Truth Applauding Louis XV
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brush and pale pink wash on white paper, lined.
1911-28-8

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

Rectangular with rounded shoulders and cylindrical neck. Vignettes of Chinoiserie figures in landscape, with gilded and painted imbricated borders.

Tea Caddy with Chinoiserie Vignettes Tea Caddy, ca. 1770
hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold.
Bequest of Erskine Hewitt.
1938-57-653

This object was made by Berlin Porcelain Factory.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 7 images of this object.

Covered Milk Jug with Chinoiserie Vignettes Milk Jug

Covered Milk Jug with Chinoiserie Vignettes Milk Jug
hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold.
1938-57-652-a,b

This object was made by Berlin Porcelain Factory.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 9 images of this object.

Teapot with Chinoiserie Vignettes Teapot

Teapot with Chinoiserie Vignettes Teapot
hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold.
1938-57-651-a,b

This object was made by Berlin Porcelain Factory.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 9 images of this object.

Bound Print (France), 1745

Bound Print (France), 1745
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1921-6-543-85

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Folio 10, plate 10 of a series of 12. Design for a curving vase influenced by shell forms to be executed in metal, placed on a pedestal. Two figures resting upon the body’s curves. At left, a standing satyr peers into the vase, his head holding the lid open. At right, a seated nude woman at the handle.

Bound Print, Plate 10, Livre de vases (Book of Vases), ca. 1738
etching in red ink on cream laid paper.
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1921-6-245-10

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

Folio 8, plate 8 of a series of 12. Design for a vase to be executed in metal, placed on a pedestal. On the body, a scene of four nude women. The handle at left is composed of a feathered bird stretched across the body of the vase, its neck forming the handle curve and its beak prying open the lid at top. The right handle a sharper geometric form resting upon a mask. Leafy garland draped from the right handle to the pedestal. Garden wall indicated in background.

Bound Print, Plate 8, Livre de vases (Book of Vases), ca. 1738
etching in red ink on cream laid paper.
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1921-6-245-8

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

Folio 7, plate 7 of a series of 12. Design for a vase to be executed in metal, placed on a pedestal. Shell-shaped forms near the neck and lid, the handle connected to the base by a snake-like chain. Sitting on the handle is a crouching dog baring its teeth. Reclining in the slope of the neck, at right, a putto figure.

Bound Print, Plate 7, Livre de vases (Book of Vases), ca. 1738
etching in red ink on cream laid paper.
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1921-6-245-7

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

Folio 6, plate 6 of a series of 12. Design for a vase to be executed in metal, placed on a pedestal. Three putti figures support the vase on their backs. Decorating the vase, below the lid, are three lion’s masks connected by a festoon.

Bound Print, Plate 6, Livre de vases (Book of Vases), ca. 1738
etching in red ink on cream laid paper.
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1921-6-245-6

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

Folio 5, plate 5 of a series of 12. Design for a vase to be executed in metal with curving shell-shaped forms, placed on a pedestal. The handles and lid are made up of the coils of two snakes.

Bound Print, Plate 5, Livre de vases (Book of Vases), ca. 1738
etching in red ink on cream laid paper.
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1921-6-245-5

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

Folio 4, plate 4 of a series of 12. Design for a vase to be executed in metal with curving forms, placed on a pedestal. A shell-shaped lid is attached to the left handle by a chain, the handles composed of two rams’ heads decorated with snakes.

Bound Print, Plate 4, Livre de vases (Book of Vases), ca. 1738
etching in red ink on cream laid paper.
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1921-6-245-4

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

Folio 3, plate 3 of a series of 12. Folio 2, plate 2 of a series of 12. Design for a vase or perfume burner to be executed in metal with curving fluted forms, placed on a pedestal. Two climbing figures of putti decorate the lid. At the sides, busts of winged female figures. At the front, a shell-like form. Smoke clouds in the background. At the base of the vase, leafy branches.

Bound Print, Plate 3, Design for a Vase, Livre de vases (Book of Vases), ca....
etching in red ink on cream laid paper.
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1921-6-245-3

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

Folio 2, plate 2 of a series of 12. Design for a vase to be executed in metal with curving fluted forms, placed on a pedestal. Sacrificial lamb (pascal lamb) at top, head and wings of putto at either side. At front, a plaque in the form of an escutcheon with a figural scene featuring a bishop and supplicant. In the background, a frieze carved in relief near bottom. Above, an open sky with sunlight radiating beyond the lamb's body between groups of clouds.

Bound Print, Plate 2, Livre de vases (Book of Vases), ca. 1738
etching in red ink on cream laid paper.
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1921-6-245-2

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

Folio 12, plate 12 of a series of 12. Design for mounts of a ewer or vase influenced by shell forms to be executed in jasper. A figure of a young boy reclines on rocks, shells, and flowers on the lid, a goat with a long tail decorates the handle, and acanthus and scroll motifs adorn the foot. At right, a line drawing of the ewer to which the mounts would be attached.

Bound Print, Plate 12, Livre de vases (Book of Vases), ca. 1738
etching in red ink on white laid paper.
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1921-6-245-12

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

Print, Léda (Leda and the Swan), from Nouveaux morceaux pour des paravants (New Designs for Screens)

Print, Léda (Leda and the Swan), from Nouveaux morceaux pour des paravants...
etching and engraving on white laid paper.
1921-6-203-9

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

Print, Rocaille (Rock Garden), from Nouveaux morceaux pour des paravants (New Designs for Screens)

Print, Rocaille (Rock Garden), from Nouveaux morceaux pour des paravants (New...
etching and engraving on white laid paper.
1921-6-203-8

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

Print, Hommage Champètre (Pastorale), from Nouveaux morceaux pour des Paravants (New Designs for Screens)

Print, Hommage Champètre (Pastorale), from Nouveaux morceaux pour des...
etching and engraving on white laid paper.
1921-6-203-7

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

One of a set of five panels for a fold-up screen. The other designs in the series include Rocaille (Rock Garden); Hommage Champêtre (Pastorale); and Léda (Leda and the Swan), all etched by Claude Duflos; and Triomphe de Pomone (Triumph of Pomona) etched by Charles Nicolas Cochin the Younger. Shell motif at top. Three putti grasping at berries in the upper portion of the design, to the right of a herm in the personification of Priapus, protector of orchards and gardens, which is at left. Cypress trees at right. Two putti pulling a goat on top of stairs and other putti both helping with the goat and holding berries. Panel framed with leaves, branches and berries.

Print, Triomphe de Priape (Triumph of Priapus), from Nouveaux morceaux pour...
etching and engraving on white laid paper.
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1921-6-203-6

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

Print, Triomphe de Pomone (Triumph of Pomona), from Nouveaux morceaux pour des paravants (New Designs for Screens)

Print, Triomphe de Pomone (Triumph of Pomona), from Nouveaux morceaux pour...
etching and engraving on white laid paper.
1921-6-203-5

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

Leblanc 48. "Guilelmo/Comiti Cowper/Magnae Britanniae/Cancellario."

Print, Memorial to William Earl Cowper, ca. 1730
engraving on cream laid paper.
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1921-6-58-1

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

At center, a cartouche surrounded by putti at left and right, each holding the support of a banner at top. Above the escutcheon, a crown of laurel leaves.

Bound Print, Plate 1, Title Plate, Livre de vases (Book of Vases), 1772–79
etching on cream laid paper.
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1921-6-245-1

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

Folio 3, plate 3 of a series of 7. Design for a fountain. Rococo fountain design with one putti and one young triton embracing within an open shell. Sea creatures at the base of the fountain below.

Bound Print, Plate 3, Receuil de Fontaines (Collection of Fountains), 1736
engraving on paper.
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1921-6-266-3

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

A seated shepherdess, seen from the right back, plays on a pipe to a young shepherd, seen frontally, lying on the ground on his stomach, crook in his right hand. Inscribed, lower right: "Boucher."

On the reverse is a sticker inscribed "Estate of Robert W. Weir, No.1920."

Drawing, Shepherdess Piping to a Shepherd, ca. 1760
red and black chalks on brownish paper, water-marked with a winged lion-like....
Bequest of Erskine Hewitt.
1938-57-250

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

The allegorical figure of a Flora is seated nude, near a large vase in a landscape, and offers a crown of flowers to Cupid.

Print, Flore et l'Amour, ca. 1750
etching.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1931-94-198

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

With his right hand, a boy supports a basket-tray resting on a boulder base; with his outstretched left hand he offers a biscuit (or bar of soap?). On the basket-tray are biscuits (cakes of soap?) and bottles. A tree trunk is in the right background.

Drawing, The Youthful Vendor, 1757
black chalk, white chalk on greenish-blue-gray paper.
Bequest of Erskine Hewitt.
1938-57-243

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

Shown from the front, the eyes of the main figure turn toward the left.

Drawing, Head of a Man in Turban, 1757
black and red chalk on paper.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1931-64-103

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

Nude and draped figures grouped about an urn with putti above holding heavy drapery.

Drawing, Project for a Corner Motif of a Painted Ceiling, 1740
pen and brown ink, black chalk on thin tracing paper.
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1911-28-3

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

Bound volume of folios depicting designs for fountains in signature rocaille style.

Album, Recueil de Fontaines (Collection of Fountains), 1736
bound volume of engraving on paper.
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1921-6-266

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

Bound album of the Livre De Vases (Book of Vases) by François Boucher, the title plate from the book's second edition, the eleven plates in red from the book's first edition. Plates 2-12 are all on quarter sheets and show in the upper margin two pin holes. Plate 1, the title plate, is remargined, and the series is placed by the collector in a half blue linen binding with marbled boards. At front cover, Léon Decloux bookplate with cartouche, the number inscribed in pen and red ink.

Book, Livre De Vases (Book of Vases)
engraving on paper.
1921-6-245

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

Two children are seen in a garden setting, with their animals—a dog and two lambs—about them.

Drawing, Two Children, 1775–90
red chalk on cream laid paper.
Bequest of Erskine Hewitt.
1938-57-211

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

Print, Rocaille (rococo design), in Nouveaux morceaux pour des paravents (New concepts for screens)

Print, Rocaille (rococo design), in Nouveaux morceaux pour des paravents (New...
etching, engraving on white paper.
1931-94-11

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

Plate no. 5 in work entitled Recueil de diverses Figures Chinoise.

Print, Paisane Chinoise, 1703–70
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1921-6-246-5

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

A flying putto holds his arms aaloft with something in his hands. Another flying putto and a study of the head and shoulders of a putto.
Verso: sketch of the back of a flying putto.

Drawing, Studies of putti, 1770
black chalk and white heightening on grey paper.
Gift of Hugh Cassel.
1958-143-47

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