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Green and yellow leaf design on dark blue ground, scattered white oriental motifs.

Drawing, Floral design for printed textiles, 1800–1818
brush and gouache, graphite on white wove paper.
Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund.
1957-46-44

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

At top, center, Ganymede rides an eagle under a bucranium. At left, a woman kneels before a figure; at right, a satyr kneels to another figure. At bottom, a tri-partite dado.

Print, Plate from Opus de ludicro picturae genere (A Work About the Playful...
etching on laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John I. Kane.
1945-6-4-1

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

Monogram comprised of a black lower-case "i", conjoined with a red lower case "j", whose curved element attaches to the bottom of the "i". Each letter composed of alternating vertical solid lined stripes surmounted by a circle.

Drawing, Design for a Monogram: I.J., 1930–45
pen and black and red ink; brush and black ink, red watercolor; graphite on....
Gift of John Finguerra in memory of his brother Jim Finguerra.
1995-164-91

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

Design for a painted porcelain plate, rondel. Outdoor scene under a mulberry tree. A figure of a woman holding a baset of mulberries, center middleground, admonishes a young girl who has gotten stains on her dress. A seated woman, center foreground, carefully feeds mulberries to a kneeling child. A child has climbed the tree to pick mulberries, two other children play beneath the tree. In the right margin of sheet, a graphite sketch of a child holding her dirty apron. Verso: a graphite sketch of a standing woman, her basket of mulberries on a stone wall, scolding a child with a dirty apron.

Drawing, Design for a Painted Porcelain Plate, Les Müres (Mulberries) for...
pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on cream laid paper, circular border....
Museum purchase through gift of James Amster.
1989-13-13

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

Design for a painted porcelain plate, rondel. Kitchen/pantry scene. Figure of a woman/man viewed from behind offers a meringue to a child seated at a table, right foreground. Two children, one of whom is seated on a step in the left middleground, the other stands to the right, are eating meringues and teasing each other. Another room, filled with figures, is visible through a door at the left, perhaps indicating a restaurant setting. A stairway to an upper floor is visible through a doorway at right of center.

Drawing, Design for a Painted Porcelain Plate, Les Meringues (Meringues) for...
pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, graphite on cream laid paper, border....
Museum purchase through gift of James Amster.
1989-13-30

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

Print, Massacre of the Innocents

Print, Massacre of the Innocents
Sheet: 10.1 x 15.3 cm (4 x 6 in.).
1896-31-3

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

White leaf design on lilac ground.

Drawing, Floral design for printed textile, 1800–1818
brush and gouache, graphite on white wove paper.
Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund.
1957-46-38

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

Monogram comprised of a rounded edge "F", the lower branch formed by a circle over a solid black "U".

Drawing, Design for a Monogram: F. U., 1930–45
pen and black ink, brush and red, yellow watercolor, graphite on cream....
Gift of John Finguerra in memory of his brother Jim Finguerra.
1995-164-103

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

Design for a painted porcelain plate, rondel. A figure of a woman holding a chestnut roaster stands before a large fireplance in a chestnut shop. Beside her to the right, a little girl protects a young boy from reaching into the fire. Another woman at left of center foreground is on her knees sorting chestnuts. To her left in middleground a man is leaving the shop with an armful of chestnut branches.

Drawing, Design for a Painted Porcelain Plate, Les Marrons (Chestnuts) for...
pen and brown, black ink, brush and brown, black wash, white gouache, red....
Museum purchase through gift of James Amster.
1989-13-17

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

Design for a painted porcelain serving vessel, rondel. Scene in kitchen of an ice cream restaurant. Several shelves of molds and implements for making ice cream, upper right. A figure of a woman, center middleground, holds a cup of ice cream. A young girl, to her right, offers a spoon of ice cream to a boy; another boy raises his hands with obvious delight. A woman [?],right middleground, fills an ice cream cone while another woman, behind her, works with a mold. A waiter, left middleground, carries a tray of ice cream through an archway towards a table of customers, left background, seated under a structure covered with a striped awning.

Drawing, Design for a Painted Porcelain Serving Vessel, Les Glaces (Ice...
pen and brown, black ink, brush and brown, black wash, white gouache, red....
Museum purchase through gift of James Amster.
1989-13-28

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

Design for a painted porcelain plate, rondel. Scene outside a pastry shop. A figure of a man wearing apron, right middleground, offers a selection of tarts from a tray to a young boy and girl, center middleground. An elegantly dressed woman, left foreground, possibly their mother, appears to be telling the children to take only one tart. A woman holding a baby, center middleground, holds a tart which the baby is trying to reach. Two platters and a compote stand filled with tarts in right foreground, are displayed on a shelf next to the shop entrance from which a striped awning hangs. A carriage and driver, left rearground, await the family.

Drawing, Design for a Painted Porcelain Plate, Les Tartelettes (Little Tarts)...
pen and brown, black ink, bursh and brown, black wash, white gouache, red....
Museum purchase through gift of James Amster.
1989-13-29

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

This object has not been digitized yet.

Drawing, Design for a Painted Porcelain Plate, Les Greffes de Rosiers (Rose...
pen and brown, black ink, brush and brown, black wash, white graphite, red....
Museum purchase through gift of James Amster.
1989-13-4

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

Design for a painted porcelain plate, rondel. A garden setting with an arbor full of trees, right middleground, and a trellised fence around a house/garden building, left foreground. A figure of a kneeling woman assists a young boy who has falllen to the ground. Behind them, a gardener raises his arms in exclamation. A woman stands in the doorway of the house/garden building holding a vase of flowers. A young boy, left middleground, brings a bunch of flowers to her. Another kneeling woman, left foreground, fills a vase with flowers.

Drawing, Design for a Painted Porcelain Plate, Garden Scene from the Service...
pen and brown, black ink, brush and brown, black wash, white gouache, red....
Museum purchase through gift of James Amster.
1989-13-7

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

Design for a painted porcelain plate, rondel. Scene in a sugar shop. Figure of a black man, center, points to a large picture on the right wall depicting people working in a sugar cane field. He is explaining the scene to a young boy and girl. He holds an axe in his right hand to cut a piece of sugar cane in a dish placed on a table in front of him. A young boy, left foreground, seated at the table is tasting a piece of sugar cane. Another boy seated opposite him is processing sugar [?]. A cupboard, left background, holds large pieces of sugar cane.

Drawing, Design for a Painted Porcelain Plate, Sucre de Canne (Sugar Cane)...
pen and brown, black ink, brush and brown, black wash, white gouache, red....
Museum purchase through gift of James Amster.
1989-13-8

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

Cattle at a watering place. At right, stand an elderly man and a boy. At left, kneels a man with a turban, and a child holds a Chinese cup. Jars and a cock are shown upon a horse, beside which a man stands.

Drawing, Oriental Scene, ca. 1770
black crayon on paper.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1931-64-263

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

Monogram designed in negative space within a black square, white "Z" with cross bar continuing into a "B" formed by two white semi-circles.

Drawing, Design for a Monogram: Z. B., 1930–45
pen and black ink, brush and black ink on cream illustration board.
Gift of John Finguerra in memory of his brother Jim Finguerra.
1995-164-81

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

Circular monogram comprised of an "E" formed by a thick black circle with a short central branch superimposed with a red "L" in the upper right quadrant of the circle.

Drawing, Design for a Monogram: E.L., 1930–45
pen and black and red ink; brush and black ink, red watercolor; graphite on....
Gift of John Finguerra in memory of his brother Jim Finguerra.
1995-164-92

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

Design for a painted porcelain plate, rondel. Scene in a cheese shop showing the figure of a proprietress, right, standing in front of a counter. She lifts a glass dome uncovering a piece of cheese which she prepares to cut with a knife that is attached to her apron by a chain. She appears to have caught two children, to the left, stealing bread. Behind the counter are three shelves holding wheels or balls of cheese. On the counter, behind the woman, is a scale. A cat, left middleground, is eating some cheese; a bird in a cage is suspended from above. In the left rear, a view of an outside market with clients crowded under umbrella-covered stalls.

Drawing, Design for a Painted Porcelain Plate, Les Fromages (Cheeses) for the...
pen and brown, black ink, brush and brown, black wash, white gouache, red....
Museum purchase through gift of James Amster.
1989-13-20

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

Drawing, Design for a Painted Porcelain Plate, Café (Coffee) from the Service des Objets de Dessert (Dessert Service)

Drawing, Design for a Painted Porcelain Plate, Café (Coffee) from the...
pen and brown, black ink, brush and brown, black wash, white gouache, red....
1989-13-26

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

Design for a painted porcelain plate, rondel. A kitchen in foreground and a bedroom visible through doorway, left rearground. A figure of a woman holding a spoon in her right hand, right foreground, stands at a counter. Two pots and a watering can hang on a wall behind her. Another woman, center middleground, stands in the doorway at the entrance to a bedroom, through which one sees a figure laying in a canopied bed.

Drawing, Design for a Painted Porcelain Plate, Kitchen Scene with Rear...
pen and brush and brown ink, gray wash, graphite on cream laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of James Amster.
1989-13-31

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

Acanthus rinceaux originate from the half-figure of a man holding a medallion portrait of a woman at right. An eagle and a lion watch each other. (RB'44)

Print, Frieze, 1640–50
etching on white laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
1944-24-7-3

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

A bird is shown in the center. Birds, griffins, satyrs, dragons, mermaids with masks. A medallion showing two horses grazing before a town.

Print, Plate from Opus de ludicro picturae genere (A Work About the Playful...
engraving on white paper.
Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John I. Kane.
1945-6-4-2

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

White and pink flowers, blue amaryllis on black ground flecked with small grey oval rings.

Drawing, Floral design for printed textiles, 1800–1818
brush and gouache, graphite on white wove paper.
Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund.
1957-46-43

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

Design for a painted porcelain plate, rondel. Enclosed yard of a farmhouse. At right, a figure of a woman holding a basket of berries in her right hand points with her left hand to a mulberry bush. In center, three children sit on the ground eating berries under the watchful eye of an elder woman. Behind them to the left, a man balances a tray of berry containers on his head. In the left foreground, a seated woman appears to be sifting sugar into a vessel, while a small child leans on her shoulder. In the distance is a grove of trees.

Drawing, Design for a Painted Porcelain Plate, Les Müres (Mulberries) from...
pen and brown, black ink, brush and brown, black wash, white gouache, red....
Museum purchase through gift of James Amster.
1989-13-12

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

Design for a painted porcelain plate, rondel. Scene inside a liquor shop. A figure of a boy, center middleground, stands on a chair in front of shelves holding jars of fruits in plum liquor. He has just dropped some jars on the floor and is about to jump off the chair when he sees two people observing the mishap through a barred window, rear left. Another child and a shop worker, in the lower right corner, turn around towards the boy to observe the unfortunate event.

Drawing, Design for a Painted Porcelain Plate, Fruits à l'eau de Vie (Fruits...
pen and brown-gray ink, brush and gray wash, graphite on cream laid paper,....
Museum purchase through gift of James Amster.
1989-13-24-a,b

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

Design for a painted porcelain plate, rondel. A garden scene depicting pear trees at right with stone wall and gate at left middleground. A figure of a gardener talks with a young woman while pointing to two children trying to reach the pears on tree limbs hanging outside the gate. He appears to be telling her to stop them from stealing his pears. A tall ladder with basket at right foreground leans against a tree. A rake and pear-filled basket at left foreground lie on a dirt path.

Drawing, Design for a Painted Porcelain Plate, Les Poires (Pears) from the...
pen and brown, black ink, brush and brown, black wash, white gouache, red....
Museum purchase through gift of James Amster.
1989-13-9

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

Lilac bottom edges of the pocket and of the waistcoat. A row of beads is shown parallel to the last named. View of a meadow with flowers and trees, of which two are shown.

Drawing, Design for Embroidered Waistcoat, ca. 1785
brush and gouache on laid paper.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1920-36-36

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

Photograph of the floor plan of one of the apartment buildings designed by Hector Guimard, belonging to a series of photographs documenting his architecture.

Photograph, Photograph of a Floor Plan for an Apartment Building Designed by...
photographic print on sensitized paper.
Gift of Mme. Hector Guimard.
1951-160-1-5

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

Sketch of a habor with three fishing boats in the foreground. Small houses line the shore in the distance.

Sketchbook Folio, Le Port d'Audierne (Audierne Harbor), 1927
brush and watercolor, black pastel crayon, graphite mounted on paper.
Gift of Martin Birnbaum.
1954-146-3

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

The head of an elderly woman seen frontally. She is dressed in an overcoat with heavy collar and a large wide-brimmed hat with a large bow.

Drawing, Portrait of a Lady in a Large Hat, ca. 1914
graphite on white paper.
1956-80-4

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

This object has not been digitized yet.

Drawing, Design for a Painted Porcelain Plate, Rentrée des Pommes (Apple...
pen and brown, black ink, brush and brown wash, white gouache, red crayon,....
Museum purchase through gift of James Amster.
1989-13-10

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

Design for a painted porcelain plate, rondel. Sketch of a confectioner's shop. Figure of a woman, center right, appears to be holding a basket of candy. A figure to her left gazes at the candy.

Drawing, Design for a Painted Porcelain Plate, Les Oranges (Oranges) from...
graphite on cream laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of James Amster.
1989-13-16

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

Design for a painted porcelain plate or serving vessel, rondel. Scene in mountains of Central Asia. A man, left center foreground, shovels ice into a bucket which is suspended from the back of a donkey held by a woman attendant. Another man in a crouching position, left foreground, gathers a tray of ice with his right hand. Two people lead a donkey down the mountain side, right middleground.

Drawing, Design for a Painted Porcelain Serving Vessel, Les Sorbets (Sorbets)...
pen and brown, black ink, brush and brown, black wash, white gouache, red....
Museum purchase through gift of James Amster.
1989-13-27

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

Drawing, Elevation of the Side of an Ornate Cabinet, 1550–75
black chalk; pen and brown ink on cream laid paper, laid down.
Gift of Mrs. William Greenough.
1943-51-315

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

The repeat consists of two calyxes with blossoms horizontally disposed to blossom rosette. Four petals are sketched with graphite. Obverse is colored blue.

Drawing, Design for a Woven Platband, 1800–1830
graphite, brush and gouache on paper.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1909-13-117

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

Photograph of a floor plan of one of the apartment buildings designed by Hector Guimard, belonging to a series of photographs documenting his architecture.

Photograph, Photograph of a Floor Plan of an Apartment Building Designed by...
photographic print on sensitized paper.
Gift of Mme. Hector Guimard.
1951-160-1-8

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