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Design for a steeple. At base, a balustrade with designs in metalwork. Three windows built into stonework of the structure. Steeple topped by large spire with protrusions.

Object ID #18434385
pen and gray, brown ink, brush and gray, brown wash on paper.
Friends of the Museum Fund.
1960-77-1

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.
It was most recently photographed on May 17, 2017.

Drawing, Seated Bedouin

Drawing, Seated Bedouin
brush and oil on brown paper.
1917-4-752-b

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.
It was most recently photographed on February 23, 2017.

Three registers of vignettes including a chinois summer house, a windmill, a thatched cottage, ruins of a circular classical temple adorned with statuary, women hanging up laundry to dry, the tomb of the literateur, Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778), situated on a small island, children being instructed, barnyard animals and figures at a fountain.

Drawing, Cartoon for cotton printing: "Le Tombeau de Jean-Jacques Rousseau a...
pen and ink with grey washes on cream-colored paper (mounted).
Gift of Bridget Mahon.
1898-21-8

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
It was most recently photographed on February 11, 2016.

A male figure in a frock coat and top hat stands at right. He is being questioned by a male figure wearing a white apron at left. A female figure wearing a kerchief stands behind a counter. The setting is a small dry-goods or grocery store.

Drawing, "What is this bill? Give it to me to look at.", 1911
charcoal, brush and gray wash on wove paper.
Gift of F. Elizabeth De Voy.
1957-58-21

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
It was most recently photographed on January 13, 2016.

Sketch of a woodland landscape with trees along a riverbank.

Drawing, Landscape, 1865–70
graphite, brush and gouache on paper.
Gift of the National Academy of Design from the Mrs. William T. Brewster Bequest.
1953-179-27

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
It was most recently photographed on January 13, 2016.

Poster depicts a colorful abstract scene. Above, a man holding reins of a white horse; below, a herd of black bulls.

Drawing, The Thundering Herd, Paramount Pictures, 1925
brush and gouache, gold paint on paper.
Gift of Steven and Judith Katten.
1984-80-1

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.
It was most recently photographed on January 1, 2016.

Head of a man whose mouth is open as though laughing; he wears a black top hat with a dagger through it, and a striped bowtie. Text in gray gouache, lower center: NOAH BEERY / IN / "THE / FIGHTING / COWARD".

Drawing, The Fighting Coward, 1924
brush and gouache on cardboard.
Gift of Judith and Steven Katten.
1986-118-1

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.
It was most recently photographed on January 1, 2016.

The poster depicts a woman, wearing a green blouse and peach skirt, grabbing hold of a man, in a smoking jacket, who wears a shocked expression. Text in light blue gouache, upper margin: Colleen Moore / AS [in orange gouache] "SALLY" / WITH / LEON ERROL.

Drawing, Sally, 1927
brush and gouache on cardboard.
Gift of Judith and Steven Katten.
1986-118-8

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.
It was most recently photographed on January 1, 2016.

The poster depicts a young woman, wearing a long blue dress, standing against a peacock backdrop. Text in light blue gouache, lower margin: "THE / GOLDEN BED" / [in light green gouache] WITH LILLIAN RICH AND ROD LA ROCQUE

Drawing, The Golden Bed, 1924
brush and gouache on cardboard.
Gift of Judith and Steven Katten.
1986-118-12

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.
It was most recently photographed on December 31, 2015.

The poster depicts a young woman, wearing a red dress and black Mary Janes, shown from behind. Lower left, a small silhouette of a dancer; lower right, a small figure playing the guitar. Text in light blue-gray gouache, upper left: A FASCINATING / GLIMPSE BEHIND / THE FOOTLIGHTS; in white gouache, lower right: BETTY / BRONSON / IN; in white gouache, lower margin: "EVERYBODY'S / ACTING" / [in green gouache] WITH/ [in blue gouache] LOUISE DRESSER & FORD STERLING.

Drawing, Everybody's Acting, 1924
brush and gouache on cardboard.
Gift of Judith and Steven Katten.
1986-118-6

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.
It was most recently photographed on December 31, 2015.

The poster depicts the silhouette of a ship; above, in the sky, a woman’s head surrounded by blue clouds. Text in white gouache, upper right: ROMANCE RIDES / THE SEAS; in blue gouache, right: ESTHER / RALSTON; in orange gouache, lower margin: "OLD / IRONSIDES" / WITH / WALLACE BEERY & GEORGE BANCROFT.

Drawing, Old Ironside, 1928
brush and gouache on cardboard.
Gift of Judith and Steven Katten.
1986-118-11

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 4 images of this object.
It was most recently photographed on December 31, 2015.

The poster depicts the face of a man wearing a winter hat and a fur coat. Text in dark blue gouache, lower margin: EMIL JANNINGS / IN / [in light blue gouache] "The Last Command."

Drawing, The Last Command, 1928
brush and gouache on cardboard.
Gift of Judith and Steven Katten.
1986-118-3

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.
It was most recently photographed on December 31, 2015.

The poster depicts the figure of a woman in chalk, with arms out, standing on a blue tiled floor. Text in orange gouache, lower margin: "FASHIONS / for WOMEN" / [in white gouache] WITH RAYMOND HATTON.

Drawing, Fashions for Women, 1927
brush and gouache, chalk on cardboard.
Gift of Judith and Steven Katten.
1986-118-9

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.
It was most recently photographed on December 31, 2015.

The poster depicts a woman, wearing a blue blouse; with her hands on the back of her head, she stares into the distance. Text in blue gouache, upper right: "FOR LOVE IS HEAVEN / AND HEAVEN IS LOVE"; in red gouache, lower margin: 7th / [in orange gouache] "HEAVEN" / [in green gouache] WITH JANET GAYNOR.

Drawing, Seventh Heaven, 1928
brush and gouache on cardboard.
Gift of Judith and Steven Katten.
1986-118-13

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.
It was most recently photographed on December 31, 2015.

The poster depicts heads of two soldiers wearing army uniforms and helmets. Text in orange gouache, lower margin: "Behind / The Front" / [in beige gouache] WALLACE BEERY, RAYMOND HATTON / MARY BRIAN.

Drawing, Behind the Front, 1927
brush and gouache on cardboard.
Gift of Judith and Steven Katten.
1986-118-7

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.
It was most recently photographed on December 31, 2015.

The poster depicts a rider on a horse turning and pointing a gun behind him. Text in beige gouache, upper right: A GREAT PICTURE / AND A GREAT / CAST; in orange gouache, lower margin: The "Rough Riders".

Drawing, The Rough Riders, 1925
brush and gouache on cardboard.
Gift of Judith and Steven Katten.
1986-118-4

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.
It was most recently photographed on December 31, 2015.

The poster depicts a man in pirate costume pulling a sword from his scabbard. Text in white gouache, upper right: LEON ERROL / DOROTHY GISH; in yellow gouache, lower margin: "CLOTH[E]S / MAKE THE / PIRAT[E].

Drawing, Clothes Make the Pirate, 1927
brush and gouache, chalk on cardboard.
Gift of Judith and Steven Katten.
1986-118-5

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.
It was most recently photographed on December 31, 2015.

Film poster with orange yellow ombre gradation in background. Depicts outlined female silhouette, holding a rod, beside lilies. Below, text in light green: "LILIES of the FIELD"/ WITH/ Corrine Griffith + Conway Tearle.

Drawing, Lilies of the Field, 1925
brush and gouache on paper.
Gift of Steven and Judith Katten.
1984-80-2

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.
It was most recently photographed on December 31, 2015.

Drawing, Gerald Cranston's Lady, 1925
brush and gouache on cardboard.
Gift of Judith and Steven Katten.
1986-118-10

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.
It was most recently photographed on December 31, 2015.

Three figures are depicted. A young man on the left wearing black boots and a cape; on the right, a couple, a man wearing a suit and hat, and a woman wearing orange and white checkered dress. The man and the couple stare at each other. Text in orange, lower center: "THE IRON / HORSE" / [in blue gouache] WITH / MADGE BELLAMY & GEORGE O'BRIEN.

Drawing, The Iron Horse, 1924
brush and gouache on cardboard.
Gift of Judith and Steven Katten.
1986-118-2

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.
It was most recently photographed on December 31, 2015.

Full-length figure of a woman with short black hair, wearing a black dress, turned to the right. Her right arm is stretched behind her back, and she holds a domino mask in her right hand. This figure was incorporated with others in a composition, "Comedy-Ballet of Marionettes, III" from The Yellow Book, Vol. II.

Drawing, The Dancer with the Domino, 1894
pen and black ink, brush and black wash over graphite on cream paper.
1953-111-1

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.
It was most recently photographed on December 2, 2015.

Vertical rectangle with drawing of a footed classical style vessel with tall scrolling handles that project high above the rim. The lower half of the body is covered in elongated gadrooning. The upper portion has a central human mask, with leaves instead of hair. Below the rim is a festoon of swags, bull heads, drapery, and flowers.

Drawing, A Cantharus, ca. 1575
pen and ink on paper.
Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
1901-39-463

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.
It was most recently photographed on November 18, 2015.

Design for a Modern Lighting Technics poster. At center, an abstract figure composed of lightning bolts holds a charged filament over its head. To the left, extending at a right angle from the figure's hand at left: MODERN [vertically, in blue outline] LIGHTING [horizontally, in blue]. The figure stands on a red block at bottom. Superimposed over red block, in black block txt: TECHNICS.

Drawing, Design for "Modern Lighting Technics", 1935
brush and gouache on paper, lined.
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
1963-39-155

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.
It was most recently photographed on November 3, 2015.

A young man and woman are seated on the floor of an attic. The man looks over her shoulder at a book in her lap.

Drawing, "He is the image of you", ca. 1901
watercolors on bristol board.
Gift of F. Elizabeth De Voy.
1957-58-22

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.
It was most recently photographed on October 27, 2015.

Elevation, executed in delicate watercolor washes, showing the central part of the building and the terrace. A coach stands at left in front of the elevation of the back part. Below image, a scale and numerical annotations.

Drawing, Study for the Clubhouse of the golf club of Newport, 1893–94
graphite, pen and red ink, brush and brown, red, light blue, green, and black....
Gift of Mrs. William Greenough.
1941-49-5

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.
It was most recently photographed on October 15, 2015.

Left: Highboy consisting of base, vertical two door box, horizontal two door box, two vertical drawers (descend up in width), a small open box with a leafy arrangement on top.
Inscription: C. # 124 [Dimensions throughout]
Center: Highboy consisting of base, two tall vertical doors with two tiered box in between , two doored horizontal box with side book shelf extensions, two horizontal open book boxes (descend up in height and width), a leafy arrangment on top.
Inscription: C. # 125 [Dimensions throughout]
Right: Highboy consisting of wide base, two-door vertical boxes with open space in between (lower portion shows books), three double door boxes (descend up in width and height), a leafy arrangment on top.
Inscription: C. # 126 [Dimension throughout]
Lower right in margin: compositions of bridge furniture/ NY May 4, 1933/ JB (initials)/ scale 1"-1'.0".

Drawing, Designs for Three Highboys, 1933
graphite color pencil on tracing paper.
Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
2003-15-15

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.
It was most recently photographed on September 23, 2015.

Design for a circular table: plan, elevation, and detail. Plan of table shows veined pattern; detail of elevation where table top meets support; elevation shows three legs in wishbone-like design that join at the top. Left margin, column of printed text in light gray. Inscriptions in graphite throughout.

Drawing, Design for Leaf Table, 2010
graphite, brush and white gouache, pre-printed with digital code on white paper.
Gift of Marc Benda, courtesy of the artist.
2013-24-9

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.
It was most recently photographed on June 23, 2015.

Two winged lamps attached to the wall by wires.

Drawing, Winged Victory Lamp, 1988
black prismacolor on white vellum.
1990-44-1

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.
It was most recently photographed on June 16, 2015.

Drawing, El Khasneh from the Sik, Petra

Drawing, El Khasneh from the Sik, Petra
graphite on brown wove paper.
1917-4-588

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.
It was most recently photographed on May 18, 2015.

At left a small tree in blossom; at right leaves and plants; all on greenish brown ground.

Drawing, Botanical Studies from Jamaica, West Indies, June 1865
brush and oil paint, graphite on paperboard.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-339-b

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.
It was most recently photographed on April 29, 2015.

Vertical view of tall trees, apparently chestnuts, and woodland shurbbery beneath, with indications of some foilage and of clouds seen between the tree tops in white gouache.

Drawing, Chestnut Trees on Goat Island, Niagara River, New York, August 1858
graphite, brush and white gouache on dark tan paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-180

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.
It was most recently photographed on April 28, 2015.

a) Horizontal rectangle showing schematically the steps involved in machine-printing: making of rollers, printing with seven-color machine, drying and rolling. b) Horizontal rectangle with schematical process of screen printing: making of screen, printed, drying, checking.

Drawing (USA), ca. 1950
watercolor and crayon on paper.
Gift of Katzenbach and Warren Inc..
1964-37-10-a,b

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
There are 2 images of this object.
It was most recently photographed on December 13, 2011.

Isometric view of nine-story apartment building lifted off the ground on poles. The rooms are suspended with recessed spaces.

Object ID #18805525
color pencil, graphite over diazo print on white wove paper.
Museum purchase through bequest of Erskine Hewitt.
1985-63-9

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.
It was most recently photographed on February 12, 2008.

Part of a large repeat showing a spray of roses and other flowers on a red ground, framed by foliate cartouches, with blue and green grounds outside enframement. Continuation of repeat on 1954-23-11 and -12.
Detached section shows verso has printed design: H. blue-green background with white floral design printed on top. Graphite line drawn at the top and right edge.

Drawing, Cartoon for a Woven Carpet, ca. 1848
brush and gouache on heavy paper, lined.
Gift of John Judkyn.
1954-23-13

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
It was most recently photographed on February 12, 2007.

Description: vertical rectangle; four scenes from the story of "Don Quixote," by Miguel de Cervantes; Don Quixote's combat with a wild boar (lower center); Sampson Carrasco, surnamed Knight of the Mirrors, van- quished by Don Quixote, is ordered to prostrate himself before Duclina del Toboso (left); Dulcina's party (upper center); Don Quixote demon- strating his affection for Dulcina (right). Another version of this design was manufactured c. 1785, by Gorgerat of Nantes (trial proof l898-21-17B). This subject was repeated in 1813 by Hem for Oberkampf.

Object ID #18102817
pen and black ink, gray wash, black chalk, squared for transfer on beige laid....
Gift of Bridget Mahon.
1898-21-17-a

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

This object has not been digitized yet.

Drawing, Two Figures; Separate Study of Architectural Elevation, 1905
charcoal, squared in charcoal for transfer support: off-white wove paper.
1951-186-2

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