Collection Highlights: Architecture on Paper
Cooper Hewitt's collection includes a wide range of drawings related to architectural practice. Included among the examples gathered here are sketches, floorplans, cross sections, internal and external elevations, presentation drawings, projections, details, and perspectival views dating from the sixteenth through the twenty-first centuries.
- Drawing, World Trade Center Transportation Hub, New York, NY: Sketch, ca. 2014
- watercolor and graphite on white wove paper.
- Gift of Santiago Calatrava.
- 2015-35-1
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Drawing, Perspective Rendering of the Chateau de Verneuil, France, 1568–75
- pen and brown ink, brush and blue, gray wash on wove paper.
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- 1911-28-72
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Drawing, Proposed Additions to an Octagonal Church
- pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, black chalk on paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
- 1938-88-2648
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Drawing, Window for the Palazzo Farnese, Rome
- pen and brown ink, brown wash, black chalk on white laid paper .
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
- 1938-88-1037
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Drawing, Design for a stage backdrop with alternative suggestions
- pen and bistre ink on buff wove paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
- 1938-88-2501
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Drawing, Avila Chapel, Santa Maria in Trastevere, Rome, design for plate 34...
- pen and brown ink, brush and brown-gray wash, black chalk on white laid....
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
- 1938-88-3405
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Drawing, Architecture seen from below, design for plate 55 in Andrea Pozzo's...
- pencil, pen and bistre ink, brush and brown wash, gray water colors.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
- 1938-88-2599
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Drawing, Main and side elevations of the right wing of a house for Monsieur...
- pen and ink, brush and watercolor, graphite on paper.
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- 1911-28-392
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Drawing, Two Alternatives for an Entrance Portal
- pen and brown ink, brush and grey and rose wash over black chalk on two....
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
- 1938-88-7300
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Drawing, Teatro Filarmonico, Accademia Filarmonica, Verona, Italy: Section...
- pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, black chalk on white laid paper.
- Bequest of Erskine Hewitt.
- 1938-57-1443
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Drawing, Preliminary Design for the Salon d'Angle at the Palais Royal, Paris,...
- pen and black ink, brush and watercolor on white laid paper.
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- 1911-28-80
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 3 images of this object.
- Drawing, Design for the Obelisk of St. Dominic, Piazza San Domenico Maggiore,...
- pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, black chalk on cream laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-218
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 3 images of this object.
- Drawing, Rendering of the Palazzo Farnese, Rome
- pen and brown ink, brush and gray and red wash, over black chalk on paper, lined.
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- 1911-28-447
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Object ID #18541911
- pen and brown ink, gray wash support: white laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
- 1938-88-3776
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Drawing, View of Church Interior, 1742–46
- pen and brown and gray ink, brush and wash, watercolor, black chalk on paper,....
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- 1911-28-444
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Drawing, Gate to the Temple of Hymen, Pavilion Erected in the Place Dauphin,...
- pen and black ink, brush and watercolor, white gouache (oxidized), over....
- 1911-28-21
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Drawing, Interior View of the Nave, Saint Peter's, Rome, Looking Toward the...
- pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, green, brown watercolor on cream laid....
- Joseph F. McCrindle Collection.
- 2008-34-1
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Drawing, Design of Wall Decoration and Equestrian Monument for Law Courts,...
- pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, graphite on ivory paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
- 1938-88-25
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Drawing, Design for the North Portal, Grand Gallery, Villa Albani, Rome,...
- pen and brown ink, brush and brown, gray wash, graphite on cream laid paper .
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-2178
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 7 images of this object.
- Drawing, Senate Chamber, Parliament Building, Warsaw, Poland, ca. 1765
- pen and brown ink, brush and watercolor, black chalk on paper, lined.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
- 1938-88-3473
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Drawing, Project for an altar, 1758
- pen and ink, brush, sepia, gray watercolor on paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
- 1938-88-4049
- THIS OBJECT IS NOT PUBLIC
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Drawing, Cardinal Pamphili Villa, Facade Decorated for a Visit of Pope...
- pen and black ink, brush and gray, pink wash, graphite on white laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
- 1938-88-896
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Drawing, Atrium of a Church to be Dedicated to St. George, 18th century
- pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on off-white laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
- 1938-88-1135
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Drawing, Project for the entrance wall of a salon with alternative suggestions
- pen and ink, brush and rose and brown washes, graphite on white paper.
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- 1911-28-44
- This object was made by Jean-Charles Delafosse.
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Drawing, Fountain with the arms of Pope Clement XI Albani
- pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-401
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Drawing, English Landscape Garden
- pen and brown and gray ink, brush and water color on off-white laid paper .
- The John Jay Ide Collection.
- 1991-44-1
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Drawing, Triumphal Arch with the Royal Swedish Coat of Arms, 1767
- pen and black ink, brush and gray, green wash, watercolor, graphite on white....
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- 1911-28-282
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Drawing, Design for the Wall Decoration for Marie-Antoinette's Apartment at...
- pen and black ink, brush and watercolor, white gouache on off-white paper.
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- 1911-28-155
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 3 images of this object.
- Drawing, Elevation of a Domed Chur
- pen and brown ink, brown wash, traces of black chalk, ruled border in pen and....
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
- 1938-88-4411
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Drawing, Aviary
- pen and brown ink, green, brown wash, ruled border in pen and brown support:....
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
- 1938-88-3758
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Drawing, Design for a Doorway, 1775-1800
- pen and ink, brush and grey washes, black chalk on paper.
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- 1911-28-510
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Drawing, Elevation of Salon Chimney Wall, ca. 1780
- pen and black and brown ink, brush and watercolor, white gouache, over black....
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- 1911-28-218
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Drawing, Section of a Villa, ca. 1780s
- pen and black ink, brush and rose, blue, black and gray watercolor on paper.
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- 1911-28-283
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Drawing, Wall Elevation for a Salon with Mantelpiece, ca. 1785
- pen and black ink, brush and rose and blue watercolor on paper.
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- 1911-28-280
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 3 images of this object.
- Drawing, Interior of St. Peter's Illuminated, 1776–84
- pen and black ink, brush and brown wash, white gouache on cream laid paper,....
- Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle.
- 2009-4-3
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Drawing, Alternate Scheme for Ground Floor Plan of a Country House, ca. 1781
- pen and brown ink on paper.
- Gift of Mrs. E. Sanderson Cushman.
- 1963-47-4
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
