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, Design for a Garden Pavilion with Alternate Suggestions
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
- 1938-88-3651
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Drawing, Interior of St. Peter's Illuminated, before 1787
- brush and watercolor over pen and ink on tan laid paper.
- Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle.
- 2009-4-2
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Drawing, Project for a Fountain
- pen and black ink, brush and watercolor, graphite on paper, lined.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
- 1938-88-7171
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Drawing, Wall Fountain Elevation
- pen and brown ink, brush and gray and black wash, graphite on cream paper .
- Gift of Mrs. Grafton H. Pyne.
- 1948-118-4
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Drawing, Project: The organ and organ loft in the Cathedral in Veroli
- pencil and blank ink pen with yellowish brown, light blue, black, and light....
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-2790
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Drawing, Entrance to the Navy Arsenal in Toulon, 1799–1800
- pen and black ink, brush and gray, brown, and rose watercolors, graphite on....
- Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
- 1931-64-287
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Drawing, View of an English Palladian country house in a park
- pen and ink with watercolors on paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of the Advisory Council.
- 1947-57-18
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Drawing, Plan & Elevaton of a Cottage at Stoke Park
- Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
- 1947-106-2
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Drawing, Porch of St. Vincent
- graphite on paper.
- Bequests of John N. and Dorothy C. Estabrook.
- 1988-59-3
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Drawing, Memorial to the Napoleonic Naval Heroes Admiral Federico Carlos de...
- pen and black ink, gray, green, blue watercolor, over graphite support:....
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
- 1938-88-7180
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Drawing, Triumphal Arch on an Ideal Piazza, 1807
- pen and black ink, brush and blue, green and yellow watercolor on cardboard.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
- 1938-88-4138
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Drawing, Front Elevation of a House for Mr. John Gregory
- graphite; pen and black ink; brush and gray, green and yellow wash on off....
- Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
- 1948-40-108
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Object ID #18542105
- pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, blue, pink and yellow watercolor on....
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
- 1938-88-3849
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Drawing, Window Alcove for the Royal Pavilion, Brighton
- pen and black ink, brush and watercolor on white wove paper, silhouetted.
- Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
- 1948-40-67
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Drawing, Boat House, Virginia Water; Verso: Scullery, Virginia Water
- pen and black and brown ink, brush and gray wash on off-white wove paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
- 1948-40-97
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Drawing, Design for a Park Colonnade
- brush and watercolor and gouache, pen and black ink, graphite on rough blue....
- Museum purchase from the Mary Hearn Greims Fund.
- 1940-21-3
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Drawing, Elevation and Plan for a Staircase Model in the English Style
- pen and black ink, brush and pink, yellow, and grey watercolor on cream wove....
- Gift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw.
- 2013-3-1
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Drawing, "Un des cotes du Pavillon orchestre dans le Jardin des Tuileries, en...
- brush & pen & watercolor, graphite support: light tan paper mounted on....
- Museum purchase through gift of Emily and Jerry Spiegel, gift of Phyllis....
- 1991-17-19
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Drawing, Elevation of the Facade of a Theater, Prague
- pen and ink, brush and sepia, blue, green wash on cream paper.
- Bequest of Erskine Hewitt.
- 1938-57-1423
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Drawing, View of the interior of the Church of San Maglorio, Faenza, 1857
- pen and ink, brush and watercolor, graphite on paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
- 1938-88-4064
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Drawing, Gothic Country House: Garden Facade
- Gift of Mrs. A. W. Erickson.
- 1952-39-5
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Drawing, Architectural project for the house of P.J. Hetzel, 1874
- watercolor, graphite, pen and black ink.
- 1984-116-1
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Drawing, Clubhouse and Golf Club, Newport, Rhode Island, ca. 1896
- graphite, brush and watercolor on paper.
- Gift of Mrs. William Greenough.
- 1941-49-4
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Drawing, Elevation and Cross-Section of an Opera House
- pen and ink, brush and watercolor, graphite on paper.
- Gift of the Estate of Christian Francis Rosborg.
- 1953-26-1
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Drawing, Design for a wall fountain
- black ink and watercolors on paper.
- Gift of Izabel M. Coles.
- 1953-30-1
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Drawing, Design for Heinz Chapel, University of Pittsburg, early 20th century
- brown, red crayon on white paper mounted on cardboard.
- Gift of Henry O. Milliken.
- 1937-51-2
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Drawing, Color Scheme for Temple Israel, Brooklyn, NY
- brush and watercolor, gouache, graphite on paper.
- 1960-239-2
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Drawing, Proposed Stadium for the College of the City of New York (Lewison...
- graphite on heavy board.
- Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner.
- 1948-47-352
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Drawing, Central Bay of a Domed Building (École des Beaux-Arts Concours Design)
- graphite, brush and green wash on illustration board.
- Gift of Ely Jacques Kahn.
- 1952-86-2
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Drawing, Front Elevation of Building No. 6, Immeubles Agar, November 20, 1909
- pen and black ink, graphite on heavy tracing paper.
- Gift of Mme. Hector Guimard.
- 1950-66-12
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Drawing, Color Scheme for Marble Work on Reredos, Cathedral of St. John the...
- brush and watercolor, graphite on paper.
- 1952-154-1
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Print, Perspective, Plan, and Detail of Heller House, Chicago, IL, 1910
- lithograph on paper.
- Gift of Judith York Newman.
- 1991-156-1
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Drawing, Competitive Design for a Private Garage.
- pen and india ink, with grey-brown water-color (mounted).
- 1962-215-2
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Drawing, Elevation of a Proposed Mausoleum
- brush and watercolor, graphite on heavy board.
- Gift of Anonymous Donor.
- 1957-61-3-b
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Drawing, Study for Maximum Mass Permitted by the 1916 New York Zoning Law,...
- black crayon, stumped, pen and black ink, brush and black wash, varnish on....
- Gift of Mrs. Hugh Ferriss.
- 1969-137-4
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 3 images and 1 video of this object.
- Drawing, Dining Room Wall Elevation, Agnes Miles Carpenter Residence, 950...
- graphite, blue crayon on tracing paper.
- Gift of the Estate of Agnes M. Carpenter.
- 1958-133-2
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 3 images of this object.
