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Elevation of a Town Mansion
Giuseppe Barberi, Italian
architecture, drawing — pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper · 1750
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Textile
A. Quesnel
printed, dyed & painted textiles, textile — medium: linen warp, cotton weft technique: block printed and painted on plain weave (black, red and yellow block printed, blue applied by brush) · 1750
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Ewer
Ansbach Pottery and Porcelain Factory, active 1708–1860
ceramics, decorative arts, ewer — tin-glazed earthenware, pewter · 1750
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Perfume Burner (Cassolette)
Mennecy Porcelain Manufactory, French, active 1735 – 1773
ceramics, decorative arts, cassolette — soft paste porcelain · 1750
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Four Tapersticks
Doccia Porcelain Factory, Italian, established 1735
ceramics, decorative arts, tapersticks — hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold · 1750
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Jug
Olérys-Laugier Factory, France, founded 1738
ceramics, decorative arts, jug — tin-glazed earthenware; pewter mount · 1750
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Urn
Olérys-Laugier Factory, France, founded 1738
ceramics, decorative arts, urn — tin-glazed earthenware · 1750
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Taperstick (One of Four)
Doccia Porcelain Factory, Italian, established 1735
ceramics, decorative arts, taperstick — hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold · 1750
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Plate
Olérys-Laugier Factory, France, founded 1738
ceramics, decorative arts, plate — tin-glazed earthenware · 1750
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Monkey Preaching to Turkeys
Christophe Huet, French
Gouache · 1750
Cleveland Museum of Art
Taperstick (One of Four)
Doccia Porcelain Factory, Italian, established 1735
ceramics, decorative arts, taperstick — hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold · 1750
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
A View in Italy with Mountains in the Distance
Richard Wilson
chalk and stumping, heightened with white gouache on buff paper · 1750
National Gallery of Art
Cavalry Battle by a River
Louis Nicolas van Blarenberghe
gouache on vellum, laid down on an old mount · 1750
National Gallery of Art
Fragment of a Lion Bas-Relief (verso)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
red chalk on laid paper · 1750
National Gallery of Art
Two Chinoiseries
Jean Baptiste Pillement
brush and black ink with graphite and incised framing line · 1750
National Gallery of Art
The Sacrifice of Isaac
Gaspare Diziani
tip of the brush with gray ink over red chalk, gray wash, strengthened with pen and gray and brown ink, heightened with white gouache · 1750
National Gallery of Art
The Death of the Virgin
François Boucher
pen and brown ink and brown wash over red chalk on cream laid paper, laid down · 1750
National Gallery of Art
Appartenenze d'antiche terme con scale che conducono alla palestar, e al teatro
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
etching on laid paper · 1750
National Gallery of Art
Portici tirati dintorno ad un Foro con palazzo regio
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
etching on laid paper · 1750
National Gallery of Art
Figure on a Cloud
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
pen and brown ink and wash on laid paper · 1750
National Gallery of Art
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Pier Leone Ghezzi
pen and brown ink over black chalk on laid paper mounted on album page · 1750
National Gallery of Art
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Sketch for the Flight into Egypt [verso]
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
graphite on laid paper · 1750
National Gallery of Art
An Elderly Bishop
Giuseppe Angeli
black, white, and red chalks on light brown laid paper · 1750
National Gallery of Art
A Woman Seated on a Cloud, Seen from Below
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
pen and brown ink with brown wash on laid paper · 1750
National Gallery of Art