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Drawing, Elevation View of a Locomotive, First Prize Drawing, 1888 (CH 18397245)

Drawing, Elevation View of a Locomotive, First Prize Drawing, 1888 (CH...

Side elevation of a locomotive facing right. Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Drawing (England) (CH 18105053)

Drawing (England) (CH 18105053)

Public domain photograph related to the history of England, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Drawing (England) (CH 18105071)

Drawing (England) (CH 18105071)

Public domain photograph related to the history of England, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Drawing (England) (CH 18105085)

Drawing (England) (CH 18105085)

Public domain image of a historic building, 16th, 17th, 18th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Drawing (England) (CH 18105197)

Drawing (England) (CH 18105197)

Public domain photograph related to the history of England, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Drawing (England) (CH 18105219)

Drawing (England) (CH 18105219)

Public domain image, 18th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Drawing (England) (CH 18105701)

Drawing (England) (CH 18105701)

Public domain photograph related to the history of England, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Drawing, Design for a Painted Coach Panel with Rocaille Motif, ca. 1747 (CH 18609885)

Drawing, Design for a Painted Coach Panel with Rocaille Motif, ca. 174...

Almost symmetrical rocaille motif in green, brown, and gold on tan background. The pattern is of a swirling, looping designs with wave-like detailing. The materials drawn for this panel appear to be simililar... More

Drawing, Design for a Painted Coach Panel with Rocaille Motif, ca. 1747 (CH 18609885-2)

Drawing, Design for a Painted Coach Panel with Rocaille Motif, ca. 174...

Almost symmetrical rocaille motif in green, brown, and gold on tan background. The pattern is of a swirling, looping designs with wave-like detailing. The materials drawn for this panel appear to be simililar... More

Drawing, Design for a Sedan Chair, ca. 1775 (CH 18105211)

Drawing, Design for a Sedan Chair, ca. 1775 (CH 18105211)

Three-quarter view of a sedan chair diminutively decorated with cartouches containing bird and cupid, and circular medallions with chain-like swags. Tassels hang at corners of roof line and an urn draped with ... More

Drawing, Design for Side of a Coach, 1756 (CH 18609877)

Drawing, Design for Side of a Coach, 1756 (CH 18609877)

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Drawing, Design for Side Panels of a Coach, 1754 (CH 18609879)

Drawing, Design for Side Panels of a Coach, 1754 (CH 18609879)

Rocaille design for coach panels. Upper and lower left corners have advertisements for coach painting attached.

Drawing, Design for Side Panels of a Coach, 1754 (CH 18609879-2)

Drawing, Design for Side Panels of a Coach, 1754 (CH 18609879-2)

Rocaille design for coach panels. Upper and lower left corners have advertisements for coach painting attached.

Drawing, Project for a sedan chair, 1770–75 (CH 18105099)

Drawing, Project for a sedan chair, 1770–75 (CH 18105099)

Shown from the rear right corner with two bars. A proof with a scroll on top. Its triangular panels are framed by garlands and decorated with rays. Tassels hang at the corners. The panels beside that with t... More

Drawing, Project for a Sedan Chair, 1770–75 (CH 18105205)

Drawing, Project for a Sedan Chair, 1770–75 (CH 18105205)

Shown in profile turned right is a window with a curtain. In the panel beside hands a garland from a bow-knot and rises a scroll obliquely from the lower right corner. The panels above and below the bar, whic... More

Drawing, Project for a sedan chair, 1773 (CH 18105105)

Drawing, Project for a sedan chair, 1773 (CH 18105105)

Shown in profile turned toward the right. Divided into two vertical panels. The right one had above a window with a curtain. The panel beside it is decorated with a candelabrum. The central panel is decorat... More

Drawing, Project for a sedan chair, 1775–85 (CH 18105119)

Drawing, Project for a sedan chair, 1775–85 (CH 18105119)

Shown from the left front corner. Plant motifs stand in the middle and at the corners of the roof. Tassels hand from the latter. Festoons with roses hand from the entablature. The panels are framed by garla... More

Drawing, Project for a sedan chair, ca. 1775 (CH 18105165)

Drawing, Project for a sedan chair, ca. 1775 (CH 18105165)

Shown in profile turned toward the right. Above at right is a window with two panels and a curtain. The panel beside is decorated with a scroll. The part below forms one panel and is decorated with two garla... More

Drawing, Project for a sedan chair, ca. 1775 (CH 18105225)

Drawing, Project for a sedan chair, ca. 1775 (CH 18105225)

Shown from the rear right corner with two bars. The window has two panels and a curtain. The panel beside it is decorated with a disk with a small garland and a flower stem curving from the lower right to the ... More

Drawing, Project for a sedan chair, ca. 1775 (CH 18105681)

Drawing, Project for a sedan chair, ca. 1775 (CH 18105681)

Shown from the left front corner with opened door, directed toward left. The walls of the interior are blue. The window curtains are green with golden fringes. Upon the roofs are five fine apples. It is bordere... More

Drawing, Project for a Sedan Chair, ca. 1775 (CH 18105715)

Drawing, Project for a Sedan Chair, ca. 1775 (CH 18105715)

Shown in profile, turned toward right, with one bar. Pomegranates stand in the center and at the corners of the roof. Tassels hang at the upper corners. The panel beside the window shows a scroll rising from th... More

Drawing, Project for a sedan chair, ca. 1780 (CH 18105047)

Drawing, Project for a sedan chair, ca. 1780 (CH 18105047)

Shown in profile turned toward right. Urns are at the upper corners. The panel beside the window is decorated with a scroll and a garland lying upon masks. The similar motifs decorate the lower panels.

Drawing, Project for a sedan chair, ca. 1780 (CH 18105059)

Drawing, Project for a sedan chair, ca. 1780 (CH 18105059)

A variation of 1900-1-12 with a straight upper rim and with moldings framing the panels. The three of them are decorated with garlands laying over two lion masks each.

Drawing, Project for a sedan chair, ca. 1780 (CH 18105065)

Drawing, Project for a sedan chair, ca. 1780 (CH 18105065)

Shown in profile turned toward right, without ornamentation. The panel beside the window is subdivided by a curved stripe rising similar to the scroll in 1900-1-11. Similar stripes frame the panels. Erased f... More

Drawing, Design for a Lantern on a Gondola, mid-18th century (CH 18107453)

Drawing, Design for a Lantern on a Gondola, mid-18th century (CH 18107...

A domes lantern on a stand. Four sides with scrolling corbels. A hemisphere with shell above each pane of glass. Candles visible within.

Drawing, Decorated Coach Body (CH 18127301)

Drawing, Decorated Coach Body (CH 18127301)

Illustrated decoration of a coach with naturalistic and figurative elements - not quite complete - in "L'Arte," vol. 3, 1900. Appendix p.23. Bottom right: more of the ornament is shown than reproduced. Notto... More

Drawing, Design for a Closed Automobile, ca. 1906 (CH 18435483)

Drawing, Design for a Closed Automobile, ca. 1906 (CH 18435483)

Horizontal rectangle. Design for a closed automobile, of a type known as a Brougham Phaeton, seen in left profile. Scale given below, and stamp: "Mühlbacher 63 Avenue des Champs-Elysées, Paris." Body probably ... More

Drawing, Project for a sedan chair, 1780–1800 (CH 18105113)

Drawing, Project for a sedan chair, 1780–1800 (CH 18105113)

Shown from the rear right corner with two bars. Urns stand upon, tassels hang from the corners of the roof. Garlands frame the back and the lateral side, except above and below the window. Horizontally disp... More

Drawing, Design for a Sedan Chair, ca. 1775 (CH 18105079)

Drawing, Design for a Sedan Chair, ca. 1775 (CH 18105079)

Shown from the right rear corner with two bars. On top is a crown of an earl. From the upper corners hang tassels, at those in the height of the upper edge of the lower panels are ram heads. All the panels are... More

Drawing, Project for a sedan chair, ca. 1775 (CH 18105233)

Drawing, Project for a sedan chair, ca. 1775 (CH 18105233)

Shown from the rear right corner with two bars. The upper rim is waved. Leaf branches are at the corners and on top of the roof. Tassels hang at corners. The panels beside the window and the corresponding ... More

Drawing, Project for a sedan chair, ca. 1775 (CH 18105093)

Drawing, Project for a sedan chair, ca. 1775 (CH 18105093)

Shown from the rear right corner with two bars. The panels are decorated with frames of garlands. An ovoid medallion with a Cupid is in the center of the panel beside the window. Tassels hang from the corner... More

Drawing, Project for a sedan chair, 1775–80 (CH 18105125)

Drawing, Project for a sedan chair, 1775–80 (CH 18105125)

Shown from the left front corner with two bars. On top of the roof sits a griffin in a wreath. Fantastic masks in the shape of urns stand at the corners. They are connected between each other by a cresting. La... More

Drawing, Design for a Sedan Chair, ca. 1775 (CH 18105043)

Drawing, Design for a Sedan Chair, ca. 1775 (CH 18105043)

Shown from the rear right corner with two bars. On top of the roof is a ducal crown. At the corners stand crowns and hang tassels. Fringes and ropes with tassels and framing festoons hang from the upper rim. T... More

Drawing, Project for a Sedan Chair, 1775–90 (CH 18105721)

Drawing, Project for a Sedan Chair, 1775–90 (CH 18105721)

Shown in profile, turned toward left, with one bar. Corn cobs stand in the middle and at the corners of the roof, the first one seemingly in a meadow. Tassels hang from the corners. The panel beside the window... More

Drawing, Project for a Sedan Chair, 1775–80 (CH 18105695)

Drawing, Project for a Sedan Chair, 1775–80 (CH 18105695)

Shown in profile turned toward right with one bar. A pineapple stands on top of the vaulted roof which is decorated with festoons and other floral ornaments. It is bordered by rows of leaves. Masks are at the ... More

Drawing, Project for a sedan chair, 1775–80 (CH 18105687)

Drawing, Project for a sedan chair, 1775–80 (CH 18105687)

Shown in profile, turned toward right, with one bar. On top of the roof is a corner of a baron, supported by scrolls, at the ends of the garlands which line the edges of the roof starting from the corners. At ... More

Drawing, Project for a Sedan Chair, 1770–75 (CH 18105707)

Drawing, Project for a Sedan Chair, 1770–75 (CH 18105707)

Shown from the rear right corner with open door. On top of the roof sits the Dionysus boy upon a scroll. He has a staff with vine in his left arm and with his right hand raises the garlands which decorate the ... More

Drawing, Study of a Coach, ca. 1750 (CH 18114143)

Drawing, Study of a Coach, ca. 1750 (CH 18114143)

Sketch of a carosse-coupe. At left the front of the coach with a small front wheel and above a cushion for a coachman to sit. At the center a slight trapezoidal shaped body of the coach with a front window an... More

Drawing, Study for a Vis-à-vis, ca. 1750 (CH 18114285)

Drawing, Study for a Vis-à-vis, ca. 1750 (CH 18114285)

Sketch of a carriage which allowed people to sit facing one another. Consisted of a rectangular shaped body with a light blue canopied roof. Frill hands from the top of the canopy as two light blue curtains ... More

Drawing, Study of a Coach, ca. 1750 (CH 18114213)

Drawing, Study of a Coach, ca. 1750 (CH 18114213)

Horizontal rectangle. Sketch of a carosse. At left is the front of the coach with a small wheel. Above it sits a coachman's seat with a cushion, hammer cloth with a scalloped edge, tassels, and fringe. At c... More

Drawing, Study of a Coach, ca. 1750 (CH 18114213-2)

Drawing, Study of a Coach, ca. 1750 (CH 18114213-2)

Horizontal rectangle. Sketch of a carosse. At left is the front of the coach with a small wheel. Above it sits a coachman's seat with a cushion, hammer cloth with a scalloped edge, tassels, and fringe. At c... More

Drawing, Two Elevations of Understructure of Carriages, 1780 (CH 18170287)

Drawing, Two Elevations of Understructure of Carriages, 1780 (CH 18170...

Front and side views of understructure of carriages. Scale below.

Drawing, Design for Carriage Understructure, 1780 (CH 18170279-2)

Drawing, Design for Carriage Understructure, 1780 (CH 18170279-2)

Profile of the beam is shown beside the elevation of the understructure which is decorated with a beaded oval at center within a shield, garlands at top and bottom, volutes at either side. At top, scale: 2 pie... More

Drawing, Design for Carriage Understructure, 1780 (CH 18170279)

Drawing, Design for Carriage Understructure, 1780 (CH 18170279)

Profile of the beam is shown beside the elevation of the understructure which is decorated with a beaded oval at center within a shield, garlands at top and bottom, volutes at either side. At top, scale: 2 pie... More

Drawing, Two Elevations of Understructure of Carriages, 1780 (CH 18170287-2)

Drawing, Two Elevations of Understructure of Carriages, 1780 (CH 18170...

Front and side views of understructure of carriages. Scale below.

Drawing, Plan of left wheels, 1650–75 (CH 18358903)

Drawing, Plan of left wheels, 1650–75 (CH 18358903)

Elevation of the constuctive parts of the front part of a coach. The elevation is on top, the plan below, at left. The measurements of many parts are given.

Drawing, Design for a Cabriolet, before 1750 (CH 18540361)

Drawing, Design for a Cabriolet, before 1750 (CH 18540361)

An elaborate four wheeled open carriage designed in the Rococo style is shown in side view facing left. The seat, adorned with small portrait busts and rocaille is topped by a small parasol.

Drawing, Design for a back panel of a coach, 1720–50 (CH 18540525)

Drawing, Design for a back panel of a coach, 1720–50 (CH 18540525)

Very richly decorated. Poseidon riding over the dea is shown in the upper panel, Hercules slaying the Hydra in the lower one. Parts of the supporting leather belts are shown below.

Drawing, Design for a carving frame for a back panel of a coach, 1725–50 (CH 18540523)

Drawing, Design for a carving frame for a back panel of a coach, 1725–...

A wheel and the left half of the frame is shown. Scrollwork and rocaille.

Drawing, Design for the Cresting on the Back of a Coach, 1833–40 (CH 18545847)

Drawing, Design for the Cresting on the Back of a Coach, 1833–40 (CH 1...

Lightly drawn image of a cornucopia and a putto, supporting a wreath with his right hand. The rinceaux have the form of a cresting board framing the sides. Below the garland is written: "Carrozza." Two escutch... More

Drawing, Designs for Parts of a Coach, 1835–40 (CH 18550213)

Drawing, Designs for Parts of a Coach, 1835–40 (CH 18550213)

Vertical rectangle. Design for parts of a coach more probably of Pope Gregory XVI (1831-1846) than Pope Pius IX (1846-1878). Above, the center and the right half of the cresting on the back. A putto supports w... More

Drawing, Design for Parts of a Coach, 1835–40 (CH 18550183)

Drawing, Design for Parts of a Coach, 1835–40 (CH 18550183)

Vertical rectangle. Design for parts of a coach more probably of Pope Gregory XVI (1831-1846) than Pope Pius IX (1846-1878). Profile view of the side of the body opposite the entrance side. In the center of t... More

Drawing, Project for the Outer Decoration of the Quater rails of a Ship with Alternative Suggestions, ca. 1650 (CH 18563499)

Drawing, Project for the Outer Decoration of the Quater rails of a Shi...

Three panels are shown flanked by sculptural figures of a mermaid, a kneeling man, Neptune, and a man with raised arms. The left panel is decorated with a landscape and below the landscape are two dolphins ho... More

Drawing, Drawing for the Rear of the Third Carriage of the Prince of Liechtenstein, 1691–1694 (CH 18604585)

Drawing, Drawing for the Rear of the Third Carriage of the Prince of L...

Design for the back of a coach. Draped female figure of "Truth" holding the sun in center of a rinceaux with cupids in among the arabesques.