Peacocks to dress up any room in anyone’s house. Walter Crane peacocks, that is, not some more ordinary sort.

"Fig and Peacock" wallpaper. ca. 1895.
“Fig and Peacock” wallpaper. ca. 1895. Color woodblock print on paper. Designed by Crane and manufactured by Jeffrey & Company. Image © Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Fair use license. via https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O224678/fig-and-peacock-wallpaper-crane-walter-rws/
"The Peacock's Complaint."
“The Peacock’s Complaint,” illustration from Edmund Evans’ “Baby’s Own Aesop” which was published in London around 1920. Color lithograph. Private collection. Image courtesy the The Bridgeman Art Library. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Walter_Crane_-_The_Peacock%27s_Complaint.jpg
"Bluebeard and Gloriana" - Peacocks on the terrace at Rode Hall, Cheshire. 1871.
“Bluebeard and Gloriana” – Peacocks on the terrace at Rode Hall, Cheshire. 1871. Watercolor and bodycolor. Image ©2019 Artnet. Fair use license. via http://www.artnet.com/artists/walter-crane/bluebeard-and-gloriana-peacocks-on-the-terrace-at-SWDwXODzZ83wbIQcLvNQ3w2

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