Decorate up your bathroom the ancient way. Plates printed in gold and colors from “Historic Styles Of Ornament containing 1,500 examples from all countries.” Translated from the original German of H. Dolmetsch and published by B. T. Batsford in London in 1898.

“Egyptian: Painting and Plastic Art.” Page 14. British. Collections of Ohio State University. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/HistoricStylesOfOrnament/page/n14/mode/1up?view=theater
“Egyptian: Architecture and Painting.” Page 16. British. Collections of Ohio State University. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/HistoricStylesOfOrnament/page/n16/mode/1up?view=theater
“Assyrian: Painting, Polychrome, Sculpture, Pottery.” Page 20,. British. Collections of Ohio State University. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/HistoricStylesOfOrnament/page/n20/mode/1up?view=theater .

Soup tureens modeled as pheasants. I guess you could put stew in them too. Ceramic. Different makers and times. All fun.

Glazed ceramic pheasant tureen. 20th c. Italian. Maker’s marks: numbered “325168”, marked “Italy”; impressed “28” to the underside. Image © 2002-2021 LiveAuctioneers and Hindmans Auctions. Fair use license. via https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/109173569_an-italian-glazed-ceramic-pheasant-tureen
Majolica ceramic trompe l’oeil pheasant covered tureen. ca. 1910. French. Digoin and Sarreguemines, maker. Image
© 2021 Chairish, Inc. Fair use license. via https://www.chairish.com/product/3275843/antique-french-sarreguemines-majolica-trompe-loeil-pheasant-covered-tureen
Pheasant tureen. 1825. English. Pearlware ceramic enameled in bright colors. Staffordshire Pottery, maker. Image ©2021 Antique Pottery of John Howard at Heritage, http://www.johnhoward.co.uk. Fair use license. via https://www.antiquepottery.co.uk/staffordshire-pottery-pearlware-pheasant-tureen-in-bright-enamel-colours-antique-period-c1820/

Portraits of African animals, hand colored aquatints (watercolors), taken from Samuel and William Daniell’s 1804 work “African Scenery and Animals”. From a family of landscape artists, Samuel Daniells traveled extensively in Africa with his brother William where they drew as they went, publishing their work after. All of these being offered in one lot by Doyle Auctions in New York.

“The African Rhinoceros.” 1804-1805. British. Hand-colored aquatint. Published by the artist in London. Image © 2002-2021 LiveAuctioneers. and Doyle New York. Fair use license. via https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/108742033_samuel-daniell-the-hippopotamus-the-african-hog-the
“The Hippopotamus.” 1804-1805. British. Hand-colored aquatint. Published by the artist in London. Image © 2002-2021 LiveAuctioneers. and Doyle New York. Fair use license. via https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/108742033_samuel-daniell-the-hippopotamus-the-african-hog-the
“The Klip-springer.” 1804-1805. British. Hand-colored aquatint. Published by the artist in London. Image © 2002-2021 LiveAuctioneers. and Doyle New York. Fair use license. via https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/108742033_samuel-daniell-the-hippopotamus-the-african-hog-the
“The African Hog.” 1804-1805. British. Hand-colored aquatint. Published by the artist in London. Image © 2002-2021 LiveAuctioneers. and Doyle New York. Fair use license. via https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/108742033_samuel-daniell-the-hippopotamus-the-african-hog-the

Regency era ladies painted by portraitist John James Masquerier who lived from 1778 to 1855. British, he was of Huguenot descent. Studied art in Paris and in London.

Portrait of Frances Mary Richardson Currer  of Eshton Hall. 1807. British. Image source: ncbpt.org.uk. Private collection. In the public domain in the United States because the artist died over 70 years ago. via  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frances_Mary_Richardson_Currer_1807.PNG
Portrait of Eliza, Lady Becher (1791-1872). ca. 1815. British. Oil on canvas. Given to the National Portrait Gallery in 1877. Collections of the National Portrait Gallery. In the public domain in the United States because the artist died over 100 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eliza,_Lady_Becher_by_John_James_Masquerier.jpg
Full length portrait of Lady Hamilton, sitting by the window on a couch, directed to the left, looking upwards at the moon, window overlooking the ocean. 1806. Mezzotint made by William Say after John James Masquerier. Image © The Trustees of the British Museum. Cc0 License 4.0. via https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/949834001
Half-length portrait of Miss O’Neill, sitting, directed to the front, facing and looking to the left, arms at her side, sharl partly covering her right arm. 1816. British. Mezzotint printed in colors. Print made by William Say after John James Masquerier. Daniel Cox, publisher. Image © The Trustees of the British Museum. Cc0 License 4.0. via https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1837-0513-189

Color lithographs of eighteenth century embroideries. From what I think must be a folio created by Justin Lievre who was born in 1828. Collections of the National Galleries of Australia.

Chasuble broderie. 19th c. French. Lithograph. Archival ID#72.509.729. Image © 2021 National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://searchthecollection.nga.gov.au/object?uniqueId=57650
‘”Broderie – 17th c.” 19th c. French. Lithograph. Archival ID#72.509.729. Image © 2021 National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://searchthecollection.nga.gov.au/object?uniqueId=57643
“Broderies du lit de parade.” 19th c. French. Lithograph. Archival ID#72.509.729. Image © 2021 National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://searchthecollection.nga.gov.au/object?uniqueId=57648

Plates from Eugène Burnouf and Eugène Vincent Stanislas Jacquet’s work “L’Inde française, ou Collection de dessins lithographiés représentant les divinités, temples, costumes” which was published between 1827 and 1835 in Paris. Collections of the Bibliothèque nationale de France – BnF Gallica.

“Manmatha”. VIew 11. Plate 1. Image source: gallica.bnf.fr/Bibliothèque nationale de France. Collections of the BnF Gallica. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age, via https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k1041175n/f11.item#

.”Le Géant Ravana”. View 15. Image source: gallica.bnf.fr/Bibliothèque nationale de France. Collections of the BnF Gallica. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age, via https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k1041175n/f15.item
“Anouhma ou Anouhmanla”. View 19, Image source: gallica.bnf.fr/Bibliothèque nationale de France. Collections of the BnF Gallica. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age, via https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k1041175n/f19.item
“Soupramany-Samy.” View 23. Image source: gallica.bnf.fr/Bibliothèque nationale de France. Collections of the BnF Gallica. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age, via https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k1041175n/f23.item
Hariharapoutra. View 39 from Eugène Burnouf and Eugène Vincent Stanislas Jacquet’s work L’Inde française, ou Collection de dessins lithographiés représentant les divinités, temples, costumes. Published between 1827 and 1835 in Paris, France. Image source: gallica.bnf.fr/Bibliothèque nationale de France. Collections of the BnF Gallica. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age, via https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k1041175n/f39.item
Swaha, épouse d’Agni. View 51. from Eugène Burnouf and Eugène Vincent Stanislas Jacquet’s work L’Inde française, ou Collection de dessins lithographiés représentant les divinités, temples, costumes. Published between 1827 and 1835 in Paris, France. Image source: gallica.bnf.fr/Bibliothèque nationale de France. Collections of the BnF Gallica. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age, via https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k1041175n/f51.planchecontact
Varouna, Dieu des Eaux. View 71. from Eugène Burnouf and Eugène Vincent Stanislas Jacquet’s work L’Inde française, ou Collection de dessins lithographiés représentant les divinités, temples, costumes. Published between 1827 and 1835 in Paris, France. Image source: gallica.bnf.fr/Bibliothèque nationale de France. Collections of the BnF Gallica. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age, via https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k1041175n/f71.item
Koudongoudouppaigaren. View 203. from Eugène Burnouf and Eugène Vincent Stanislas Jacquet’s work L’Inde française, ou Collection de dessins lithographiés représentant les divinités, temples, costumes. Published between 1827 and 1835 in Paris, France. Image source: gallica.bnf.fr/Bibliothèque nationale de France. Collections of the BnF Gallica. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age, via https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k1041175n/f203.planchecontact

Decorate up the powder room walls with design possibilities taken from Robert Brook’s “Elements of Style in Furniture and Woodwork” which was published in London and came out in 1889. All of these with an Italian Renaissance theme in case the Medici stop by.

“Italian Renaissance.” Page 38. Collections of the Robarts Library at the University of Toronto. University of Toronto, digitalizing sponsor. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/elementsofstylei00broo/page/n39/mode/1up
“Italian Renaissance.” Page 43. Collections of the Robarts Library at the University of Toronto. University of Toronto, digitalizing sponsor. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/elementsofstylei00broo/page/n43/mode/1up
“Italian Renaissance.” Page 45. Collections of the Robarts Library at the University of Toronto. University of Toronto, digitalizing sponsor. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/elementsofstylei00broo/page/n45/mode/1up

Collotypes of plants decoratively arranged, taken from the 1893 edition of Martin Gerlach’s work “Festons und Decorative Gruppen aus Pflanzen und Thieren.” What we would call collage. In the collections of the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg.

“Group of Roses.” Number 124. Lithograph. Collotype by J. Schober, Karlsruhe. Published in Vienna by Gerlach and Schenk. Collections of the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg. In the public domain due to age. via https://sammlungonline.mkg-hamburg.de/de/object/124.-Gruppe-aus-Rosen/P1976.1005.151/mkg-e00120204?s=%22Gerlach%2C+Festons+und+decorative+Gruppen%22&h=0
“Hanging group and filling of trumpet bush, lilies, foxgloves, sea grapes and Siegwurz.” Number 120. Lithograph. Collotype by J. Schober, Karlsruhe. Published in Vienna by Gerlach and Schenk. Collections of the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg. In the public domain due to age. via https://sammlungonline.mkg-hamburg.de/de/object/120.-H%C3%A4ngegruppe-und-F%C3%BCllung-aus-Trompetenstrauch-Lilien-Fingerhut-Seetraube-und-Siegwurz/P1976.1005.147/mkg-e00120200?s=%22Gerlach%2C+Festons+und+decorative+Gruppen%22&h=0
“Hanging groups of apricots and cherries with birds.” Number 110. Lithograph. Collotype by J. Schober, Karlsruhe. Published in Vienna by Gerlach and Schenk. Collections of the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg. In the public domain due to age. via https://sammlungonline.mkg-hamburg.de/de/object/110.-H%C3%A4ngegruppen-aus-Aprikosen-und-Kirschen-mit-V%C3%B6geln/P1976.1005.137/mkg-e00120190?s=%22Gerlach%2C+Festons+und+decorative+Gruppen%22&h=0

Up into the Arctic and down to the Antarctic with English watercolorist Charles Hamilton Smith who was also a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Royal Artillery. Living from 1776 to 1859, he painted what he saw as he traveled around the world during his military career.

“Spitzbergen, Bearing South,” from the collection of 75 watercolors entitled “Views of Polar Regions”. 19th c. English. Watercolor and graphite. Collections of the Yale Center for British Arts, New Haven. Image © Yale Center for British Arts. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://wanderingvertexes.blogspot.com/2021/08/newtontoppen-spitzbergen-by-charles.html
“Remarkable Iceberg seen in July, 1818.” ca. 1818. English. Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured wove paper. Collections of the Collections of the Yale Center for British Arts, New Haven. Image © Yale Center for British Arts, Paul Mellon Collection. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/remarkable-iceberg-charles-hamilton-smith-1776%E2%80%931859-belgian/kwFvKsdBrhN6Xw
“Victoria lands, South Polar Regions: Mont Erebus, Ross Island, Antarctica,” from the collection of 75 watercolors entitled “Views of Polar Regions”. 19th c. English. Watercolor and graphite. Collections of the Yale Center for British Arts, New Haven. Image © Yale Center for British Arts. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://wanderingvertexes.blogspot.com/2019/10/erebus-seen-by-charles-hamilton-smith.html
“Mount Sabine, Victoria Land,  Antarctica, discovered in 1841,” from the collection of 75 watercolors entitled “Views of Polar Regions”. ca. 1841. English. Watercolor. Collections of the Yale Center for British Arts, New Haven. Image © Yale Center for British Arts. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://wanderingvertexes.blogspot.com/2019/11/mount-sabine-by-charles-hamilton-smith.html
Petoowack Arctic Highlands Formation Antarctica. Undated, by 1858. British. Watercolor and graphite on cream wove paper. Charles Hamilton Smith, watercolorist (1776-1859). Collections of the Yale Center for British Art. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via Francis Rousseau @mountainpaintingsandmore on Instagram. via Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/p/CpdQ2xGM_zy/
Icebergs and Aurora Borealis in the Arctic Regions. Undated, by 1858. British. Watercolor and graphite on cream wove paper. Charles Hamilton Smith, watercolorist (1776-1859). Collections of the Yale Center for British Art. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:18924
Halo with Three Parhelia, Winter Harbour Melville Island. Undated, by 1858. British. Watercolor and graphite on cream wove paper. Charles Hamilton Smith, watercolorist (1776-1859). Collections of the Yale Center for British Art. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:18924 and a slightly cropped version on Stephen Ellcock @stephenellcock ‘s Instagram https://www.instagram.com/stephenellcock/p/DD-sh1pN8t3/?hl=en

Snug Corner Cove Prince William’s Sound. Undated, by 1858. British. Watercolor and graphite on cream wove paper. Charles Hamilton Smith, watercolorist (1776-1859). Collections of the Yale Center for British Art. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:18924
Remarkable Iceberg. Undated, by 1858. British. Watercolor and graphite on cream wove paper. Charles Hamilton Smith, watercolorist (1776-1859). Collections of the Yale Center for British Art. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:18924

Castles in air. Buildings imagined up in living color by Sir Jeffry Wyatville. British. Living from 1766 to 1840, Wyatville was an architect and garden designer. He did design concepts for Windsor Castle, working for King George IV.

“Design for a Mansion for the First Earl of Yarbrough, Brocklesby Park, Lincolnshire.” 1824. English. Pencil, pen with black ink and colored washes on wove paper. Photo credit: Prudence Cuming Associates Ltd. Collections of the Royal Academy of Arts. Image © Royal Academy of Arts. Artwork itself in the public domain. via https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/design-for-a-mansion-for-the-first-earl-of-yarborough-brocklesby-park
“Windsor Castle: The south front of the Upper Ward before and after the proposed remodelling”. 1824. English. Pen and ink with wash on paper. Royal Collection Trust. Image © Royal Collection Trust. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.rct.uk/collection/918431/windsor-castle-the-south-front-of-the-upper-ward-before-and-after-the-proposed
Two designs for a villa. 1799. Signed on the lower left. Image © 2021 Sotheby’s. Fair use license. via https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2014/1000-ways-seeing-l14313/lot.890.html
Keeper’s Lodge, Windsor Park; view of lodge seen between two oak trees, palings on either side, two women walking along path leading to foreground. 1766-1840. British. On paper. Image © The Trustees of the British Museum. Fair use license. via https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/270526001
“The West Front of Chatsworth House.” ca. 1818-1838. English. Image © 2021 Chatsworth House Trust. Fair use license. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.chatsworth.org/news-media/news-blogs-press-releases/blogs-from-the-archives/the-6th-duke-s-diaries-building-work-at-chatsworth/