Watercolors of fashionable interiors in houses and hotels that look to be from the 1840s. From an album probably kept by a female member of the  Coote family whose family seat was at Ballyfin, Leinster, Ireland. The album being up for sale on the website of rare book dealer Justin Croft.

Untitled interior with woman reading by a fireside with the room looking to be the same as that in the watercolor titled “Caza Leoli, Pise,” Italy. ca. 1840s. Anglo-Irish. Watercolor that is part of an album that was probably kept by a female member of the  Coote family whose family seat was at Ballyfin, Leinster, Ireland. Image © 2023 Justin Croft. Fair use license. via https://www.justincroft.com/book/7779/coote-family/album/.
Caza Leoli – à Pise. Two men seated on chairs with a third standing in front of the fireplace in the same hotel parlor or suite as the first image, as the furnishings and wallpaper are identical, located in Pisa, Italy. ca. 1840s. Anglo-Irish. Watercolor that is part of an album that was probably kept by a female member of the  Coote family whose family seat was at Ballyfin, Leinster, Ireland. Image © 2023 Justin Croft. Fair use license. via https://www.justincroft.com/book/7779/coote-family/album/.

Salon au Quai du Midi (Nice?). ca. 1840s. Anglo-Irish. Watercolor that is part of an album that was probably kept by a female member of the  Coote family whose family seat was at Ballyfin, Leinster, Ireland. Image © 2023 Justin Croft. Fair use license. via https://www.justincroft.com/book/7779/coote-family/album/.
Un salon d’Hôtel – 1842. à Tours. Anglo-Irish. Watercolor that is part of an album that was probably kept by a female member of the  Coote family whose family seat was at Ballyfin, Leinster, Ireland. Image © 2023 Justin Croft. Fair use license. via https://www.justincroft.com/book/7779/coote-family/album/.
Eté 1842 Maison Viallon (La Mulatière, Lyon).  Anglo-Irish. Watercolor that is part of an album that was probably kept by a female member of the  Coote family whose family seat was at Ballyfin, Leinster, Ireland. Image © 2023 Justin Croft. Fair use license. via https://www.justincroft.com/book/7779/coote-family/album/.
Eté 1844. Bagni di Lucca (Italy). Anglo-Irish. Watercolor that is part of an album that was probably kept by a female member of the  Coote family whose family seat was at Ballyfin, Leinster, Ireland. Image © 2023 Justin Croft. Fair use license. via https://www.justincroft.com/book/7779/coote-family/album/.
Eté 1845. Viareggio (Italy). 1840s. Anglo-Irish. Watercolor that is part of an album that was probably kept by a female member of the  Coote family whose family seat was at Ballyfin, Leinster, Ireland. Image © 2023 Justin Croft. Fair use license. via https://www.justincroft.com/book/7779/coote-family/album/.
Salon. Chez le Prince Méncherski. 1840s. Anglo-Irish. Watercolor that is part of an album that was probably kept by a female member of the  Coote family whose family seat was at Ballyfin, Leinster, Ireland. Image © 2023 Justin Croft. Fair use license. via https://www.justincroft.com/book/7779/coote-family/album/.
Untiled watercolor of an interior. 1840s. Anglo-Irish. Watercolor that is part of an album that was probably kept by a female member of the  Coote family whose family seat was at Ballyfin, Leinster, Ireland. Image © 2023 Justin Croft. Fair use license. via https://www.justincroft.com/book/7779/coote-family/album/.
Untitled interior with a woman in a black dress reading by the fire. 1840s. Anglo-Irish. Watercolor that is part of an album that was probably kept by a female member of the  Coote family whose family seat was at Ballyfin, Leinster, Ireland. Image © 2023 Justin Croft. Fair use license. via https://www.justincroft.com/book/7779/coote-family/album/.
Maison de Roubion. 1840s. Anglo-Irish. Watercolor that is part of an album that was probably kept by a female member of the  Coote family whose family seat was at Ballyfin, Leinster, Ireland. Image © 2023 Justin Croft. Fair use license. via https://www.justincroft.com/book/7779/coote-family/album/.
Maison Gilly. 1840s. Anglo-Irish. Watercolor that is part of an album that was probably kept by a female member of the  Coote family whose family seat was at Ballyfin, Leinster, Ireland. Image © 2023 Justin Croft. Fair use license. via https://www.justincroft.com/book/7779/coote-family/album/.
Petersbourg – Caserne des Chevaliers Gardes. 1840s. Anglo-Irish. Watercolor that is part of an album that was probably kept by a female member of the  Coote family whose family seat was at Ballyfin, Leinster, Ireland. Image © 2023 Justin Croft. Fair use license. via https://www.justincroft.com/book/7779/coote-family/album/.

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