“She sells seashells by the seashore.” Down to the beach with British artist Dorothea Sharp. Living from 1874 to 1955, she was best known for her landscapes and naturalistic studies of children at play.

Paddlers/Girl with a shrimp net. Undated, purchased in 1937. British. Dorothea Sharp, painter (1874-1955). Signed DOROTHEA SHARP on the lower left. Image © estate of the artist. Collections of the Gallery Oldham. Photo credit Bridgeman Images. via Artuk.org https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/paddlers-90862
Low Tide. Undated, purchased from the purchased from the Southport Corporation Art Gallery in 1931. Dorothea Sharp, painter (1874-1955). Signed DOROTHEA SHARP on the lower left. Image © estate of the artist. Photo credit and © Rochdale Arts and Heritage Service. Collections of the Rochdale Arts and Heritage Service, via artuk.org. https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/low-tide-90293
Children on the Seashore. Undated, by 1955. British. Dorothea Sharp, painter (1874-1955). Signed DOROTHEA SHARP on the lower left. Image © estate of the artist. Photo credit: Belfast City Hall. Collections of Belfast City Hall. via artuk.org. http://www.artuk.org/artworks/children-on-the-seashore-168111
Making Sandcastles. Undated, by 1955. Dorothea Sharp, painter (1874-1955). Signed DOROTHEA SHARP on the lower left. Image © estate of the artist. Photo credit and © Queens University, Belfast. Collections of the Queens University, Belfast, via artuk.org. http://www.artuk.org/artworks/making-sandcastles-169040

Beautiful designs by Émile Gallé for a vase and a goblet, it looks like. These are turning up on a Russian art history site.

Decor project with octopuses for a vase. 1884-1903. French. Émile Gallé, designer/maker. Collections of the Museum d’Orsay, Paris. The image itself has a watermark for art.biblioclub.ru but the design itself is in the public domain due to age. via https://art.biblioclub.ru/picture_75318_proekt_dekora_s_osminogami_dlya_vazyi/
Design for a vase. By 1904. French. Émile Gallé, designer/maker. Collections of the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy. The image itself has a watermark for art.biblioclub.ru but the design itself is in the public domain due to age. via https://art.biblioclub.ru/picture_75318_proekt_dekora_s_osminogami_dlya_vazyi/

Hand-fans with flowers for August. Who needs an air conditioner if you can make your own breeze?

Iris hand-fan in wood with a painted fabric leaf. 1900-1905. Tutin, maker. Signed Tutin. Image © Fan d’Eventails Paris. Fair use license. https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/art-nouveau-fans/3605-iris-by-tutin-fan-circa-1900-1905.html
Iris flower hand-fan, the polylobed leaf applied with three lace irises and embroidered with sequins. Tortoiseshell sticks and guards inlaid with silver sequins and the top of the guards being serpentine. ca. 1900-1910. French. Duvelleroy, maker. Signed Duvelleroy on the reverse. Image © Fan d’Eventails Paris. Fair use license. https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/art-nouveau-fans/3603-iris-flowers-duvelleroy-fan-circa-1900-1910.html
Hand-fan with a painted silk and gauze leaf, richly embroidered with colored sequins depicting poppy flowers. Pierced horn sticks and guards, engraved and applied with tinted burgau mother-of-pearl with a poppy motif. Art Nouveau. Image © Fan d’Eventails Paris. Fair use license. https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/art-nouveau-fans/3606-poppies-art-nouveau-fan.html

1930s Depression era bookplates, taken from a 1931 C. D. Reimers Bookplate Company catalogue. They were located in Fort Worth, Texas and were a firm owned by Charles Dietrich Reimers who was originally from Illinois and had been a first baseman on the Northwestern University baseball team.

Front cover of 1931 catalogue of bookplates from the C. D. Reimers Book Plate Company of Forth Worth, Texas. American. Image © 2023 James E. Arsenault & Company. Fair use license. via https://www.jamesarsenault.com/pages/books/6419/c-d-reimers-bookplates
Young woman in I think Ancient Greek or Roman dress stirring something, possibly creating a spell. Number 108 from a 1931 catalogue of bookplates from the C. D. Reimers Book Plate Company of Forth Worth, Texas. American. Image © 2023 James E. Arsenault & Company. Fair use license. via https://www.jamesarsenault.com/pages/books/6419/c-d-reimers-bookplates
Airplane and lighthouse. Number 113 from a 1931 catalogue of bookplates from the C. D. Reimers Book Plate Company of Forth Worth, Texas. American. Image © 2023 James E. Arsenault & Company. Fair use license. via https://www.jamesarsenault.com/pages/books/6419/c-d-reimers-bookplates
Owl with the caption reading: Who owns this book? I own this book. Number 114 from a 1931 catalogue of bookplates from the C. D. Reimers Book Plate Company of Forth Worth, Texas. American. Image © 2023 James E. Arsenault & Company. Fair use license. via https://www.jamesarsenault.com/pages/books/6419/c-d-reimers-bookplates
Young woman reading. Number 115 from a 1931 catalogue of bookplates from the C. D. Reimers Book Plate Company of Forth Worth, Texas. American. Image © 2023 James E. Arsenault & Company. Fair use license. via https://www.jamesarsenault.com/pages/books/6419/c-d-reimers-bookplates
Geometric design. Number 121 from a 1931 catalogue of bookplates from the C. D. Reimers Book Plate Company of Forth Worth, Texas. American. Image © 2023 James E. Arsenault & Company. Fair use license. via https://www.jamesarsenault.com/pages/books/6419/c-d-reimers-bookplates

Honolulu Fish. Not the ones swimming right this minute. A breathtaking collection of watercolors depicting Hawaiian fish, presumably created for a 1907 exhibit at the Honolulu Aquarium. All of these being in one lot that is up for sale on the website of James E. Arsenault and Company.

Honolulu fish exhibit. Opule. ca. 1904.  One of 34 original unsigned watercolors on paperboard mounts with gilt-bordered labels stating the exhibit, the Hawaiian name of the specimen, and often a succinct not of the specimen’s use or folklore. Artist not given. Image © 2023 James E. Arsenault & Company. Fair use license. via https://www.jamesarsenault.com/details.php?record=8141&jump=1&utm_source=constantcontact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ne
Honolulu Fish exhibit. Nohu: Offered to the Gods as medicine. ca. 1904.  One of 34 original unsigned watercolors on paperboard mounts with gilt-bordered labels stating the exhibit, the Hawaiian name of the specimen, and often a succinct not of the specimen’s use or folklore. Artist not given. Image © 2023 James E. Arsenault & Company. Fair use license. via https://www.jamesarsenault.com/details.php?record=8141&jump=1&utm_source=constantcontact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ne
Honolulu fish exhibit. Humuhumu: The legend of this fish is that he was once a solider of Kamapuaa,  who was born of woman, yet was a pig. He fought with Pele (Volcano) and after defeat turned fish as also his soldiers. ca. 1904.  One of 34 original unsigned watercolors on paperboard mounts with gilt-bordered labels stating the exhibit, the Hawaiian name of the specimen, and often a succinct not of the specimen’s use or folklore. Artist not given. Image © 2023 James E. Arsenault & Company. Fair use license. via https://www.jamesarsenault.com/details.php?record=8141&jump=1&utm_source=constantcontact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ne
Honolulu fish exhibit. A. Wela: A snoring and sleeping fish. Can be heard when in shallow water.ca. 1904.  One of 34 original unsigned watercolors on paperboard mounts with gilt-bordered labels stating the exhibit, the Hawaiian name of the specimen, and often a succinct not of the specimen’s use or folklore. Artist not given. Image © 2023 James E. Arsenault & Company. Fair use license. via https://www.jamesarsenault.com/details.php?record=8141&jump=1&utm_source=constantcontact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ne
Honolulu fish exhibit. Piopio: This fish was also offered to the Gods on opening of the fish season. ca. 1904.  One of 34 original unsigned watercolors on paperboard mounts with gilt-bordered labels stating the exhibit, the Hawaiian name of the specimen, and often a succinct not of the specimen’s use or folklore. Artist not given. Image © 2023 James E. Arsenault & Company. Fair use license. via https://www.jamesarsenault.com/details.php?record=8141&jump=1&utm_source=constantcontact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ne
Honolulu fish exhibit. A weo weo. ca. 1904.  One of 34 original unsigned watercolors on paperboard mounts with gilt-bordered labels stating the exhibit, the Hawaiian name of the specimen, and often a succinct not of the specimen’s use or folklore. Artist not given. Image © 2023 James E. Arsenault & Company. Fair use license. via https://www.jamesarsenault.com/details.php?record=8141&jump=1&utm_source=constantcontact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ne
Honolulu fish exhibit. Pauuulua: Who catches this fish has good luck and a choice of the ladies. ca. 1904.  One of 34 original unsigned watercolors on paperboard mounts with gilt-bordered labels stating the exhibit, the Hawaiian name of the specimen, and often a succinct not of the specimen’s use or folklore. Artist not given. Image © 2023 James E. Arsenault & Company. Fair use license. via https://www.jamesarsenault.com/details.php?record=8141&jump=1&utm_source=constantcontact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ne
The way fish are carried in Honolulu. ca. 1904.  One of 34 original unsigned watercolors on paperboard mounts with gilt-bordered labels stating the exhibit, the Hawaiian name of the specimen, and often a succinct not of the specimen’s use or folklore. Artist not given. Image © 2023 James E. Arsenault & Company. Fair use license. via https://www.jamesarsenault.com/details.php?record=8141&jump=1&utm_source=constantcontact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ne
Honolulu fish exhibit. Kuhonu. ca. 1904.  One of 34 original unsigned watercolors on paperboard mounts with gilt-bordered labels stating the exhibit, the Hawaiian name of the specimen, and often a succinct not of the specimen’s use or folklore. Artist not given. Image © 2023 James E. Arsenault & Company. Fair use license. via https://www.jamesarsenault.com/details.php?record=8141&jump=1&utm_source=constantcontact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ne
Honolulu fish exhibit. Kaapeape: A deep water fish. ca. 1904.  One of 34 original unsigned watercolors on paperboard mounts with gilt-bordered labels stating the exhibit, the Hawaiian name of the specimen, and often a succinct not of the specimen’s use or folklore. Artist not given. Image © 2023 James E. Arsenault & Company. Fair use license. via https://www.jamesarsenault.com/details.php?record=8141&jump=1&utm_source=constantcontact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ne

Views of the West Indies and Central and South America made by someone on a mid 1930s cruise of the islands. From an album presumably kept by someone who was on the trip. From the website of Wayfarers Bookshop. early mid 1930s, ca. 1934.

Cartagena, Colombia. Image ca. 1934. Image ca. 1934. Taken from a album with views of a cruise to the West Indies and Central and South America, presumably taken by someone who was on the cruise. Image © 2023 The Wayfarers Bookshop.  Fair use license. via https://www.wayfarersbookshop.com/pages/books/593/caribbean-central-america/album-with-over-99-original-gelatin-photographs-taken-during-a-caribbean-cruise-showing-cuba
Cuba: Morro Castle; and three photographs taken at the Hotel National including one of the swimming pool. Image ca. 1934. Taken from a album with views of a cruise to the West Indies and Central and South America, presumably taken by someone who was on the cruise. Image © 2023 The Wayfarers Bookshop.  Fair use license. via https://www.wayfarersbookshop.com/pages/books/593/caribbean-central-america/album-with-over-99-original-gelatin-photographs-taken-during-a-caribbean-cruise-showing-cuba
Cartagena, Colombia. Image ca. 1934. Image ca. 1934. Taken from a album with views of a cruise to the West Indies and Central and South America, presumably taken by someone who was on the cruise. Image © 2023 The Wayfarers Bookshop.  Fair use license. via https://www.wayfarersbookshop.com/pages/books/593/caribbean-central-america/album-with-over-99-original-gelatin-photographs-taken-during-a-caribbean-cruise-showing-cuba
Across the Panama Canal by plane. Image ca. 1934. Image ca. 1934. Taken from a album with views of a cruise to the West Indies and Central and South America, presumably taken by someone who was on the cruise. Image © 2023 The Wayfarers Bookshop.  Fair use license. via https://www.wayfarersbookshop.com/pages/books/593/caribbean-central-america/album-with-over-99-original-gelatin-photographs-taken-during-a-caribbean-cruise-showing-cuba
San Salvador. The Market at Tekla. Image ca. 1934. Taken from a album with views of a cruise to the West Indies and Central and South America, presumably taken by someone who was on the cruise. Image © 2023 The Wayfarers Bookshop.  Fair use license. via https://www.wayfarersbookshop.com/pages/books/593/caribbean-central-america/album-with-over-99-original-gelatin-photographs-taken-during-a-caribbean-cruise-showing-cuba
Guatamala: Santa Maria de Crusis; Antigua; Mount Agua. Image ca. 1934. Taken from a album with views of a cruise to the West Indies and Central and South America, presumably taken by someone who was on the cruise. Image © 2023 The Wayfarers Bookshop.  Fair use license. via https://www.wayfarersbookshop.com/pages/books/593/caribbean-central-america/album-with-over-99-original-gelatin-photographs-taken-during-a-caribbean-cruise-showing-cuba
Guatamala: Antigua. Image ca. 1934. Taken from a album with views of a cruise to the West Indies and Central and South America, presumably taken by someone who was on the cruise. Image © 2023 The Wayfarers Bookshop.  Fair use license. via https://www.wayfarersbookshop.com/pages/books/593/caribbean-central-america/album-with-over-99-original-gelatin-photographs-taken-during-a-caribbean-cruise-showing-cuba
Mexico: Mazatlán; Agua Calliente. Image ca. 1934. Taken from a album with views of a cruise to the West Indies and Central and South America, presumably taken by someone who was on the cruise. Image © 2023 The Wayfarers Bookshop.  Fair use license. via https://www.wayfarersbookshop.com/pages/books/593/caribbean-central-america/album-with-over-99-original-gelatin-photographs-taken-during-a-caribbean-cruise-showing-cuba

Imagery of Madagascar back when Madagascar belonged to France. Taken from an early 1900s photo album with the photographs most likely made, taken and collected by a French military officer. From the website of Wayfarers Bookshop.

Antsirane a l’rrivée du General Gallioni (Inspection de 1902). Madagascar, when it was a French colony. Taken from an early 1900s photo album with the photographs most likely made, taken and collected by a French military officer. Image © 2023 The Wayfarers Bookshop. Fair use license. https://www.wayfarersbookshop.com/pages/books/554/africa-madagascar/album-with-110-original-gelatin-silver-photographs-of-french-colonial-madagascar-showing-diego
Diego Suárez ((Antsiranana) – Port et Quais. Madagascar, when it was a French colony. Taken from an early 1900s photo album with the photographs most likely made, taken and collected by a French military officer. Image © 2023 The Wayfarers Bookshop. Fair use license. https://www.wayfarersbookshop.com/pages/books/554/africa-madagascar/album-with-110-original-gelatin-silver-photographs-of-french-colonial-madagascar-showing-diego
Antsirane – Place de la musique et ? (Sarah can’t figure out the last two words). Madagascar, when it was a French colony. Taken from an early 1900s photo album with the photographs most likely made, taken and collected by a French military officer. Image © 2023 The Wayfarers Bookshop. Fair use license. https://www.wayfarersbookshop.com/pages/books/554/africa-madagascar/album-with-110-original-gelatin-silver-photographs-of-french-colonial-madagascar-showing-diego
Antsirane – La Vue Colbert. Madagascar, when it was a French colony. Taken from an early 1900s photo album with the photographs most likely made, taken and collected by a French military officer. Image © 2023 The Wayfarers Bookshop. Fair use license. https://www.wayfarersbookshop.com/pages/books/554/africa-madagascar/album-with-110-original-gelatin-silver-photographs-of-french-colonial-madagascar-showing-diego
Antsirabe – La voiture postale. Madagascar, when it was a French colony. Taken from an early 1900s photo album with the photographs most likely made, taken and collected by a French military officer. Image © 2023 The Wayfarers Bookshop. Fair use license. https://www.wayfarersbookshop.com/pages/books/554/africa-madagascar/album-with-110-original-gelatin-silver-photographs-of-french-colonial-madagascar-showing-diego

Images of Guinea, showing Conakry, the Samou River rapids and various waterfalls. From 1935, back when it was a colony of France. These are from an album kept I assume by a French individual who was either living in the colony or on a visit. The album is up for sale with Wayfarers Bookshop whose website I found it on.

Laloaniche et la phare. Conakry, Guinée which was then part of French West Africa. 1935. Photograph taken from an album kept I assume by a French national who was either living in the colony or on a visit. Image © 2023 The Wayfarers Bookshop. Fair use license. via https://www.wayfarersbookshop.com/pages/books/239/africa-guinea-conakry/historically-interesting-album-with-40-original-gelatin-silver-and-platinum-photos-of-french
Gare de Conakry. Guinée which was then part of French West Africa. 1935. Photograph taken from an album kept I assume by a French national who was either living in the colony or on a visit. Image © 2023 The Wayfarers Bookshop. Fair use license. via https://www.wayfarersbookshop.com/pages/books/239/africa-guinea-conakry/historically-interesting-album-with-40-original-gelatin-silver-and-platinum-photos-of-french
Baptiste de l’avion de l’Aero-Club de Conakry, Guinée, which was then part of French West Africa, with the airplane being baptised by Mme. Vadier, the govenor’s wife. 1935. Photograph taken from an album kept I assume by a French national who was either living in the colony or on a visit. Image © 2023 The Wayfarers Bookshop. Fair use license. via https://www.wayfarersbookshop.com/pages/books/239/africa-guinea-conakry/historically-interesting-album-with-40-original-gelatin-silver-and-platinum-photos-of-french
Bal d’enfants ? Gouvernement Conakry. Mars 1935. Guinée, which was then part of French West Africa. Photograph taken from an album kept I assume by a French national who was either living in the colony or on a visit. Image © 2023 The Wayfarers Bookshop. Fair use license. via https://www.wayfarersbookshop.com/pages/books/239/africa-guinea-conakry/historically-interesting-album-with-40-original-gelatin-silver-and-platinum-photos-of-french
Salle des fêtes, Conakry. Guinée, which was then part of French West Africa. 1935. Photograph taken from an album kept I assume by a French national who was either living in the colony or on a visit. Image © 2023 The Wayfarers Bookshop. Fair use license. via https://www.wayfarersbookshop.com/pages/books/239/africa-guinea-conakry/historically-interesting-album-with-40-original-gelatin-silver-and-platinum-photos-of-french
Chute du Samod. Guinée, which was then part of French West Africa. 1935. Photograph taken from an album kept I assume by a French national who was either living in the colony or on a visit. Image © 2023 The Wayfarers Bookshop. Fair use license. via https://www.wayfarersbookshop.com/pages/books/239/africa-guinea-conakry/historically-interesting-album-with-40-original-gelatin-silver-and-platinum-photos-of-french
Picnic European aux Grandes Chutes. Guinée, which was then part of French West Africa. 1935. Photograph taken from an album kept I assume by a French national who was either living in the colony or on a visit. Image © 2023 The Wayfarers Bookshop. Fair use license. via https://www.wayfarersbookshop.com/pages/books/239/africa-guinea-conakry/historically-interesting-album-with-40-original-gelatin-silver-and-platinum-photos-of-french
La Corniche, Conakry. Guinée, which was then part of French West Africa. 1935. Photograph taken from an album kept I assume by a French national who was either living in the colony or on a visit. Image © 2023 The Wayfarers Bookshop. Fair use license. via https://www.wayfarersbookshop.com/pages/books/239/africa-guinea-conakry/historically-interesting-album-with-40-original-gelatin-silver-and-platinum-photos-of-french

Watercolor designs for porcelain, by the Samson et Cie. manufactory which was established in Paris, France ca. 1845 by “Edmé Samson (1810-1891). It was later run by his son, Emile who moved the factory to Montreuil in 1864.

Original design by designers at the Samson et Cie porcelain factory for a porcelain pitcher, intended as a reference source from which the porcelain painters could work, using the design as a guide for the colors and image to be transformed from paper into fine porcelain. 1845 or later. Made in Paris, France. Pen, ink, and watercolor. © 2023 Donald A. Heald Rare Books. Fair use license. via https://www.donaldheald.com/pages/books/14128/samson-co-designers/an-original-design-for-a-porcelain-pitcher
Original design by designers at the Samson et Cie porcelain factory for a porcelain plate, intended as a reference source from which the porcelain painters could work, using the design as a guide for the colors and image to be transformed from paper into fine porcelain. 1845 or later. Made in Paris, France. Pen, ink, and watercolor. © 2023 Donald A. Heald Rare Books. Fair use license. via https://www.donaldheald.com/pages/books/8602/samson-co-designers/an-original-design-for-a-porcelain-plate
Original design by designers at the Samson et Cie porcelain factory for a porcelain plate, intended as a reference source from which the porcelain painters could work, using the design as a guide for the colors and image to be transformed from paper into fine porcelain. 1845 or later. Made in Paris, France. Pen, ink, and watercolor. © 2023 Donald A. Heald Rare Books. Fair use license. via https://www.donaldheald.com/pages/books/8603/samson-co-designers/an-original-design-for-a-porcelain-plate
Original design by designers at the Samson et Cie porcelain factory for a porcelain plate, intended as a reference source from which the porcelain painters could work, using the design as a guide for the colors and image to be transformed from paper into fine porcelain. 1845 or later. Made in Paris, France. Pen, ink, and watercolor. © 2023 Donald A. Heald Rare Books. Fair use license. via https://www.donaldheald.com/pages/books/8610/samson-co-designers/an-original-design-for-a-porcelain-plate
Original design by designers at the Samson et Cie porcelain factory for a porcelain plate, intended as a reference source from which the porcelain painters could work, using the design as a guide for the colors and image to be transformed from paper into fine porcelain. 1845 or later. Made in Paris, France. Pen, ink, and watercolor. © 2023 Donald A. Heald Rare Books. Fair use license. via https://www.donaldheald.com/pages/books/13942/samson-co-designers/an-original-design-for-a-porcelain-plate
Original design by designers at the Samson et Cie porcelain factory for a porcelain plate, intended as a reference source from which the porcelain painters could work, using the design as a guide for the colors and image to be transformed from paper into fine porcelain. 1845 or later. Made in Paris, France. Pen, ink, and watercolor. © 2023 Donald A. Heald Rare Books. Fair use license. via https://www.donaldheald.com/pages/books/13948/samson-co-designers/an-original-design-for-a-porcelain-plate
Original design by designers at the Samson et Cie porcelain factory for a porcelain plate, intended as a reference source from which the porcelain painters could work, using the design as a guide for the colors and image to be transformed from paper into fine porcelain. 1845 or later. Made in Paris, France. Pen, ink, and watercolor. © 2023 Donald A. Heald Rare Books. Fair use license. via https://www.donaldheald.com/pages/books/13983/samson-co-designers/an-original-design-for-a-porcelain-plate

Original design by designers at the Samson et Cie porcelain factory for a porcelain plate, intended as a reference source from which the porcelain painters could work, using the design as a guide for the colors and image to be transformed from paper into fine porcelain. 1845 or later. Made in Paris, France. Pen, ink, and watercolor. © 2023 Donald A. Heald Rare Books. Fair use license. via https://www.donaldheald.com/pages/books/15910/samson-co-designers/an-original-design-for-a-porcelain-plate

 The intention of Samson et Cie. was to reproduce ceramics from museums and private collections, and they claimed that all such reproductions would be distinctly marked to avoid confusion with the originals. The range of wares included copies of 18th-century porcelain from such factories as Sèvres, Chelsea, Meissen and Derby, Chinese export-wares, especially armorial wares decorated with famille rose colours and mugs decorated with the Fitzhugh pattern, Delftware, Iznikware, maiolica and faience.” (Grove Dictionary of Art). (taken from the dealer’s description).

 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/.