Mural designs for every room in your home. You can pretend you are a Renaissance princess going up and down the stairs or Hera Queen of the Skies instructing the maid on table settings for the next banquet for the goddess. Chromolithographs from the 1890 folio “Plafonds et peintures murales” which was put together by decorative painter Ernest David and his friend and fellow painter F. Lamy. Published in Paris. Where else?

ANTICHAMBRE. Ernest David, pinx. Imprimerie A. Janniot and Cie, Paris, lithographers. E E. Thézard fils, publishers, Editeur à Dourdan (Seine-et-Oise). Bibliothèque du Peintre en Bâtiment, Plafonds et Peintures Murales par E. David. Image 8. Collections of the Caroline Simpson Library, Museums of History New South Wales. CcO License 1.0. via https://archive.org/details/David10636/page/n8/mode/1up

PLAFOND RENAISSANCE. Ernest David, pinx. Imprimerie A. Janniot and Cie, Paris, lithographers. E E. Thézard fils, publishers, Editeur à Dourdan (Seine-et-Oise). Bibliothèque du Peintre en Bâtiment, Plafonds et Peintures Murales par E. DAVID. Image 10. Collections of the Caroline Simpson Library, Museums of History New South Wales. CcO License 1.0. via https://archive.org/details/David10636/page/n10/mode/1up

ESCALIER. Ernest David, pinx. Imprimerie A. Janniot and Cie, Paris, lithographers. E E. Thézard fils, publishers, Editeur à Dourdan (Seine-et-Oise). Bibliothèque du Peintre en Bâtiment, Nouveaux modèles de Plafonds et Peintures murales par E. DAVID. Image 12. Collections of the Caroline Simpson Library, Museums of History New South Wales. CcO License 1.0. https://archive.org/details/David10636/page/n12/mode/1up

SALLE DE BAIN. Ernest David, pinx. Imprimerie A. Janniot and Cie, Paris, lithographers. E E. Thézard fils, publishers, Editeur à Dourdan (Seine-et-Oise). Bibliothèque du Peintre en Bâtiment, Plafonds et Peintures Murales par E. DAVID. Image 16. Collections of the Caroline Simpson Library, Museums of History New South Wales. CcO License 1.0. via https://archive.org/details/David10636/page/n16/mode/1up

TENTURE RENAISSANCE. Ernest David, pinx. Imprimerie A. Janniot and Cie, Paris, lithographers. E E. Thézard fils, publishers, Editeur à Dourdan (Seine-et-Oise). Bibliothèque du Peintre en Bâtiment, Plafonds et Peintures Murales par E. DAVID. Image 20. Collections of the Caroline Simpson Library, Museums of History New South Wales. CcO License 1.0. via https://archive.org/details/David10636/page/n20/mode/1up

PORTE ORIENTALE. Ernest David, pinx. Imprimerie F. Hermet, Paris – Orléans. lithographers. E E. Thézard fils, publishers, Editeur à Dourdan (Seine-et-Oise). Bibliothèque du Peintre en Bâtiment, Plafonds et Peintures Murales par E. DAVID. Image 32. Collections of the Caroline Simpson Library, Museums of History New South Wales. CcO License 1.0. via https://archive.org/details/David10636/page/n32/mode/1up

PLAFOND LOUIS XIV. Ernest David, pinx. Imprimerie F. Hermet, Paris – Orléans. lithographers. E E. Thézard fils, publishers, Editeur à Dourdan (Seine-et-Oise). Bibliothèque du Peintre en Bâtiment, Plafonds et Peintures Murales par E. DAVID. Image 34. Collections of the Caroline Simpson Library, Museums of History New South Wales. CcO License 1.0. via https://archive.org/details/David10636/page/n34/mode/1up

CROISEE MAURESQUE. Ernest David, pinx. Imprimerie F. Hermet, Paris – Orléans. lithographers. E E. Thézard fils, publishers, Editeur à Dourdan (Seine-et-Oise). Bibliothèque du Peintre en Bâtiment, Plafonds et Peintures Murales par E. DAVID. Image 40. Collections of the Caroline Simpson Library, Museums of History New South Wales. CcO License 1.0. via https://archive.org/details/David10636/page/n40/mode/1up

MUR VESTIBULE. Ernest David, pinx. Imprimerie F. Hermet, Paris – Orléans. lithographers. E E. Thézard fils, publishers, Editeur à Dourdan (Seine-et-Oise). Bibliothèque du Peintre en Bâtiment, Plafonds et Peintures Murales par E. DAVID. Image 52. Collections of the Caroline Simpson Library, Museums of History New South Wales. CcO License 1.0. via https://archive.org/details/David10636/page/n52/mode/1up

PEINTURE MURALE ET PLAFOND. F Lamy, pinx. Imprimerie Bourgerie Paris, lithographers. E E. Thézard fils, publishers, Editeur à Dourdan (Seine-et-Oise). Bibliothèque du Peintre en Bâtiment, Nouveaux modèles de Plafonds et Peintures murales par F. LAMY. Image 52. Collections of the Caroline Simpson Library, Museums of History New South Wales. CcO License 1.0. via https://archive.org/details/David10636/page/n64/mode/1up

PEINTURE MURALE ET PLAFOND DE SALLE À MANGER. F Lamy, pinx. Imprimerie Bourgerie Paris, lithographers. E E. Thézard fils, publishers, Editeur à Dourdan (Seine-et-Oise). Bibliothèque du Peintre en Bâtiment, Nouveaux modèles de Plafonds et Peintures murales par F. LAMY. Image 74. Collections of the Caroline Simpson Library, Museums of History New South Wales. CcO License 1.0. via https://archive.org/details/David10636/page/n74/mode/1up

CHEMINÉE DE CABINET (the captioning on this page is very faded out). Bibliothèque du Peintre en Bâtiment, Plafonds et Peintures Murales par E. DAVID. Image 80. Collections of the Caroline Simpson Library, Museums of History New South Wales. CcO License 1.0. via https://archive.org/details/David10636/page/n80/mode/1up

Life lived large and not so large. Aquatints by Joseph Constantine Stadler (1755-1828) of British people and places. 1800-1815 ish.

The Procession at Freemasons’ Hall, Great Queen Street, on the occasion of the Annual Dinner for young girls assisted by the Order. Published in London on October 1, 1808 in R. Ackermann’s Repository of the Arts/Microcosm of London. After Pugin and Rowlandson. British. Aquatint. Joseph Constantine Stadler, engraver (1755-1828). Collections of the Yale Center for British Art. CC0 License 1.0. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joseph_Constantine_Stadler_-_Freemasons_Hall,_Great_Queen_Street_-_B1975.6.65_-_Yale_Center_for_British_Art.jpg The exact title was found here https://fineartamerica.com/featured/the-procession-at-freemasons-hall-joseph-constantine-stadler.html

Hafod House. Taken from “Tour to Hafod”, a fine collection of plates depicting the mansion and its surrounding landscape engraved by Stadler after drawings by Smith. 1810. British. Hand-colored aquatint engraving. Joseph Constantine Stadler, engraver (1755-1828). Published by White and Company. Image © 2024 Donald A. Heald Rare Books. Fair use license. via https://www.donaldheald.com/pages/books/13579/joseph-constantine-stadler-after-john-warwick-smith/hafod-house

Great Fall of the Fynach. 1809. British. Colored aquatint. Joseph Constantine Stadler, engraver (1755-1828) after J. Smith. Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:42060

Kitchen of Trinity College. Published in London September 1, 1815 in R. Ackermann’s History of Cambridge. 1815. British. Colored aquatint. Joseph Constantine Stadler (1855-1828) engraver after William Henry Pyne, 1769–1843. Yale Center for British Art; Gift of Herman W. Liebert. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:52922

Wobourn Sheepshearing, dedicated by permysion to his grace the Duke of Bedford. 1811. British.
Hand-colored aquatint with stipple and etching on chine colle. M. N. Bate and Joseph Constantine Stadler after George Garrard. Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:23509

Hospital, Middlesex. Published in London November 1 1808 in R. Ackermann’s Repository of the Arts. British. Colored aquatint. Joseph Constantine Stadler, engraver, after Augustus Charles Pugin and Thomas Rowlandson. Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Chauncey Brewster Tinker. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age via. https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:22847

Lloyd’s Subscription Room. Published in London January 1, 1800 in R. Ackermann’s Repository of the Arts. British. Colored aquatint. Joseph Constantine Stadler, engraver, after Augustus Charles Pugin and Thomas Rowlandson. Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Chauncey Brewster Tinker. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age via https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:22845

To the King’s Most Excellent Majesty under the patronage of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, this view of the Pavilion and Steyne at Brighton with the promenade is humbly Dedicated by his Majesty’s most Dutiful Servant, Charles Richards. 1806. British. Colored aquatint. James Mitan and Joseph Constantine Stadler, engraver after Charles Cracklow (Craig and Cracklow). Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age via https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:30859

Symbolist ladies lying around in a golden light. Flemish. Jan Frans De Boever, artist (1872-1949). Did illustrations for Baudelaire’s “Les Fleurs du Mal.”

"Les Gerbes." 1920s. — “Les Gerbes.” 1920s. In the public domain due to age. via https://leprincelointain.blogspot.com/2018/03/jan-frans-de-boever-1872-1949-les.html

"Butin." No exact date. — “Butin.” No exact date. In the public domain due to age. via https://decadenthandbook.wordpress.com/2010/06/14/jan-frans-de-boever/

"La Sorcière." Undated. In the public domain. — “La Sorcière.” Undated. In the public domain. via https://scontent.fnyc1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/s960x960/45179564_1025026217693698_3443560428376948736_o.jpg?_nc_cat=103&_nc_ohc=I4LNo7SnPrkAQn3GIXZSz0oQDdtQw2X4ZeX_a-wBzRx2i_DBcfbwQf3IQ&_nc_ht=scontent.fnyc1-1.fna&oh=ecae2ade51d8b099fb7c53a2458b9bd4&oe=5E6E2B41

"Sirenes." ca. 1938. — “Sirenes.” ca. 1938. Image © 1stdibs, Inc. 2019. Fair use license. via https://www.1stdibs.com/art/paintings/figurative-paintings/jan-frans-deboever-sirenes/id-a_291822/

"Nereides." ca. 1928. — “Nereides.” ca. 1928. Image © 1stdibs, Inc. 2019. Fair use license. via https://www.1stdibs.com/art/paintings/jan-frans-deboever-nereides/id-a_54067/

Out in the world with American landscape painter Willard Metcalf (1858-1925).Studying at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, he also studied in Paris.

"Sunlight and Shadow." 1888. Oil on panel. — “Sunlight and Shadow.” 1888. Oil on panel. Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. In the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1924. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Willard_Leroy_Metcalf_-_Sunlight_and_Shadow_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg

"The Lily Pond." 1887. Oil on canvas. — “The Lily Pond.” 1887. Oil on canvas. Collection of the Terra Foundation. In the public domain in the United States due to age. via https://www.paintingmania.com/lily-pond-202_25208.html

"Havana Harbor." 1902. Oil on canvas. — “Havana Harbor.” 1902. Oil on canvas. Collection of the Terra Foundation for American art. Image © 2019 1000Museums and Terra Foundation for American Art. Fair use license. via https://www.1000museums.com/art_works/willard-leroy-metcalf-havana-harbor

Winged people but not your standard Victorian angel in a white nightgown with a halo up over her head. French. Eugène Froment-Delormel, artist. Living from 1820 to 1900, he worked as a designer for Sèvres and did genre paintings.

"La lumière et la nuit." ca. 1853. — “La lumière et la nuit.” ca. 1853. French. Graphite and gouache on paper. Signed on the lower right. Collections des musées de France (Joconde). Photo © Stéphane Prost. Fair use license. via https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/joconde/01610001066

"Cupid and Psyche." 1879. Oil on canvas. — “Cupid and Psyche.” 1879. Oil on canvas. Private collection. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eugene_Froment_Delormel_-_Cupid_and_Psyche.jpg

"Le Souvenir." Undated. Graphite on paper. — “Le Souvenir.” Undated. Graphite on paper. Collection of the Musée Rolin, Autun. In the public domain due to age. via https://en.wahooart.com/@@/ARC8K3-Jacques-Victor-Eug%C3%A8ne-Froment-Delormel-Le-Souvenir

More Art Nouveau ceramics, these from the Netherlands. N.S.A. Brantjes & Company, creators. Not in business all that long, but long enough to be part of the expositions in Paris and Saint Louis in 1900 and 1904.

Pair of ceramic vases. ca, 1896. Hand-painted. — Pair of ceramic vases. ca, 1896. Hand-painted. Signed “NB” on the bottom and “Faïence de Purmerende Hollande” with the artist’s initials and “A” for year. N.S.A. Brantjes & Company, maker. Image © 1stdibs, Inc. 2019. Fair use license. via

Ear vase, earthenware with floral motifs. Model 1082. — Ear vase, earthenware with floral motifs. Model 1082. D, Van de Veen, painter for N.S.A. Brantjes. Image © 2019 Kunstconsult. Fair use license. via https://www.kunstconsult.com/Ceramics/Wed.-N.S.A.-Brantjes-Co-Dutch-Art-Nouveau-vase.-model-1082.-painter-D.-van-de-Veen.-ca.-1900

Vase with a lily design. ca. 1900. — Vase with a lily design. ca. 1900. Image © 2018 Artsy. Fair use license. via https://www.artsy.net/artwork/wed-nsa-brantjes-and-co-purmerend-art-nouveau-vase-with-lilies

Angels wandering around and having fun but not in trouble yet. French. François Édouard Cibot, historical and landscape painter. Living from 1799 to 1877, he was born in Paris. Painted a lot of sacred art.

"Les Anges Déchus." 1833. — “Les Anges Déchus.” 1833. In the public domain due to age. via https://leprincelointain.blogspot.com/2019/01/edouard-cibot-1799-1877-les-anges.html. “Fallen Angels.” 1833. French. Oil on canvas. Edouard Cibot, painter (1799-1877). Collections of the Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska. Many thanks to Alex who commented letting me know the painter and museum. I found it on the long since taken down art blog listed above which didn’t have that information.

"Les amours des anges." 1834. — “Les amours des anges.” 1834. Collection of the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Brest, Brest. In the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1924. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fran%C3%A7ois_%C3%89douard_Cibot_1834_Les_amours_des_anges.jpg

Watercolors of life in a different Greenland. ca. 1899. Isak of Igdlorpait, artist (1866-1903). An Inuit Greenlander who had lost the use of one arm which kept him from fishing and hunting, Isak tended goats at a Moravian mission. When the mission was abandoned in 1901, he presented a booklet with 48 watercolors as a gift to the last departing missionary. These are taken from the website of rarebookstudio.com, some of whose books, though not this one, I had the privilege of seeing at the antiquarian book fair here held last month.

Hunting. — Hunting. Page 11. Image © 2013 Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio. Fair use license. via http://rarebookstudio.com/images/Isak-p-11.jpg

Image. — Watercolor. Image © 2013 Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio and ABAA. Fair use license. via https://www.abaa.org/book/1015462419

Watercolor. — Watercolor. Image © 2013 Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio and ABAA. Fair use license. via https://www.abaa.org/book/1015462419

Watercolor. — Watercolor. Image © 2013 Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio and ABAA. Fair use license. via https://www.abaa.org/book/1015462419

Watercolor. — Watercolor. Image © 2013 Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio and ABAA. Fair use license. via https://www.abaa.org/book/1015462419

Images of Saint Paul’s Cathedral, London. Various artists at various times.

"Scaffolding During the Repairs to Saint Paul's Cathedral, 1928." — “Scaffolding During the Repairs to Saint Paul’s Cathedral, 1928.” 1928. British. Oil on canvas. Frank Ernest Beresford, artist (1881–1967). © James and Charles Bartholomew. Photo credit: Saint Paul’s Cathedral. Fair use license. via https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/scaffolding-during-the-repairs-to-st-pauls-cathedral-1928-230113

"Capriccio with Saint Paul's and Old London Bridge." ca. 1742-1748. — “Capriccio with Saint Paul’s and Old London Bridge.” ca. 1742-1748. Oil on canvas. Italian. Antonio Joli, artist (1700-1777). Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. In the public domain. via https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436782

"The Great Fire of London, with Ludgate and Old Saint Paul's." 1670s. — “The Great Fire of London, with Ludgate and Old Saint Paul’s.” 1670s. Oil on canvas. Artist not known. Collection in the Yale Center for British Art, New Haven. In the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1924. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Great_Fire_of_London,_with_Ludgate_and_Old_St._Paul%27s.JPG

A view of Saint Paul's Cathedral's dome from directly below, showing the symmetry of the dome and cathedral. Top right is the eastern side. Bottom left is the western side. Top left is the northern transept. Bottom right is the southern transept. — A view of Saint Paul’s Cathedral’s dome from directly below, showing the symmetry of the dome and cathedral. Top right is the eastern side. Bottom left is the western side. Top left is the northern transept. Bottom right is the southern transept. 2014 photograph. Photo by DAVID ILIFF. License: CC BY-SA 3.0. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St_Paul%27s_Cathedral_Interior_Dome_3,_London,_UK_-_Diliff.jpg

Paintings of people from other times and places by French artist Raphaël Delorme who lived from 1885 to 1952.

"La Gare de Rouen." 20th c. — “La Gare de Rouen.” 20th c. French. Image © Estate of the artist. Fair use license. via https://www.wikiart.org/en/raphael-delorme/la-gare-de-rouen

"Jeune Filles du Temple." 20th c. — “Jeune Filles du Temple.” 20th c. French. Oil on canvas. Image © estate of the artist. Fair use license. via https://www.triggison.com/product-page/jeune-filles-du-temple

"Allegory of Medicine." 20th c. French. Oil on canvas. — “Allegory of Medicine.” 20th c. French. Oil on canvas. Image © estate of the artist. Fair use license. via http://www.artnet.com/artists/rapha%C3%ABl-delorme/allegory-of-medicine-0vAI8i_p195WgbuDT8fT8w2

"Galère au Port." 1928-30. — “Galère au Port.” 1928-30. Oil on board. From a private collection. Image © estate of the artist. Fair use license. via https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/Lot/raphael-delorme-1885-1962-galere-au-port-5791705-details.aspx

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