Artist’s impression of the first class vestibule of the SS Ile de France. 1926. . .so very Art Deco . .

Source: decorativeartrust via beardbriarandrose.tumblr.com only one of these but I think I’ll go down to the cruise ship dock and see if I can get a ticket for Paris.

More images added of West Indian scenes.

Especially of Saint Lucia where my family had a winter house because my grandmother had retired there so left it to my parents.

But anyway I put more in. See them here, all of them.

The West Indies as they used to be. Watercolors done between 1828 and 1938 by Canadian John Herbert Caddy who was a lieutenant in the Royal Artillery who was stationed in the West Indies during those years.

and more from a different post but by the same watercolorist.

Watercolors of the West Indies done between 1828 and 1938 by Canadian John Herbert Caddy who was a lieutenant in the Royal Artillery who was stationed in the West Indies during those years.

As far as I know the links will work.

“Hawaiian Fishes”. Published in 1905 in Honolulu by the Island Curio Company. David Starr Jordan and B.W. Evermann with Illustrations attributed to A. H. Baldwin, Charles Bradford Hudson and Kako Morita.

Front cover of David Starr Jordan and B.W. Evermann’s *Hawaiian Fishes.* 1905. American. Collections of the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Uploaded by the Smithsonian Library and Archives. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/hawaiianfishes00jord/mode/1up

*Hawaiian Fish Humuhumu.* Page 1 of David Starr Jordan and B.W. Evermann’s *Hawaiian Fishes.* 1905. American. Collections of the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Uploaded by the Smithsonian Library and Archives. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/hawaiianfishes00jord/mode/1up

*Hawaiian Fish Kihikihi.* Page 2 of David Starr Jordan and B.W. Evermann’s *Hawaiian Fishes.* 1905. American. Collections of the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Uploaded by the Smithsonian Library and Archives. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/hawaiianfishes00jord/mode/2up

Hawaiian Fish Kapuhili. Page 3 of David Starr Jordan and B.W. Evermann’s *Hawaiian Fishes.* 1905. American. Collections of the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Uploaded by the Smithsonian Library and Archives. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/hawaiianfishes00jord/mode/3up

*Hawaiian Fish Hinalea.* Page 4 of David Starr Jordan and B.W. Evermann’s *Hawaiian Fishes.* 1905. American. Collections of the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Uploaded by the Smithsonian Library and Archives. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/hawaiianfishes00jord/mode/4up

*Hawaiian Fish Nakunuku.* Page 5 of David Starr Jordan and B.W. Evermann’s *Hawaiian Fishes.* 1905. American. Collections of the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Uploaded by the Smithsonian Library and Archives. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/hawaiianfishes00jord/mode/5up

*Hawaiian Fish Ohua.* Page 6 of David Starr Jordan and B.W. Evermann’s *Hawaiian Fishes.* 1905. American. Collections of the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Uploaded by the Smithsonian Library and Archives. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/hawaiianfishes00jord/page/n6/mode/1up

*Hawaiian Fish Chastodon.* Page 7 of David Starr Jordan and B.W. Evermann’s *Hawaiian Fishes.* 1905. American. Collections of the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Uploaded by the Smithsonian Library and Archives. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/hawaiianfishes00jord/page/n7/mode/1up

*Hawaiian Fish Julis Eydouxi.* Page 8 of David Starr Jordan and B.W. Evermann’s *Hawaiian Fishes.* 1905. American. Collections of the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Uploaded by the Smithsonian Library and Archives. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/hawaiianfishes00jord/page/n8/mode/1up

*Hawaiian Fish Hilupilikoa.* Page 10 of David Starr Jordan and B.W. Evermann’s *Hawaiian Fishes.* 1905. American. Collections of the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Uploaded by the Smithsonian Library and Archives. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/hawaiianfishes00jord/page/n9/mode/1up

*Hawaiian Fish Akilolo.* Page 11 of David Starr Jordan and B.W. Evermann’s *Hawaiian Fishes.* 1905. American. Collections of the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Uploaded by the Smithsonian Library and Archives. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/hawaiianfishes00jord/page/n10/mode/thumb

The illustrations are reproduced from selected images appearing in The shore fishes of the Hawaiian Islands with a general account of the fish fauna, by David Starr Jordan and B.W. Evermann (part 1 of The aquatic resources of the Hawaiian Islands, published between 1905 and 1906; based on specimens collected by the United States Fish Commission during the 1902 expedition of the steamer Albatross)

Illustrations attributed to A. H. Baldwin, Charles Bradford Hudson and Kako Morita, based on their names appearing as illustrator on similar plates in The aquatic resources of the Hawaiian Islands

Gardens to dream on. Estate plans from the Index of American Design which was published in 1936. Found on publicdomainreview.org. Collections of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.

*The A. C. Richards Garden – The Blackwell Survey 1860.* 1936. American. Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paperboard. William Merklin and Gilbert Sackerman, artists. Index of American Design. Collections of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. Digital image in the public domain, via https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.22580.html

*The John B. Hull Estate – The Blackwell Survey 1860.* 1936. American. Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paperboard. Gilbert Sackerman, artist. Index of American Design. Collections of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. Digital image in the public domain, via https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.22569.html

*W. A. Wheelock Estate.* 1936. American. Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paperboard. Tabea Hoser, artist. Index of American Design. Collections of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. Digital image in the public domain, via https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.22593.html

*William. A. Wheelock Estate.* 1936. American. Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paperboard. Tabea Hoser, artist. Index of American Design. Collections of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. Digital image in the public domain. via https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.22599.html

*Flower garden from estate of George Lewis. Blackwell’s Survey* ca, 1936. American. Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paperboard. Virginia Richards and William Merklin, artists. Index of American Design. Collections of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. Digital image in the public domain. via https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.22622.html

*Wood residence.* ca. 1936. American. Colored pencil and graphite on paper. Tabea Hoser, artist. Index of American Design. Collections of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. Digital image in the public domain. via https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.22825.html

The J. W. Wood Parterre – The Blackwell Survey 1860. ca. 1936. American. Watercolor, goauche, and graphite on paperboard. Meyer Goldbaum and William Merklin, artists. Index of American Design. Collections of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. Digital image in the public domain. via https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.22920.html

*Estate of E. K. Knapp – The Blackwell Survey 1860.* ca. 1935. American. Watercolor, goauche, and graphite on paperboard. George Stonehill, artist. Index of American Design. Collections of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. Digital image in the public domain. via https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.22576.html

*Jumel Estate Number Five.* ca. 1936. American. Watercolor, goauche, and graphite on paperboard. Virginia Richards, artist. Index of American Design. Collections of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. Digital image in the public domain. via https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.22587.html

Botanical watercolors of flowers, plants and fruits. Dutch. ca. 1730-1760. Attributed to the Dutch botanical artist Pieter van Loo. Found on the website of Bernard Quaritch Ltd. They are in London but I found out about them at the antiquarian book fair here last fall.

*Le Coton.* 1730-1760. Dutch. Watercolor on thick Dutch paper with Strasburg lily watermarks. Attributed to Pieter van Loo. Image © Bernard Quaritch Ltd. Fair use license. via https://www.quaritch.com/books/loo-pieter-van-i-attributed-i/156-watercolours-of-flowers-plants-and-fruits/G968/

*La Grenade.* 1730-1760. Dutch. Watercolor on thick Dutch paper with Strasburg lily watermarks. Attributed to Pieter van Loo. Image © Bernard Quaritch Ltd. Fair use license. via https://www.quaritch.com/books/loo-pieter-van-i-attributed-i/156-watercolours-of-flowers-plants-and-fruits/G968/

*Amaranthe, crête de coq.* 1730-1760. Dutch. Watercolor on thick Dutch paper with Strasburg lily watermarks. Attributed to Pieter van Loo. Image © Bernard Quaritch Ltd. Fair use license. via https://www.quaritch.com/books/loo-pieter-van-i-attributed-i/156-watercolours-of-flowers-plants-and-fruits/G968/

*Le gros Blanquet.* 1730-1760. Dutch. Watercolor on thick Dutch paper with Strasburg lily watermarks. Attributed to Pieter van Loo. Image © Bernard Quaritch Ltd. Fair use license. via https://www.quaritch.com/books/loo-pieter-van-i-attributed-i/156-watercolours-of-flowers-plants-and-fruits/G968/

*Lycoperficon*. 1730-1760. Dutch. Watercolor on thick Dutch paper with Strasburg lily watermarks. Attributed to Pieter van Loo. Image © Bernard Quaritch Ltd. Fair use license. via https://www.quaritch.com/books/loo-pieter-van-i-attributed-i/156-watercolours-of-flowers-plants-and-fruits/G968/

*l’Oranger a fruits amers.* 1730-1760. Dutch. Watercolor on thick Dutch paper with Strasburg lily watermarks. Attributed to Pieter van Loo. Image © Bernard Quaritch Ltd. Fair use license. via https://www.quaritch.com/books/loo-pieter-van-i-attributed-i/156-watercolours-of-flowers-plants-and-fruits/G968/

*l’Iris de Perse*. 1730-1760. Dutch. Watercolor on thick Dutch paper with Strasburg lily watermarks. Attributed to Pieter van Loo. Image © Bernard Quaritch Ltd. Fair use license. via https://www.quaritch.com/books/loo-pieter-van-i-attributed-i/156-watercolours-of-flowers-plants-and-fruits/G968/

*Cyclamen Printanier*. 1730-1760. Dutch. Watercolor on thick Dutch paper with Strasburg lily watermarks. Attributed to Pieter van Loo. Image © Bernard Quaritch Ltd. Fair use license. via https://www.quaritch.com/books/loo-pieter-van-i-attributed-i/156-watercolours-of-flowers-plants-and-fruits/G968/

*Corona Solis.* 1730-1760. Dutch. Watercolor on thick Dutch paper with Strasburg lily watermarks. Attributed to Pieter van Loo. Image © Bernard Quaritch Ltd. Fair use license. via https://www.quaritch.com/books/loo-pieter-van-i-attributed-i/156-watercolours-of-flowers-plants-and-fruits/G968/

*Ketmia Indica*, *aculeata*. 1730-1760. Dutch. Watercolor on thick Dutch paper with Strasburg lily watermarks. Attributed to Pieter van Loo. Image © Bernard Quaritch Ltd. Fair use license. via https://www.quaritch.com/books/loo-pieter-van-i-attributed-i/156-watercolours-of-flowers-plants-and-fruits/G968/

*le Pois Vivace.* 1730-1760. Dutch. Watercolor on thick Dutch paper with Strasburg lily watermarks. Attributed to Pieter van Loo. Image © Bernard Quaritch Ltd. Fair use license. via https://www.quaritch.com/books/loo-pieter-van-i-attributed-i/156-watercolours-of-flowers-plants-and-fruits/G968/

*Ricinus lotus ruber.* 1730-1760. Dutch. Watercolor on thick Dutch paper with Strasburg lily watermarks. Attributed to Pieter van Loo. Image © Bernard Quaritch Ltd. Fair use license. via https://www.quaritch.com/books/loo-pieter-van-i-attributed-i/156-watercolours-of-flowers-plants-and-fruits/G968/

These volumes were in the library of Jérôme-Frédéric Bignon (1747–1784), who succeeded his father as royal librarian to Louis XV in 1770.

1897 images of cranes taken from Frans Ernst Blaauw (F. E. Blaauw)’s work “A Monograph of the Cranes” which had a number of contributors and illustrators too. Published in London and in Leiden.

*The common crane.* Plate I, Page 1 of F. E. Blaauw’s *A Monograph of Cranes.* H. (Heinrich) Leutemann, illustrator. Collections of the Smithsonian Libraries. Biodiversity Heritage Library, digitalizing sponsor. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/monographcranes00blaa/page/I/mode/1up

*The Mantchurian (sic) crane, adult and chick.* Plate III, Page III of F. E. Blaauw’s *A Monograph of Cranes.* H. (Heinrich) Leutemann, illustrator. Collections of the Smithsonian Libraries. Biodiversity Heritage Library, digitalizing sponsor. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/monographcranes00blaa/page/III/mode/1up

*The hooded crane.* Plate IV, Page IV of F. E. Blaauw’s *A Monograph of Cranes.* H. (Heinrich) Leutemann, illustrator. Collections of the Smithsonian Libraries. Biodiversity Heritage Library, digitalizing sponsor. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/monographcranes00blaa/page/IV/mode/1up

*The American crane.* Plate V, Page V of F. E. Blaauw’s *A Monograph of Cranes.* H. (Heinrich) Leutemann, illustrator. Collections of the Smithsonian Libraries. Biodiversity Heritage Library, digitalizing sponsor. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/monographcranes00blaa/page/V/mode/1up

*The Sarus crane.* Plate VII, Page VII of F. E. Blaauw’s *A Monograph of Cranes.* H. (Heinrich) Leutemann, illustrator. Collections of the Smithsonian Libraries. Biodiversity Heritage Library, digitalizing sponsor. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/monographcranes00blaa/page/VII/mode/1up

*The Demoiselle crane, chick.* Plate Xa, Page Xa of F. E. Blaauw’s *A Monograph of Cranes.* H. (Heinrich) Leutemann, illustrator. Collections of the Smithsonian Libraries. Biodiversity Heritage Library, digitalizing sponsor. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/monographcranes00blaa/page/Xa/mode/1up

Imagery from Levi Walter Yaggy’s “Geographical Maps and Charts”(1887/93). So much prettier than the GPS on your phone.

*Planetary System: Eclipse of the Sun; The Moon; The Zodiac Light: Meteoric Shower*\ with five opening flaps, from *Yaggy’s Geographical Study*, 1887. Levi Walter Yaggy, maker. In the public domain due to age. via https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/yaggy-geographical-maps?utm_source=newsletter

*Physical Geography*, with the map’s subterranean layer displayed, from *Yaggy’s Geographical Study*, 1887. Levi Walter Yaggy, maker. In the public domain due to age. via https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/yaggy-geographical-maps?utm_source=newsletter

*Planetary System: Eclipse of the Sun; The Moon; The Zodiac Light: Meteoric Shower*. Chart, backlit with central flap open to reveal the Chart of the Heavens, from *Yaggy’s Geographical Study*, 1887. Levi Walter Yaggy, maker. In the public domain due to age. via https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/yaggy-geographical-maps?utm_source=newsletter

*Geography: Physical, political, geological and astronomical.* Title page. 1887. from *Yaggy’s Geographical Study*, 1887. Levi Walter Yaggy, maker. In the public domain due to age. via https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/yaggy-geographical-maps?utm_source=newsletter

*Tropical Zone.* Taken from *Yaggy’s Geographical Portfolio*, 1893. Levi Walter Yaggy, maker. In the public domain due to age. via https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/yaggy-geographical-maps?utm_source=newsletter

*Arctic Zone.* Taken from *Yaggy’s Geographical Portfolio*, 1893. Levi Walter Yaggy, maker. In the public domain due to age. via https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/yaggy-geographical-maps?utm_source=newsletter

*Nature in Descending Regions.* Taken from *Yaggy’s Geographical Portfolio*, 1893. Levi Walter Yaggy, maker. In the public domain due to age. via https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/yaggy-geographical-maps?utm_source=newsletter

*View of Nature in Ascending Regions.* Taken from *Yaggy’s Geographical Portfolio*, 1893. Levi Walter Yaggy, maker. In the public domain due to age. via https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/yaggy-geographical-maps?utm_source=newsletter

Dress like the Empress Josephine. Watercolors by Adam Buck. Living from 1759 to 1833, he was principally active in London. His patrons included George IV and the Duke of York.

*An Elegant Couple Admiring Lely’s Venus*. 1801. Irish/British. Watercolor heightened with white over black chalk. Signed and dated *Adam Buck/1801* on the lower left. Adam Buck, watercolorist (1759-1833). Image © 2023 Sotheby’s. Fair use license. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2023/old-master-and-british-works-on-paper/an-elegant-couple-admiring-lelys-venus

*Tambarina.* A young girl lying on a step beneath a railing, resting on a striped cushion and shaded by the tambourine lying over her head. 1799. Hand-colored aquatint. After Adam Buck. Image © The Trustees of the British Museum. Fair use license. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/452247001

*First Steps.* 1808. Irish/British. Watercolor. Adam Buck, watercolorist (1759-1833). Private collection. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://enfilade18thc.com/2015/07/18/exhibition-an-elegant-society-adam-buck-artist-in-the-age-of-austen/

“Der Wintergarten in der Kaiserlichen königlichen Hofburg zu Wien.” The winter garden of Emperor Franz Joseph and his wife Elisabeth at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna. Lithographs from an 1852 folio put together by Franz Antoine who was an Austrian horticulturalist and gardener.

Der Wintergarten in der Kaiserlichen königlichen Hofburg zu Wien (Vienna). (Winter gardens at the Hofburg Palace, Vienna.”) 1852. Plate I. Image 26 of a folio created by Franz Antoine. Collections of Dumbarton Oaks. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/der-wintergarten/page/n26/mode/1up

Der Wintergarten in der Kaiserlichen königlichen Hofburg zu Wien (Vienna). (Winter gardens at the Hofburg Palace, Vienna.”) 1852. Plate II. Image 29 of a folio created by Franz Antoine. Collections of Dumbarton Oaks. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/der-wintergarten/page/n29/mode/1up

Der Wintergarten in der Kaiserlichen königlichen Hofburg zu Wien (Vienna). (Winter gardens at the Hofburg Palace, Vienna.”) 1852. Plate III. Image 32 of a folio created by Franz Antoine. Collections of Dumbarton Oaks. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/der-wintergarten/page/n32/mode/1up

Der Wintergarten in der Kaiserlichen königlichen Hofburg zu Wien (Vienna). (Winter gardens at the Hofburg Palace, Vienna.”) 1852. Plate IV. Image 36 of a folio created by Franz Antoine. Collections of Dumbarton Oaks. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/der-wintergarten/page/n36/mode/1up

*Der Wintergarten in der Kaiserlichen *königlichen* Hofburg zu Wien* (Vienna). (Winter gardens at the Hofburg Palace, Vienna”). 1852. Plate VII. Image 44 of a folio created by Franz Antoine. Collections of Dumbarton Oaks. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/der-wintergarten/page/n44/mode/1up

*Der Wintergarten in der Kaiserlichen *königlichen* Hofburg zu Wien* (Vienna). (Winter gardens at the Hofburg Palace, Vienna). 1852. Plate IX. Image 50 of a folio created by Franz Antoine. Collections of Dumbarton Oaks. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/der-wintergarten/page/n50/mode/1up

*Der Wintergarten in der Kaiserlichen *königlichen* Hofburg zu Wien* (Vienna). (Winter gardens at the Hofburg Palace, Vienna). 1852. Plate X. Image 53 of a folio created by Franz Antoine. Collections of Dumbarton Oaks. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/der-wintergarten/page/n53/mode/1up

*Der Wintergarten in der Kaiserlichen *königlichen* Hofburg zu Wien* (Vienna). (Winter gardens at the Hofburg Palace, Vienna). 1852. Plate XI. Image 57 of a folio created by Franz Antoine. Collections of Dumbarton Oaks. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/der-wintergarten/page/n57/mode/1up

Watercolors with porcelain (china). Benjamin Walter Spiers, artist. Living from 1845 to 1894, he was a London painter of genre scenes and still-lifes.

Studies. 1876. British. Watercolor. Benjamin Walter Spiers, watercolorist (1845-1894). Bears signature, inscription and date Scratch Club Marks/December 1976/”Studies”/B. W. Spiers (on label affixed to the reverse). Image © Bonhams 2001-2022. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. Fair use license. via https://www.bonhams.com/auction/27488/lot/7/benjamin-walter-spiers-british-1845-1894-studies/

Worthless old knicknacks and silly old books. 1878. British. Pencil and watercolor heightened with bodycolor on paper. Benjamin Walter Spiers, watercolorist (1845-1894). Signed with initials and dated B.W.S./1878 on the lower right; inscribed This snug little chamber is cramm’d in all nooks/with worthless old knicknacks and silly old books/Thackeray’s “Cane-bottomed Chair”/by B.W. Spiers/70 Hereford Rd/Bayswater (on an artist’s label on the reverse of the frame). Image © Bonhams 2001-2022. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. Fair use license. via https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/23944/lot/36/

Old China.1879. British. Watercolor and pencil on paper. Benjamin Walter Spiers, watercolorist (1845-1894). In the public domain due to age. via https://www.meisterdrucke.uk/fine-art-prints/Benjamin-Walter-Spiers/319590/Old-China,-1879-(toilet-and-pencil-on-paper).html