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My new romance novel “Cloudlands: the House on Emeralda Key”.

Good morning! I do other kinds of creative work too and so am posting with a copy of the front cover and an Amazon link as I am beyond thrilled as it took two years from start to finish and I am thrilled it is done. Thinking some of you might be interested in reading it too. The characters are fictional but everything else is researched to my research standards that you see here with the various posts. Thank you for following me! Sarah.



https://www.amazon.com/Cloudlands-Emeralda-Sarah-Guest-Perry/dp/B0B6XSNPVX/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=sarah+b+guest+perry&qid=1659191041&sr=8-1

Visions of an older America. Landscapes by Asher Brown Durand. Living from 1796 to 1886, he was part of the Hudson River School.

Landscape. 1859. American. Oil on canvas. Asher Brown Durand, painter (1796-1886). Signed and dated A B Durand 1859 on the lower left. Collections of and image © the Princeton University Art Museum. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. Fair use license. via https://artmuseum.princeton.edu/collections/objects/27252

Progress (The Advance of Civilization). 1853. American. Oil on canvas. Asher Brown Durand, painter (1796-1886). Photo credit: Travis Fullerton. Collections of and image © Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Progress_by_Asher_Brown_Durand.jpg

Kaaterskill Landscape. 1850. American. Oil on canvas. Asher Brown Durand, painter (1796-1886). Collections of and image © the Princeton University Art Museum. Fair use license. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1850,_Durand,_Asher_Brown,_Kaaterskill_Landscape.jpg

Glass champagne coupes (flutes) from Viennese firm A J & L Lobmyer. Founded in 1823 they are still in business.

Floral form shaped enamel champagne coupes (flutes). ca. 1900. Art Nouveau/Jugendstil. Glass. Austrian, made in Vienna. A. J. and L Lobmyer, makers. Maker’s marks: signed with makers marks on the underside. Image © 2022 Incollect.com. Fair use license. via https://www.incollect.com/listings/decorative-arts/tablewares/lobmeyr-champagne-flower-form-enamel-art-glass-1905-299431

Five clear glass champagne coupes (flutes) with flaring bowls with cut gilt edges, gilt zigzagging decoration with gilt dots and festoons and three stylized acanthus leaves. Plain stems with two nodules, the bases with matching decoration.ca. 1900. Art Nouveau/Jugendstil. Austrian, made in Vienna. A. J. and L Lobmyer, maker. Maker’s marks: Signed J&L Lobmyer. Image © 2022 Dorotheum GmbH & Co KG. Fair use license. via https://www.dorotheum.com/en/l/7270225/#

Ten gilt heightened enamel decorated glass champagne coupes (flutes). ca. 1900. Art Nouveau/Jugendstil. Made in Vienna, Austria. A. J. and L Lobmyer, maker. Maker’s marks: Marked to the underside. Image © 2022 Andrew Jones Auctions. Fair use license. via https://www.andrewjonesauctions.com/auction-lot/a-set-of-ten-austrian-lobmeyr-gilt-heightened-ena_EB94BC5AB4

Have a drawing room just like Marie Antoinette’s Trianon. Rococo designs taken from Adolph Hoffman’s 1800 work “Holzsculpturen und Möbel in Rococo : Stühle, Sessel, Tische, Schemel, Guéridons, Uhrgehaüse, Consolen, Spiegel- und Bilder-Rahmen, Ornamente, etc.”

Plate C2, Page 2 of Holzsculpturen und Möbel in Rococo : Stühle, Sessel, Tische, Schemel, Guéridons, Uhrgehaüse, Consolen, Spiegel- und Bilder-Rahmen, Ornamente, etc. Collections of and digitalized by the Smithsonian Libraries. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/holzsculpturenun00hoff/page/2/mode/1up

Plate C3, Page 3 of Holzsculpturen und Möbel in Rococo : Stühle, Sessel, Tische, Schemel, Guéridons, Uhrgehaüse, Consolen, Spiegel- und Bilder-Rahmen, Ornamente, etc. Collections of and digitalized by the Smithsonian Libraries. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/holzsculpturenun00hoff/page/3/mode/1up

Plate C8, Page 8 of Holzsculpturen und Möbel in Rococo : Stühle, Sessel, Tische, Schemel, Guéridons, Uhrgehaüse, Consolen, Spiegel- und Bilder-Rahmen, Ornamente, etc. Collections of and digitalized by the Smithsonian Libraries. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/holzsculpturenun00hoff/page/8/mode/1up

Plate C17, Page 17 of Holzsculpturen und Möbel in Rococo : Stühle, Sessel, Tische, Schemel, Guéridons, Uhrgehaüse, Consolen, Spiegel- und Bilder-Rahmen, Ornamente, etc. Collections of and digitalized by the Smithsonian Libraries. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/holzsculpturenun00hoff/page/17/mode/1up

Plate C28, Page 28 of Holzsculpturen und Möbel in Rococo : Stühle, Sessel, Tische, Schemel, Guéridons, Uhrgehaüse, Consolen, Spiegel- und Bilder-Rahmen, Ornamente, etc. Collections of and digitalized by the Smithsonian Libraries. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/holzsculpturenun00hoff/page/28/mode/1up

Art Deco/1920s era hand-fans, taken from the June offerings of Fan d’eventails, Paris.

Brisé synthetic fan, with a case for blush in the top of the guard. Maker not known. Image © Fan d’Eventails, Paris. Fair use license. via https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/novelty-hands-fans/3266-beauty-set-art-deco-novelty-fan.html

Advertising fan for Perfum by Morny with Essence Mystérieuse, Parfum Distingué de Morny written on the back. Gauze leaf with stencil fabric painting. Bone sticks. Art Deco. Image © Fan d’Eventails, Paris. Fair use license. via https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/advertising-fans/3270-perfum-by-morny-art-deco-advertising-fan.html

Wild grape hand-fan. Paper leaf painted with a stencil similar to how wallpaper was printed with wooden sticks and guards. Missing reverse lining. 1900-1920. Maker not known. Image © Fan d’Eventails, Paris. Fair use license. via https://www.fandeventails.fr/en/art-nouveau-fans/3265-wild-grappe-fan-circa-1900-1920.html

19th century orchids, painted by American artist Charles Storer. Living from 1817 to 1907, he also painted landscapes and still-lifes.


Orchids from Nature. 1902. American. Oil on canvas. Charles Storer, artist (1917-1907). Signed and dated Chas. Storer/1902 on the lower right. Signed and dated ORCHIDS, painted /from nature by/Charles Storer,/1902. on the reverse, identified on a label from The Boston Art Club affixed to the frame backing. Image © 1999 – 2022Bonhams SKINNER, INC, Fai use license. via https://www.skinnerinc.com/auctions/4110M/lots/39

Still Life of Orchids in an Urn. 1900. American. Charles Storer, artist (1917-1907). Image source mutualart.com. Artwork in the public domain in the United States because the artist died over 70 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Still_Life_of_Orchids_in_an_Urn.png

Cypripedium Bellatulum. 1898. American. Watercolor on paper. Charles Storer, artist (1817-1907). Image source: Arader Galleries, New York City. Artwork itself in the public domain in the United States because the artist died over 70 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cypripedium_Bellatulum_by_Charles_Storer,_1898,_watercolor.jpg

Bowls decorated with seahorses. One in aluminum and the other in Waterford Crystal but all fun.

Hydrangea. Scalloped bowl modeled after flower petals atop three sea horses. Grey. Sand-cast aluminum decorated with a blend of enamel infused with crushed mother of pearl. Julia Knight, maker. Image © 1996-2022, Amazon.com, Inc. Fair use license. via https://www.amazon.com/Julia-Knight-Pedestal-10-Inch-Hydrangea/dp/B00CQRXBVK?th=1

Seahorse motif centerpiece. Irish. Crystal. Waterford Crystal, maker. Image © 2022 Blarney Woollen Mills. Fair use license. via https://www.blarney.com/irish-shop/waterford-crystal-bowl-seahorse/

Landscapes by Belgian artist Leo Piron who lived from 1899 to 1962. Studied art at the Alost Academy. Worked at the Academy of Art in Ghent.


Summer Landscape (Paysage estival). Undated, by 1962. Belgian. Oil on canvas Leo Piron, artist (1899-1962). © Estate of the artist. Fair use license. via https://amare-habeo.tumblr.com/post/681203228877209600/leo-piron-belgian-1899-1962-summer-landscape
Landschap te Nukerke. Undated, by 1962. Belgian. Oil on canvas. Leo Piron, artist (1899-1962). Signed. © Estate of the artist. Image © 2022 catawki.com. Fair use license. via https://www.catawiki.com/en/l/38544135-leo-piron-1899-1962-landschap-te-nukerke


White farmhouse. Undated, by 1962. Belgian. Oil on canvas. Leo Piron, artist (1899-1962). Signed. © Estate of the artist. Fair use license.via https://atelierbranco.tumblr.com/post/157537941623/piron-leo-1899-1962-belgique-la-ferme

More depictions of animals, these being paintings in oil on panel. Mostly sheep, ducks and chickens but some cattle too. Belgian. Franz van Severdonck, artist (1809-1889).

Sheep and Chickens at Pasture. 1864. Belgian. Oil on panel. Franz van Severdonck, artist (1809-1889). Signed and dated F van Severdonck 1864 on the lower left. Illegibly inscribed on the back. Image © 1999 – 2020 SKINNER, INC,  Fair use license. via https://live.skinnerinc.com/lots/view/4-5CI3F1/franz-van-severdonck-belgian-1809-1889
Cattle, sheep and poultry in a landscape. 1873. Belgian. Oil on panel. Franz van Severdonck, artist (1809-1889). Signed and dated F. Van Severdonck f1873 on the lower right. Inscribed Je soussigné déclare que le tableau ci-contre représentant vaches, taureaux, moutons est peint par moi – Francois Van Severdonck on the back. Image © Bonhams 2001-2022. Fair use license. via https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/19571/lot/27/?category=list
Untitled work with sheep and poultry. Undated, by 1889. Belgian. Oil on panel. Franz van Severdonck, artist (1809-1889). Image © 2022 Catawiki. Fair use license. via https://www.catawiki.com/en/l/1523781-franz-van-severdonck-1809-1889
Weite Frühlingslandschaft mit Schafen, Undated, by 1889. Belgian. Oil on panel. Franz van Severdonck, artist (1809-1889). Image source; Hampel Auctions. Artwork in the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 100 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Franz_van_Severdonck_Weite_Fr%C3%BChlingslandschaft_mit_Schafen.jpg

Never enough flower pictures. Six large botanical studies of flowers done in Calcutta (Kolkata), India. ca. 1800-1805, by Indian artists trained in the Mughal tradition.

Inscribed Polygamia Monoccia. {Sterculia fomes of Buchanan / Heritiera litoralis of Aiton.}’ at lower left, and Soondrie at lower center. 1800-1805. Calcutta (Kolkata), India. Pencil, pen and ink, and watercolor heighted with gum arabic on watermarked paper. Done by unnamed local Indian artists trained in the Mughal tradition. Image © 2021 Sotheby’s. Fair use license. via https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2022/arts-of-the-islamic-world-india-including-fine-rugs-and-carpets/six-large-botanical-studies-of-flowers-india
Inscribed Pentandria Monogynia. / Ipomea tuberculata of Buchanan. at lower left on the recto, the verso inscribed in pencil by Francis Buchanan ‘Number 4 / Pentandria monogyria / Ipomia tuberculata Buch:/ it seems to be the same with no 17.’;1800-1805. Calcutta (Kolkata), India. Pencil, pen and ink, and watercolor heighted with gum arabic on watermarked paper.Company school, by unnamed local Indian artists trained in the Mughal tradition. Image © 2021 Sotheby’s. Fair use license. via https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2022/arts-of-the-islamic-world-india-including-fine-rugs-and-carpets/six-large-botanical-studies-of-flowers-india




 
Inscribed ‘Indian Camomile at upper center; Goolly dauoody at the lower center, and ‘Syngenesia P.Superflua. / Chrysanthemum indicum of Linnous.’ at lower right. 1800-1805. Calcutta (Kolkata), India. Pencil, pen and ink, and watercolor heighted with gum arabic on watermarked paper. Done by unnamed local Indian artists trained in the Mughal tradition. Image © 2021 Sotheby’s. Fair use license. via https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2022/arts-of-the-islamic-world-india-including-fine-rugs-and-carpets/six-large-botanical-studies-of-flowers-india


 
Inscribed Monandria Monogynia. / Costus arabicus of Linnaus at lower left and Khaoo at lower center. 1800-1805. Calcutta (Kolkata), India. Pencil, pen and ink, and watercolor heighted with gum arabic on watermarked paper. Done by unnamed local Indian artists trained in the Mughal tradition. Image © 2021 Sotheby’s. Fair use license. via https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2022/arts-of-the-islamic-world-india-including-fine-rugs-and-carpets/six-large-botanical-studies-of-flowers-india

Inscribed Monadelphia Polyandria. / Buncaposs. Hibiscus vitifolius, of Linnaus at the lower right. 1800-1805. Calcutta (Kolkata), India. Pencil, pen and ink, and watercolor heighted with gum arabic on watermarked paper. Done by unnamed local Indian artists trained in the Mughal tradition. Image © 2021 Sotheby’s. Fair use license. via https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2022/arts-of-the-islamic-world-india-including-fine-rugs-and-carpets/six-large-botanical-studies-of-flowers-india