Tag: French

Time to break out the champagne and dance in the streets. Prints of the fete celebrating the birth of the Dauphin, the older son of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette who was born in 1781. The revolution was not far away, but no one knew that watching the fireworks go off.

Vue et Décoration de la façade du feu d’ artifice elevé en la place de Grève, tiré devant leurs Majestés le 21 janvier 1782 à l’occasion de la naissance de Monseigneur le Dauphin. Published ca. 1785 in Paris, France by Laurent Pierre Lachaussée. Collections of the Bibliothèque Historique de la Ville de Paris. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://bibliotheques-specialisees.paris.fr/ark:/73873/pf0002261363/v0001.simple.highlight=Feu%20d’artifice.selectedTab=record
Décoration du Feu d’Artifice, Elevé près l’Hôtel de Ville de Paris, à l’occasion de la Naissance de Monseigneur le Dauphin, par les Ordres et sous la Prevôté de Mr. de Caumartin; et l’Artifice exécuté en présence de Leurs Majestés, le Lundi vingt-un Janvier mil sept cent quatre-vingt-deux. 1782. French. Hand-colored engraving. Jerome Robbins Collection, New York Public Library. There is also a copy that isn’t colored in the collections of the Bibliothèque nationale de France
Décoration du Feu d’Artifice, Elevé près l’Hôtel de Ville de Paris, à l’occasion de la Naissance de Monseigneur le Dauphin, par les Ordres et sous la Prevôté de Mr. de Caumartin; et l’Artifice exécuté en présence de Leurs Majestés, le Lundi vingt-un Janvier mil sept cent quatre-vingt-deux. This appears to be the same engraving as the New York Public Library one but it has different colors and is in a French museum so am incuding it. 1782. French. Hand-colored engraving. Collections of the
Musée Carnavalet, Histoire de Paris. Fair use license, artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.parismuseescollections.paris.fr/fr/musee-carnavalet/oeuvres/decoration-du-feu-d-artifice-eleve-pres-l-hotel-de-ville-de-paris-a-l-0#infos-principales

In front of City Hall in Paris. This must have been the standard place for these occasions as the births of previous dauphins and their marriages were celebrated here, too.

Views of a Paris dressed up in flags for the reentry of the Piedmont-Sardinian army after the battle of Solerfino in late June of 1859. Artwork by French painter and watercolorist Léon Leymonnerye(1803 – 1879). Collections of the Musée Carnavalet, Histoire de Paris.

Rentrée à Paris de l’armée d’Italie le 14 août 1859 : hommage des cirques Napoléon et de l’Impératrice.
August 14, 1859. Watercolor. Léon Leymonnerye, watercolorist (1803-1879). Collections of the Le musée Carnavalet – Histoire de Paris. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://www.parismuseescollections.paris.fr/fr/musee-carnavalet/oeuvres/rentree-a-paris-de-l-armee-d-italie-le-14-aout-1859-hommage-des-cirques#infos-principales
Entrée à Paris de l’armée d’Italie le 14/08/1859 : à l’armée d’Italie le théâtre des folies dramatiques. August 14, 1859. Watercolor. Léon Leymonnerye, watercolorist (1803-1879). Collections of the Le musée Carnavalet – Histoire de Paris. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://www.parismuseescollections.paris.fr/fr/musee-carnavalet/oeuvres/rentree-a-paris-de-l-armee-d-italie-le-14081859-a-l-armee-d-italie-le#infos-principales
Entrée à Paris de l’armée d’Italie le 14/08/1859: Le théâtre de la Porte Saint Martin. August 14, 1859. Watercolor. Léon Leymonnerye, watercolorist (1803-1879). Collections of the Le musée Carnavalet – Histoire de Paris. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://www.parismuseescollections.paris.fr/fr/musee-carnavalet/oeuvres/rentree-a-paris-de-l-armee-d-italie-le-14081859-theatre-de-la-porte-saint
Rentrée à Paris de l’armée d’Italie le 14 août 1859 : devant la rue du helder. Le commerce du boulevart des italiens et des rues adjacentes. August 14, 1859. Watercolor. Léon Leymonnerye, watercolorist (1803-1879). Collections of the Le musée Carnavalet – Histoire de Paris. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://www.parismuseescollections.paris.fr/fr/musee-carnavalet/oeuvres/rentree-a-paris-de-l-armee-d-italie-le-14-aout-1859-devant-la-rue-du-helder#infos-principales
Rentrée à Paris de l’armée d’Italie le 14 août 1859 : le théâtre de l’opéra comique. August 14, 1859. Watercolor. Léon Leymonnerye, watercolorist (1803-1879). Collections of the Le musée Carnavalet – Histoire de Paris. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://www.parismuseescollections.paris.fr/fr/musee-carnavalet/oeuvres/rentree-a-paris-de-l-armee-d-italie-le-14-aout-1859-le-theatre-de-l-opera#infos-principales
Rentrée à Paris de l’armée d’Italie le 14 août 1859 : au droit de la rue de la paix. August 14, 1859. Watercolor. Léon Leymonnerye, watercolorist (1803-1879). Collections of the Le musée Carnavalet – Histoire de Paris. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://www.parismuseescollections.paris.fr/fr/musee-carnavalet/oeuvres/rentree-a-paris-de-l-armee-d-italie-le-14-aout-1859-au-droit-de-la-rue-de#infos-principales

Hand-colored lithographs of anthropomorphic flowers illustrating the “values” and roles of women in 1849. Taken from “El Album Mexicano. Periódico de literatura, artes y bellas letras,” a Mexican literary magazine that was published in Mexico City. Edited by Ignacio Cumplido. These are from one item that is up for sale on the website of Michael Laird Rare books.

Las Flores. 1849. Hand-colored lithograph, taken from an issue of El Album Mexicano. Periódico de literatura, artes y bellas letras. One of a group of lithographs composed by Jean Ignace Grandville (1803-1847) and drawn on stone by Charles Michel Geoffroy (1819-1882) that were originally created to illustrate Taxile Delord’s whimsical 1847 “Les Fleurs animées,” in which women take on characteristics of various flowers. Image © 2024 Michael Laird Rare Books. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.michaellaird.com/pages/books/4187/jean-ignace-ignacio-cumplido-grandville/mexican-lithography-el-album-mexicano-periodico-de-literatura-artes-y-bellas-letras-includes-las
Bleuet and Coquilicot. 1849. Hand-colored lithograph, taken from an issue of El Album Mexicano. Periódico de literatura, artes y bellas letras. One of a group of lithographs composed by Jean Ignace Grandville (1803-1847) and drawn on stone by Charles Michel Geoffroy (1819-1882) that were originally created to illustrate Taxile Delord’s whimsical 1847 “Les Fleurs animées,” in which women take on characteristics of various flowers. Image © 2024 Michael Laird Rare Books. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.michaellaird.com/pages/books/4187/jean-ignace-ignacio-cumplido-grandville/mexican-lithography-el-album-mexicano-periodico-de-literatura-artes-y-bellas-letras-includes-las
Rosa. 1849. Hand-colored lithograph, taken from an issue of El Album Mexicano. Periódico de literatura, artes y bellas letras. One of a group of lithographs composed by Jean Ignace Grandville (1803-1847) and drawn on stone by Charles Michel Geoffroy (1819-1882) that were originally created to illustrate Taxile Delord’s whimsical 1847 “Les Fleurs animées,” in which women take on characteristics of various flowers. Image © 2024 Michael Laird Rare Books. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.michaellaird.com/pages/books/4187/jean-ignace-ignacio-cumplido-grandville/mexican-lithography-el-album-mexicano-periodico-de-literatura-artes-y-bellas-letras-includes-las
Camilia. 1849. Hand-colored lithograph, taken from an issue of El Album Mexicano. Periódico de literatura, artes y bellas letras. One of a group of lithographs composed by Jean Ignace Grandville (1803-1847) and drawn on stone by Charles Michel Geoffroy (1819-1882) that were originally created to illustrate Taxile Delord’s whimsical 1847 “Les Fleurs animées,” in which women take on characteristics of various flowers. Image © 2024 Michael Laird Rare Books. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.michaellaird.com/pages/books/4187/jean-ignace-ignacio-cumplido-grandville/mexican-lithography-el-album-mexicano-periodico-de-literatura-artes-y-bellas-letras-includes-las
Madreselva. 1849. Hand-colored lithograph, taken from an issue of El Album Mexicano. Periódico de literatura, artes y bellas letras. One of a group of lithographs composed by Jean Ignace Grandville (1803-1847) and drawn on stone by Charles Michel Geoffroy (1819-1882) that were originally created to illustrate Taxile Delord’s whimsical 1847 “Les Fleurs animées,” in which women take on characteristics of various flowers. Image © 2024 Michael Laird Rare Books. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.michaellaird.com/pages/books/4187/jean-ignace-ignacio-cumplido-grandville/mexican-lithography-el-album-mexicano-periodico-de-literatura-artes-y-bellas-letras-includes-las
Tulipan. 1849. Hand-colored lithograph, taken from an issue of El Album Mexicano. Periódico de literatura, artes y bellas letras. One of a group of lithographs composed by Jean Ignace Grandville (1803-1847) and drawn on stone by Charles Michel Geoffroy (1819-1882) that were originally created to illustrate Taxile Delord’s whimsical 1847 “Les Fleurs animées,” in which women take on characteristics of various flowers. Image © 2024 Michael Laird Rare Books. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.michaellaird.com/pages/books/4187/jean-ignace-ignacio-cumplido-grandville/mexican-lithography-el-album-mexicano-periodico-de-literatura-artes-y-bellas-letras-includes-las
Nopalillo. 1849. Hand-colored lithograph, taken from an issue of El Album Mexicano. Periódico de literatura, artes y bellas letras. One of a group of lithographs composed by Jean Ignace Grandville (1803-1847) and drawn on stone by Charles Michel Geoffroy (1819-1882) that were originally created to illustrate Taxile Delord’s whimsical 1847 “Les Fleurs animées,” in which women take on characteristics of various flowers. Image © 2024 Michael Laird Rare Books. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.michaellaird.com/pages/books/4187/jean-ignace-ignacio-cumplido-grandville/mexican-lithography-el-album-mexicano-periodico-de-literatura-artes-y-bellas-letras-includes-las
Vellosilla. 1849. Hand-colored lithograph, taken from an issue of El Album Mexicano. Periódico de literatura, artes y bellas letras. One of a group of lithographs composed by Jean Ignace Grandville (1803-1847) and drawn on stone by Charles Michel Geoffroy (1819-1882) that were originally created to illustrate Taxile Delord’s whimsical 1847 “Les Fleurs animées,” in which women take on characteristics of various flowers. Image © 2024 Michael Laird Rare Books. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.michaellaird.com/pages/books/4187/jean-ignace-ignacio-cumplido-grandville/mexican-lithography-el-album-mexicano-periodico-de-literatura-artes-y-bellas-letras-includes-las

These are from the time of the short-lived Mexican empire with Emperor Maximilian and his Empress Carlota that was in reality a project of/controlled by Napoleon III of France that ended up with Maximilian in front of a firing squad. This explains why these are published in Mexico City with the lithographs done presumably in France etc.

Take a trip around the Pacific if only in your mind. Hand-colored lithographic plates from “Voyage pittoresque autour du monde” and “Vues et paysages des regions equinoxiales recueillis dans un voyage autour du monde”, which came out in 1822 and 1826. They are made after drawings by drawings by Louis Choris who was the official artist traveling with Otto von Kotzebue’s world voyage of 1815-1818. Part of a current Christie’s auction as one lot.

Bateau du port de San Francisco. Hand-colored lithograph after an 1815-1818 drawing by Louis Choris. that appears in Voyage pittoresque autour du monde, avec des portraits de sauvages d’Amérique, d’Asie, d’Afrique, et des iles du Grand Ocean; des paysages, des vues maritimes, et plusieurs objets d’histoire naturelle (1822) which is bound with Vues et paysages des regions equinoxiales recueillis dans un voyage autour du monde (1826) so from one of these works which are up for bid bound together.  Imprint for Firmin Didot, Paris, France. Image © CHRISTIE’S 2024. Fair use license. via https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/fine-printed-books-manuscripts-including-americana/voyage-pittoresque-autour-du-monde-148/226231?ldp_breadcrumb=back
Lions marins dans I‘ile de Saint Georges. Hand-colored lithograph after an 1815-1818 drawing by Louis Choris. that appears in Voyage pittoresque autour du monde, avec des portraits de sauvages d’Amérique, d’Asie, d’Afrique, et des iles du Grand Ocean; des paysages, des vues maritimes, et plusieurs objets d’histoire naturelle (1822) which is bound with Vues et paysages des regions equinoxiales recueillis dans un voyage autour du monde (1826) so from one of these works which are up for bid bound together.  Imprint for Firmin Didot, Paris, France. Image © CHRISTIE’S 2024. Fair use license. via https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/fine-printed-books-manuscripts-including-americana/voyage-pittoresque-autour-du-monde-148/226231?ldp_breadcrumb=back
Volcan de Taal, dans l’ile de Lucon, dessiné d’après  nature A. de Chamisse. Hand-colored lithograph after an 1815-1818 drawing by Louis Choris that appears in Voyage pittoresque autour du monde, avec des portraits de sauvages d’Amérique, d’Asie, d’Afrique, et des iles du Grand Ocean; des paysages, des vues maritimes, et plusieurs objets d’histoire naturelle (1822) which is bound with Vues et paysages des regions equinoxiales recueillis dans un voyage autour du monde (1826) so from one of these works which are up for bid bound together.  Imprint for Firmin Didot, Paris, France. Image © CHRISTIE’S 2024. Fair use license. via https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/fine-printed-books-manuscripts-including-americana/voyage-pittoresque-autour-du-monde-148/226231?ldp_breadcrumb=back
Danse des hommes dans les iles Sandwich. Hand-colored lithograph after an 1815-1818 drawing by Louis Choris that appears in Voyage pittoresque autour du monde, avec des portraits de sauvages d’Amérique, d’Asie, d’Afrique, et des iles du Grand Ocean; des paysages, des vues maritimes, et plusieurs objets d’histoire naturelle (1822) which is bound with Vues et paysages des regions equinoxiales recueillis dans un voyage autour du monde (1826) so from one of these works which are up for bid bound together.  Imprint for Firmin Didot, Paris, France. Image © CHRISTIE’S 2024. Fair use license. via https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/fine-printed-books-manuscripts-including-americana/voyage-pittoresque-autour-du-monde-148/226231?ldp_breadcrumb=back

These books appear to also be in the National Archive of Australia but a lot of the lithographs don’t appear to be scanned. This one with the volcano is but I like the colors in the Christies version better. They have a few other Louis Choris lithographs from i think the same voyages. https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-136174178/view

Imagery from “Modern Design for Jewellry and Fans.” Edited by Charles Holme and published in 1902 in London, Paris, and New York. Art Nouveau. These all being from the French chapter.

Design for a fan by Georges de Feure. French. 1902. Plate 1, image 22 of Modern Design for Jewellry and Fans edited by Charles Holme. Collections of the Robarts Library, University of Toronto. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/moderndesigninje00holmuoft/page/n22/mode/1up

Parure de Corsage, in Gold and emeralds: Mucha and G. Fouquet. 1902. Plate 7. Image 29 of Modern Design for Jewellry and Fans edited by Charles Holme. Collections of the Robarts Library, University of Toronto. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/moderndesigninje00holmuoft/page/n29/mode/1upa
Left: Comb in Enamel, Shell, and Precious stones. Designed by Paul Follot. Executed by La Maison Moderne; Center: Design for a Comb in Enamel, Shell, and incrusted gold. From an original drawing by Henri Vever; Right: Comb in Enamel, Gold, Shell, and Precious Stones. Designed by Paul Follot. Executed by La Maison Moderne. 1902. Plate 19. Image 45 of Modern Design for Jewellry and Fans edited by Charles Holme. Collections of the Robarts Library, University of Toronto. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/moderndesigninje00holmuoft/page/n44/mode/1up

Off to see the world back in 1822. Anyone setting out on an expedition big or small would hire an artist the way you’d get a photographer now. Audubon signed on as expedition artist on at least one expedition to the Ohio Territories to help get up the money for “Birds of America.”

Vers marins. dessin d’après nature par Adelbert de Chamisso. Page 21 of Voyage pittoresque autour de monde : avec des portraits de sauvages d’Amérique, d’Asie, d’Afrique, et des iles du Grand océan; des paysages, des vues maritimes, et plusieurs objets d’histoire naturelle . . . Printed in 1822 in Paris, France. Louis Choris, artist. Firmin Didot, publisher. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125010887327/page/n20/mode/1up
Coquere de Brésil (Cocos Romanzoffiana Cham.): dessin et lithographie de Choris. Page 36 of Voyage pittoresque autour de monde : avec des portraits de sauvages d’Amérique, d’Asie, d’Afrique, et des iles du Grand océan; des paysages, des vues maritimes, et plusieurs objets d’histoire naturelle . . . Printed in 1822 in Paris, France. Firmin Didot, publisher. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125010887327/page/n36/mode/1up
Chien de mer du détroit de Bhering: dessin et lithographie de Choris. Page 112 of Voyage pittoresque autour de monde : avec des portraits de sauvages d’Amérique, d’Asie, d’Afrique, et des iles du Grand océan; des paysages, des vues maritimes, et plusieurs objets d’histoire naturelle . . . Printed in 1822 in Paris, France. Firmin Didot, publisher. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125010887327/page/n112/mode/1up
Tchouktchis et leur habitations: dessin et lithographie de Choris. Page 120 of Voyage pittoresque autour de monde : avec des portraits de sauvages d’Amérique, d’Asie, d’Afrique, et des iles du Grand océan; des paysages, des vues maritimes, et plusieurs objets d’histoire naturelle . . . Printed in 1822 in Paris, France. Firmin Didot, publisher. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125010887327/page/n120/mode/1up
L’Ours gris de l’Amérique Septentrionale. (Ursus griseus Cuv): dessin et lithographie de Choris. Page 158 of Voyage pittoresque autour de monde : avec des portraits de sauvages d’Amérique, d’Asie, d’Afrique, et des iles du Grand océan; des paysages, des vues maritimes, et plusieurs objets d’histoire naturelle . . . Printed in 1822 in Paris, France. Firmin Didot, publisher. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125010887327/page/n158/mode/1up
Jeune lion marin de la Californie: dessin et lithographie de Choris. Page 182 of Voyage pittoresque autour de monde : avec des portraits de sauvages d’Amérique, d’Asie, d’Afrique, et des iles du Grand océan; des paysages, des vues maritimes, et plusieurs objets d’histoire naturelle . . . Printed in 1822 in Paris, France. Firmin Didot, publisher. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125010887327/page/n182/mode/1up
Reine Cahoumanou. (Queen of Hawaii): d’après Choris. Page 218 of Voyage pittoresque autour de monde : avec des portraits de sauvages d’Amérique, d’Asie, d’Afrique, et des iles du Grand océan; des paysages, des vues maritimes, et plusieurs objets d’histoire naturelle . . . Printed in 1822 in Paris, France. Firmin Didot, publisher. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125010887327/page/n218/mode/1up
Fini du Baquois (Pandanus odoratissimus) des îles Radak: dessin et lithographie de Choris. Page 328 of Voyage pittoresque autour de monde : avec des portraits de sauvages d’Amérique, d’Asie, d’Afrique, et des iles du Grand océan; des paysages, des vues maritimes, et plusieurs objets d’histoire naturelle . . . Printed in 1822 in Paris, France. Firmin Didot, publisher. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125010887327/page/n328/mode/1up
Bateau à voile des îles Radak: dessin et lithographie de Choris. Page 352 of Voyage pittoresque autour de monde : avec des portraits de sauvages d’Amérique, d’Asie, d’Afrique, et des iles du Grand océan; des paysages, des vues maritimes, et plusieurs objets d’histoire naturelle . . . Printed in 1822 in Paris, France. Firmin Didot, publisher. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125010887327/page/n352/mode/1up
Fruit du Cocotier: dessin et lithographie de Choris. Page 364 of Voyage pittoresque autour de monde : avec des portraits de sauvages d’Amérique, d’Asie, d’Afrique, et des iles du Grand océan; des paysages, des vues maritimes, et plusieurs objets d’histoire naturelle . . . Printed in 1822 in Paris, France. Firmin Didot, publisher. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125010887327/page/n364/mode/1up
Oululuk principal etablissem sur l’isle d’Ounalahka: dessin et lithographie de Choris. Page 431 of Voyage pittoresque autour de monde : avec des portraits de sauvages d’Amérique, d’Asie, d’Afrique, et des iles du Grand océan; des paysages, des vues maritimes, et plusieurs objets d’histoire naturelle . . . Printed in 1822 in Paris, France. Firmin Didot, publisher. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125010887327/page/n430/mode/1up
Macareux huppé: Alea cristatella: dessin et lithographie de Choris. Page 448 of Voyage pittoresque autour de monde : avec des portraits de sauvages d’Amérique, d’Asie, d’Afrique, et des iles du Grand océan; des paysages, des vues maritimes, et plusieurs objets d’histoire naturelle . . . Printed in 1822 in Paris, France. Firmin Didot, publisher. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125010887327/page/n448/mode/1ups
Lions marins dans l’isle de Saint Georges: dessin et lithographie de Choris. Page 456 of Voyage pittoresque autour de monde : avec des portraits de sauvages d’Amérique, d’Asie, d’Afrique, et des iles du Grand océan; des paysages, des vues maritimes, et plusieurs objets d’histoire naturelle . . . Printed in 1822 in Paris, France. Firmin Didot, publisher. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125010887327/page/n456/mode/1up

“Livres de fêtes – les mariages du Dauphin – Fêtes publiques données par la ville de Paris à l’occasion du mariage de Monseigneur le Dauphin les 23 et 26 février 1745.” The marriage of the father of Louis XVI and son of King Louis XV to the Spanish Infanta María Teresa Rafaela who sadly died in childbirth the next year.

FRONTISPIECE de la Salle de la Place Dauphine. Image NP/view 37 from Livres de fêtes – les mariages du Dauphin] Fêtes publiques données par la ville de Paris à l’occasion du mariage de Monseigneur le Dauphin les 23 et 26 février 1745. Published in Paris, France in 1745. Collections of the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Fair use license. Image itself in the public domain due to age. via https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b531747014/f37.item#
Vue Perspective de l’intérieur de la Salle de La Place Dauphine. View 40. Livres de fêtes – les mariages du Dauphin] Fêtes publiques données par la ville de Paris à l’occasion du mariage de Monseigneur le Dauphin les 23 et 26 février 1745. Published in Paris, France in 1745. Collections of the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Fair use license. Image itself in the public domain due to age. via https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b531747014/f40.planchecontact
ELÉVATION EXTÉRIEURE de l’une des deux Salles de la Place de LOUIS LE GRAND and Coupe intérieur des Salles. View 46. Livres de fêtes – les mariages du Dauphin] Fêtes publiques données par la ville de Paris à l’occasion du mariage de Monseigneur le Dauphin les 23 et 26 février 1745. Published in Paris, France in 1745. Collections of the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Fair use license. Image itself in the public domain due to age. via https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b531747014/f46.planchecontact
VUE PERSPECTIVE DE LA SALLE DU CAROUSEL: Construite à l’occasion du Mariage de Monseigneur LE DAUPHIN. View 52. Livres de fêtes – les mariages du Dauphin] Fêtes publiques données par la ville de Paris à l’occasion du mariage de Monseigneur le Dauphin les 23 et 26 février 1745. Published in Paris, France in 1745. Collections of the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Fair use license. Image itself in the public domain due to age. via https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b531747014/f52.planchecontact
Elévation de l’un des petits Côtés de la Salle du Carrousel and Coupe de la Salle du Carrousel. View 57. Livres de fêtes – les mariages du Dauphin] Fêtes publiques données par la ville de Paris à l’occasion du mariage de Monseigneur le Dauphin les 23 et 26 février 1745. Published in Paris, France in 1745. Collections of the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Fair use license. Image itself in the public domain due to age. via https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b531747014/f57.planchecontact
Vue Perspective de la Salle du Bal., construite dans la Cour de l’Hôtel de Ville. View 72. Livres de fêtes – les mariages du Dauphin] Fêtes publiques données par la ville de Paris à l’occasion du mariage de Monseigneur le Dauphin les 23 et 26 février 1745. Published in Paris, France in 1745. Collections of the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Fair use license. Image itself in the public domain due to age. via https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b531747014/f72.item
Elévation de decoration de la Grande Salle du Bal, Côté de l’Orchestre and Côté du Grand Balcon. View 75. Livres de fêtes – les mariages du Dauphin] Fêtes publiques données par la ville de Paris à l’occasion du mariage de Monseigneur le Dauphin les 23 et 26 février 1745. Published in Paris, France in 1745. Collections of the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Fair use license. Image itself in the public domain due to age. via https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b531747014/f75.item#
Desseins des Buffets du Bal de l’Hôtel de Ville. View 77. Livres de fêtes – les mariages du Dauphin] Fêtes publiques données par la ville de Paris à l’occasion du mariage de Monseigneur le Dauphin les 23 et 26 février 1745. Published in Paris, France in 1745. Collections of the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Fair use license. Image itself in the public domain due to age. via https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b531747014/f77.item#
Desseins des Buffets du Bal de l’Hôtel de Ville. View 79. Livres de fêtes – les mariages du Dauphin] Fêtes publiques données par la ville de Paris à l’occasion du mariage de Monseigneur le Dauphin les 23 et 26 février 1745. Published in Paris, France in 1745. Collections of the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Fair use license. Image itself in the public domain due to age. via https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b531747014/f79.item#

Dress up the parlor before the Empress Eugenie comes to tea. Plates of the very latest 1860 Parisian furniture styles. D. Guilmard, artist and publisher. Published in Paris. One lot found on the website of rare book dealer Justin Croft.

Borne pour milieu de salon. Étoffes de la maison Constant Bouhours 1860s. French. Le Garde-meuble ancien et moderne, Collection de Sièges. Number 668. D. Guilmard, artist. Destouches, Paris, lithographer. Image © 2023 Justin Croft. Fair use license. via https://www.justincroft.com/book/8060/furniture/sieges/
Fauteuil et chaise de salon Louis XVI: d’après un modèle du temps. 1860. French. D. Guilmard, artist. Destouches, Paris, lithographer. Le Garde-meuble Collection de Sièges Number 709. Publie par D.Guilmard Rue de Lancry, 2, Paris. Image © 2023 Justin Croft. Fair use license. via https://www.justincroft.com/book/8060/furniture/sieges/
Écrans bambo. Fabrique de M. Weber. Paris. 1860. French. Le Magasin de Meubles Plan Number 93. Publie and Dess e par Victor Quetin, Faubourg Saint Antoine 55 au 3. Image © 2023 Justin Croft. Fair use license. via https://www.justincroft.com/book/8060/furniture/sieges/
Écran à coulisse; Écran à lumière: Écran à pivot (I think). 1860. French. Decan, Paris, lithographer. Le Garde-meuble, Collection de Sièges Number 509. Publie par D.Guilmard Rue de Lancry, 2, Paris. Image © 2023 Justin Croft. Fair use license. via https://www.justincroft.com/book/8060/furniture/sieges/
Causeuse fontange. Étoffes de la maison Constant Bouhours, Passamenterie de la maison A. DéForge. 1860. French. D. Guilmard, artist. Le Garde Meuble Collection de Sièges. Number 798. Image © 2023 Justin Croft. Fair use license. via https://www.justincroft.com/book/8060/furniture/sieges/
Siège siamois a trois places avec trois places supplementaires. Descartes tapissier Paris. 1860s. French. D Guilmard, artist. Destouches, Paris, lithographer. Le Garde Meuble Collection de Sièges Number 600. Image © 2023 Justin Croft. Fair use license. via https://www.justincroft.com/book/8060/furniture/sieges/
Canapé a trois médaillons (accotoirs à  renvers. D. Guilmard, artist. Destouches, Paris, lithographer. Le Garde Meuble Collection de Sièges Number 576. Publie par D.Guilmard Rue de Lancry, 2, Paris. Image © 2023 Justin Croft. Fair use license. via https://www.justincroft.com/book/8060/furniture/sieges/

Look like the Empress Eugenie if only for an afternoon. Images from an album of 50 watercolors depicting women’s fashions for the years. 1867-1868, created in Paris, France. By an anonymous artist who must have been a highly accomplished fashion artist. Found on the website of antiquarian book dealer Justin Croft.

Lady wearing a white, green and blue dress with a matching hat. From an album of 50 watercolors depicting women’s fashions for the years. 1867-1868 that was created in Paris, France by an anonymous artist. Image © 2023 Justin Croft. Fair use license. via https://www.justincroft.com/book/7568/fashion/an-album-of-50-watercolours-depicting-womens-fashion/
Young woman or teenager in a pale blue and white dress with a large bow worn with a velvet? jacket and a veiled hat. From an album of 50 watercolors depicting women’s fashions for the years. 1867-1868 that was created in Paris, France by an anonymous artist. Image © 2023 Justin Croft. Fair use license. via https://www.justincroft.com/book/7568/fashion/an-album-of-50-watercolours-depicting-womens-fashion/
Woman wearing a mask, her braided hair tied with a red ribbon. From an album of 50 watercolors depicting women’s fashions for the years. 1867-1868 that was created in Paris, France by an anonymous artist. Image © 2023 Justin Croft. Fair use license. via https://www.justincroft.com/book/7568/fashion/an-album-of-50-watercolours-depicting-womens-fashion/
Woman wearing a winter ensemble in green and brown with a jacket, her hair tied with a blue ribbon. From an album of 50 watercolors depicting women’s fashions for the years. 1867-1868 that was created in Paris, France by an anonymous artist. Image © 2023 Justin Croft. Fair use license. via https://www.justincroft.com/book/7568/fashion/an-album-of-50-watercolours-depicting-womens-fashion/
Dark haired woman dressed in a red and white striped dress and shawl. From an album of 50 watercolors depicting women’s fashions for the years. 1867-1868 that was created in Paris, France by an anonymous artist. Image © 2023 Justin Croft. Fair use license. via https://www.justincroft.com/book/7568/fashion/an-album-of-50-watercolours-depicting-womens-fashion/
Barefoot woman wearing a blue and white skirt and carrying a shepardess’s crook. From an album of 50 watercolors depicting women’s fashions for the years. 1867-1868 that was created in Paris, France by an anonymous artist. Image © 2023 Justin Croft. Fair use license. via https://www.justincroft.com/book/7568/fashion/an-album-of-50-watercolours-depicting-womens-fashion/
Young woman dressed in a blue dress with a brown over skirt and an orange/red shawl. From an album of 50 watercolors depicting women’s fashions for the years. 1867-1868 that was created in Paris, France by an anonymous artist. Image © 2023 Justin Croft. Fair use license. via https://www.justincroft.com/book/7568/fashion/an-album-of-50-watercolours-depicting-womens-fashion/

Exotic looking ladies, mostly lying around. Georges Antoine Rochegrosse, artist. Living from 1859 to 1938, he was a French decorative and historical painter.

Flirt d’autrefois. Undated, by 1938. French. Oil on canvas. Georges Antoine Rochegrosse, painter (1859-1938). Signed G Rochegrosse on the lower left. Image © 2022 Sotheby’s. Fair use license. via https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2022/tableaux-dessins-sculptures-1300-1900/flirt-dautrefois

Portrait of Sarah Bernhardt. Undated, 19th c. French. Oil. Georges Antoine Rochegrosse, painter (1859-1938). Signed G Rochegrosse on the lower left. Image source: aguttes.auction.fr. In the public domain in the United States because the artist died over 70 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Georges_Antoine_Rochegrosse_-_Sarah_Bernhardt.jpg

La Promenade de la courtisane. Undated, late 19th c. French. Oil on canvas. Image source gazette.drouot.com. Georges Antoine Rochegrosse, painter (1859-1938). In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Georges-Antoine_Rochegrosse_-_La_Promenade_de_la_courtisane.jpg