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/.

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/

Watercolors of interior spaces by American illustrator Jeremiah Goodman. Living from 1922 to 2017, he he worked as an illustrator for Lord and Taylor, Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue, along with creating the monthly covers of Interior Design Magazine.

Diana Vreeland “Garden in Hell” Living Room. New York. Designed by Billy Baldwin. 1985. American. Gouache and mixed media on illustration board. Jeremiah Goodman, watercolorist (1922-2017). © Estate of the artist. Image © patrons.org.es. Fair use license. via https://patrons.org.es/jeremiah-goodman/

Dining room, 19 Rue de Constantine, Paris, France.
Don Carlos de Beistegui, collector and interior designer. 1960. American. Gouache and mixed media on illustration board. Jeremiah Goodman, watercolorist (1922-2017). © Estate of the artist. Image © patrons.org.es. Fair use license. via https://patrons.org.es/jeremiah-goodman/

Grand Hotel a Villa Feltrinelli, salon, Lake Garda, Italy.
Designed by Pamela Babey for Bob Burns. 1998. American. Gouache and mixed media on illustration board. Jeremiah Goodman, watercolorist (1922-2017). © Estate of the artist. Image © patrons.org.es. Fair use license. via https://patrons.org.es/jeremiah-goodman/

“Monster” fireplace, tower living room, Porto Ercole, Italy.
Designed by Renzo Mongiardino for Elsa Peretti, jewelry designer and philanthropist. 2000. American. Gouache and mixed media on illustration board. Jeremiah Goodman, watercolorist (1922-2017). © Estate of the artist. Image © patrons.org.es. Fair use license. via https://patrons.org.es/jeremiah-goodman/

Imagery, watercolors from a set of four Art Deco fashion sketchbooks kept by “Ernest”. 1915-1930 ish. No further information available but lots of fun.

The Beauty Spot. Watercolor from a set of Art Deco fashion design scrapbooks kept by “Ernest.” Image © 2023 White Fox Rare Books And Antiques. Fair use license. via https://www.whitefoxrarebooks.com/product/1853/Art-Deco-Fashion-Sketchbooks-Four-in-All-with-an-additional-canvas

Egyptian Revival Art Deco. Watercolor from a set of Art Deco fashion design scrapbooks kept by “Ernest.” Image © 2023 White Fox Rare Books And Antiques. Fair use license. via https://www.whitefoxrarebooks.com/product/1853/Art-Deco-Fashion-Sketchbooks-Four-in-All-with-an-additional-canvas

Orientalist theme. Watercolor from a set of Art Deco fashion design scrapbooks kept by “Ernest.” Image © 2023 White Fox Rare Books And Antiques. Fair use license. via https://www.whitefoxrarebooks.com/product/1853/Art-Deco-Fashion-Sketchbooks-Four-in-All-with-an-additional-canvas

Orientalist scene with peacock. Watercolor from a set of Art Deco fashion design scrapbooks kept by “Ernest.” Image © 2023 White Fox Rare Books And Antiques. Fair use license. via https://www.whitefoxrarebooks.com/product/1853/Art-Deco-Fashion-Sketchbooks-Four-in-All-with-an-additional-canvas

Watercolor from a set of Art Deco fashion design scrapbooks kept by “Ernest.” Image © 2023 White Fox Rare Books And Antiques. Fair use license. via https://www.whitefoxrarebooks.com/product/1853/Art-Deco-Fashion-Sketchbooks-Four-in-All-with-an-additional-canvas

Ballroom scene. Watercolor from a set of Art Deco fashion design scrapbooks kept by “Ernest.” Image © 2023 White Fox Rare Books And Antiques. Fair use license. via https://www.whitefoxrarebooks.com/product/1853/Art-Deco-Fashion-Sketchbooks-Four-in-All-with-an-additional-canvas

Moth lady. Watercolor from a set of Art Deco fashion design scrapbooks kept by “Ernest.” Image © 2023 White Fox Rare Books And Antiques. Fair use license. via https://www.whitefoxrarebooks.com/product/1853/Art-Deco-Fashion-Sketchbooks-Four-in-All-with-an-additional-canvas

Watercolor from a set of Art Deco fashion design scrapbooks kept by “Ernest.” Image © 2023 White Fox Rare Books And Antiques. Fair use license. via https://www.whitefoxrarebooks.com/product/1853/Art-Deco-Fashion-Sketchbooks-Four-in-All-with-an-additional-canvas

Woman wearing a headdress with black feathers. Watercolor from a set of Art Deco fashion design scrapbooks kept by “Ernest.” Image © 2023 White Fox Rare Books And Antiques. Fair use license. via https://www.whitefoxrarebooks.com/product/1853/Art-Deco-Fashion-Sketchbooks-Four-in-All-with-an-additional-canvas

Woman with a pearl necklace. Watercolor from a set of Art Deco fashion design scrapbooks kept by “Ernest.” Image © 2023 White Fox Rare Books And Antiques. Fair use license. via https://www.whitefoxrarebooks.com/product/1853/Art-Deco-Fashion-Sketchbooks-Four-in-All-with-an-additional-canvas

Lilith. Watercolor from a set of Art Deco fashion design scrapbooks kept by “Ernest.” Image © 2023 White Fox Rare Books And Antiques. Fair use license. via https://www.whitefoxrarebooks.com/product/1853/Art-Deco-Fashion-Sketchbooks-Four-in-All-with-an-additional-canvas

Watercolor from a set of Art Deco fashion design scrapbooks kept by “Ernest.” Image © 2023 White Fox Rare Books And Antiques. Fair use license. via https://www.whitefoxrarebooks.com/product/1853/Art-Deco-Fashion-Sketchbooks-Four-in-All-with-an-additional-canvas

Smoking lady with orange pillows. Watercolor from a set of Art Deco fashion design scrapbooks kept by “Ernest.” Image © 2023 White Fox Rare Books And Antiques. Fair use license. via https://www.whitefoxrarebooks.com/product/1853/Art-Deco-Fashion-Sketchbooks-Four-in-All-with-an-additional-canvas

Lady in a red gown with a purple train. Watercolor from a set of Art Deco fashion design scrapbooks kept by “Ernest.” Image © 2023 White Fox Rare Books And Antiques. Fair use license. via https://www.whitefoxrarebooks.com/product/1853/Art-Deco-Fashion-Sketchbooks-Four-in-All-with-an-additional-canvas

Up into the Arctic and down to the Antarctic with English watercolorist Charles Hamilton Smith who was also a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Royal Artillery. Living from 1776 to 1859, he painted what he saw as he traveled around the world during his military career.

“Spitzbergen, Bearing South,” from the collection of 75 watercolors entitled “Views of Polar Regions”. 19th c. English. Watercolor and graphite. Collections of the Yale Center for British Arts, New Haven. Image © Yale Center for British Arts. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://wanderingvertexes.blogspot.com/2021/08/newtontoppen-spitzbergen-by-charles.html

“Remarkable Iceberg seen in July, 1818.” ca. 1818. English. Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured wove paper. Collections of the Collections of the Yale Center for British Arts, New Haven. Image © Yale Center for British Arts, Paul Mellon Collection. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/remarkable-iceberg-charles-hamilton-smith-1776%E2%80%931859-belgian/kwFvKsdBrhN6Xw

“Victoria lands, South Polar Regions: Mont Erebus, Ross Island, Antarctica,” from the collection of 75 watercolors entitled “Views of Polar Regions”. 19th c. English. Watercolor and graphite. Collections of the Yale Center for British Arts, New Haven. Image © Yale Center for British Arts. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://wanderingvertexes.blogspot.com/2019/10/erebus-seen-by-charles-hamilton-smith.html

“Mount Sabine, Victoria Land, Antarctica, discovered in 1841,” from the collection of 75 watercolors entitled “Views of Polar Regions”. ca. 1841. English. Watercolor. Collections of the Yale Center for British Arts, New Haven. Image © Yale Center for British Arts. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://wanderingvertexes.blogspot.com/2019/11/mount-sabine-by-charles-hamilton-smith.html

Petoowack Arctic Highlands Formation Antarctica. Undated, by 1858. British. Watercolor and graphite on cream wove paper. Charles Hamilton Smith, watercolorist (1776-1859). Collections of the Yale Center for British Art. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via Francis Rousseau @mountainpaintingsandmore on Instagram. via Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/p/CpdQ2xGM_zy/

Live like the Prince Regent at least until supper time. Plates from W. H. Pyne’s work “The history of the royal residences of Windsor Castle, Saint James’s Palace, Carlton House, Kensington Palace, Hampton Court, Buckingham House, and Frogmore” which was published between 1816 and 1819. These being from Volume I of three.

“Ancient Kitchen, Windsor Castle.” Image 29. Collections of and digitalized by the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=gri.ark:/13960/t7qp2n24k&view=1up&seq=31

“Ancient Bell Tower, Windsor Castle.” Image 52. Collections of and digitalized by the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=gri.ark:/13960/t7qp2n24k&view=1up&seq=52

“Staircase, Windsor Castle.” Image 108. Collections of and digitalized by the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=gri.ark:/13960/t7qp2n24k&view=1up&seq=108

Hampton Court Palace. Image 6 from The history of the royal residences of Windsor Castle, Saint James’s Palace, Carlton House, Kensington Palace, Hampton Court, Buckingham House, and Frogmore. 1819. W. H. Pyne, author. Published in London, England. Collections of and digitalized by the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125012272262/page/n5/mode/1up

The Chapel, Hampton Court. Image 16 from The history of the royal residences of Windsor Castle, Saint James’s Palace, Carlton House, Kensington Palace, Hampton Court, Buckingham House, and Frogmore. 1819. W. H. Pyne, author. Published in London, England. Collections of and digitalized by the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125012272262/page/n15/mode/1up

Banqueting Hall, Hampton Court. Image 34 from The history of the royal residences of Windsor Castle, Saint James’s Palace, Carlton House, Kensington Palace, Hampton Court, Buckingham House, and Frogmore. 1819. W. H. Pyne, author. Published in London, England. Collections of and digitalized by the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125012272262/page/n33/mode/1up

Grand Stair Case, Hampton Court. Image 50 from The history of the royal residences of Windsor Castle, Saint James’s Palace, Carlton House, Kensington Palace, Hampton Court, Buckingham House, and Frogmore. 1819. W. H. Pyne, author. Published in London, England. Collections of and digitalized by the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125012272262/page/n50/mode/1up

Peeking into a vanished world. Watercolors of rooms in the Yusupov dacha in Tsarkoe Selo outside Saint Petersburg. From 1872.

Salon Chinois. — Salon Chinois. Image © State Historical Museum, Moscow 2018. Artwork in the public domain because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via http://lesyoussoupoff.tumblr.com/post/149354477425/chinese-salon-youssoupoff-dacha-at-tsarskoye

Drawing room in the rotunda. — Drawing room in the rotunda. . Image © State Historical Museum, Moscow 2018. Artwork in the public domain because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via http://lesyoussoupoff.tumblr.com/post/179791709685/the-youssoupoffs-dacha-in-tsarskoye-selo-the

Large drawing room. — Large drawing room. . Image © State Historical Museum, Moscow 2018. Artwork in the public domain because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via http://lesyoussoupoff.tumblr.com/post/179791607260/the-youssoupoffs-dacha-in-tsarskoye-selo-the

Dining room. — Dining room. . Image © State Historical Museum, Moscow 2018. Artwork in the public domain because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via http://lesyoussoupoff.tumblr.com/post/179779390175/the-youssoupoffs-dacha-in-tsarskoye-selo-the

Crowd scenes with everyone decked out in their best clothes by French artist Eugène Louis Lami. Living from 1800 to 1890 he also illustrated books and painted people one at a time but I like these best.

"Opening of the Great Exhibition, 1 May 1851." — “Opening of the Great Exhibition, 1 May 1851.” Watercolor. Commissioned by Queen Victoria. In the Royal Collection. In the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1924. via https://www.rct.uk/collection/452380/the-opening-of-the-great-exhibition-1851

"L'Entrée de Son Altesse Royale la Duchesse d'Orléans dans le jardin des Tuileries le 4 juin 1837." 1841. — “L’Entrée de Son Altesse Royale la Duchesse d’Orléans dans le jardin des Tuileries le 4 juin 1837.” 1841. Image © Tessier Sarrou and Associates, Paris. Fair use licence. via http://www.tessier-sarrou.com/html/fiche.jsp?id=7681923

"The Grand Staircase at Buckingham Palace, State Ball, 5 July 1848." 1848. — “The Grand Staircase at Buckingham Palace, State Ball, 5 July 1848.” 1848. Watercolor and bodycolor. Commissioned by Queen Victoria for her Souvenir Album. Image © the Royal Collection. Artwork in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1924. via https://www.rct.uk/collection/919902/the-grand-staircase-at-buckingham-palace-state-ball-5-july-1848

New post available in my public (free) Karl Friedrich Schinkel winter series on my patreon.com page

right here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/23794847

Four images this week and each week until the end of January when a new series will start to run another two months.

More posts at the three subscription levels by January 15th should you be interested in supporting my work and able to do so. But please check out the images. They are great! Sarah.

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