Mr. Vanderbilt's house and collection : volume 3 / described by Edward Strahan
Volume three of a lavish 1883 Boston catalogue by Edward Strahan, describing William H. Vanderbilt's New York house and private art collection for wealthy collectors and art lovers. The four photogravure-style plates reproduce paintings, showing rotated scenes of dark, dramatic figure groups, a sunlit interior with a woman and seated figures, a tavern-like room with men gathered at a table, and a rocky mountain landscape with figures. A designer might take the moody tonal contrast, dense crowd compositions and theatrical lighting from these plates.
