Twenty-nine meticulously rendered, ready-to-color illustrations portray the many distinctive styles of actual Victorian-era homes, including a seaside cottage in the "stick style"; an Italianate San Francisco residence of the 1880s; the unusual Octagon House in Ottawa, Illinois (1856); a Moorish-styled urban residence in Baltimore (1886), and the elegant "Vinland," a Newport, Rhode Island, residence (1882–1884).
Since I've already completed Victorian Fashions Stained Glass Coloring Book (Dover Pictorial Archives) by Marty Noble, this truly fabulous collection of almost thirty Victorian homes is a natural companion!
What makes this particular Dover Publication so fascinating to me is the fact that these amazing houses are real houses from Baltimore, Newport, San Francisco and more. You are only limited by what your imagination dictates to make each and every one your own! I love coloring old historical houses and these are exceptionally well drawn and detailed. I would say this is a coloring book for the adult or older colorist as some of the details on the houses are quite small and good motor skills would be needed.
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