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Part of the New City of Alexandria, with the Light House.
Part of the New City of Alexandria, with the Light House.
L. Meyer del. T. Milton direx.
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall, Feb, 1802.
Fine hand-coloured aquatint, E & P 1801 watermark; Plate: 290 x 375mm (11½ x 14¾"), with large margins.
A view of Alexandria with the light house in the distance. Luigi Mayer (1755-1803), was a Italian-German artist commissioned who travelled extensively through the Ottoman Empire between 1776-1794 as one of the earliest and most important late 18th century European painters of the Ottoman Empire. His 3-volume work, "Views in Egypt, Palestine and Other Parts of the Ottoman Empire", contained 96 aquatints by Thomas Milton.
Abbey Travel 369.
[Ref: 46225]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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The Obelisks at Alexandria, Called Cleopatra's Needles.
The Obelisks at Alexandria, Called Cleopatra's Needles.
L. Meyer del.t.
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall, 1802.
Fine hand-coloured aquatint. E & P 1801 watermark. Plate: 290 x 375mm (11½ x 14¾"), with very large margins.
A view of an Ancient Egyptian obelisk at Alexandra. Luigi Mayer (1755-1803), was a Italian-German artist commissioned who travelled extensively through the Ottoman Empire between 1776-1794 as one of the earliest and most important late 18th century European painters of the Ottoman Empire. His 3-volume work, "Views in Egypt, Palestine and Other Parts of the Ottoman Empire", contained 96 aquatints by Thomas Milton.
Abbey Travel 369.
[Ref: 46224]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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Entrance to the Sepulchres of the Kings of Judah.
Entrance to the Sepulchres of the Kings of Judah.
L. Mayer del.t.
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall, 1803.
Coloured aquatint. 310 x 395mm, 12¼ x 15½". On Whatman paper watermarked 1801.
Tombs near Jerusalem. Luigi Mayer (1755-1803), was a Italian-German artist commissioned who travelled extensively through the Ottoman Empire between 1776-1794 as one of the earliest and most important late 18th century European painters of the Ottoman Empire. His 3-volume work, "Views in Egypt, Palestine and Other Parts of the Ottoman Empire", contained 96 aquatints by Thomas Milton.
Abbey Travel 369.
[Ref: 16981]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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Sepulchres of the Judges of Israel.
Sepulchres of the Judges of Israel.
L. Mayer del.
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall, 1803.
Coloured aquatint. 310 x 395mm, 12¼ x 15½". Tape stains.
The Tombs of the Sanhedrin in Jerusalem. Luigi Mayer (1755-1803), was a Italian-German artist commissioned who travelled extensively through the Ottoman Empire between 1776-1794 as one of the earliest and most important late 18th century European painters of the Ottoman Empire. His 3-volume work, "Views in Egypt, Palestine and Other Parts of the Ottoman Empire", contained 96 aquatints by Thomas Milton.
Abbey Travel 369.
[Ref: 16983]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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A Grotto Cut in the Rock, near Lindo, in Rhodes. Grotte Taillée dans le Roc, prés de Linde, dans l’Ile de Rhodes.
A Grotto Cut in the Rock, near Lindo, in Rhodes. Grotte Taillée dans le Roc, prés de Linde, dans l’Ile de Rhodes.
L. Mayer del.
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall, 1803.
Hand-coloured aquatint. Plate 305 x 386mm. 12 x 15¼".
Part of a hidden Doric columned temple at Lindos on the Island of Rhodes, in the Dodecanese, Greece. Founded by the Dorians led by the King Tlepolemus of Rhodes, Lindos became a major trading centre by the 8th century. In medieval times most buildings fell into disuse and in the 14th century many were partly overlaid by a massive fortress built on the acropolis by the knights of St John to defend the island against the Ottomans. The acropolis is one of the greatest sites in the world.
[Ref: 25736]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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Samos. Acts. 20. 15.
Samos. Acts. 20. 15.
[J. Clarked after Luigi Mayer; published by Robert Bowyer, c.1830]
Aquatint with hand-colouring, platemark 195 x 260mm (7¾ x 10¼"). Small margins.
The western harbour on the Greek island of Samos, in the Aegean Sea. Plate from 'A Series of Twenty-Four Views illustrative of The Holy Scriptures, Selected from Sir Robert Ainslie's celebrated Collection of Drawings'. Ainslie (1729/30-1812) was a diplomat and numismatist who was in Constantinople from 1776-94 and amassed a collection of antiquities and drawings, many commissioned from Luigi Mayer (d.1803). After a drawing by Mayer which had already been reproduced in a previous volume of drawings from Ainslie's collection, 'Views in the Ottoman Dominions' (1810).
Abbey 382.17 (cp. Abbey 371.60)
[Ref: 41693]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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