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Luigi MayerAlexandria, Egypt & Lighthouse: A Hand-colored Aquatint & Engraving by L. Mayer1802-1805
1802-1805
$775
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This is a hand-colored aquatint and engraving entitled "Part of the New City of Alexandria, with the Light House", published in London by R. Bowyer from 1802-1805. The print was created by Thomas Milton (1743-1827) from drawings by Luigi Mayer. The scene depicts sailboats in Alexandria's harbor, with the lighthouse on the left.
This hand colored engraving is presented in an antiqued silver and gold-colored wood frame and a cream-colored mat. The frame measures 18.75" high, 21.5" wide and 1" thick. The engraving is in very good condition.
Luigi Mayer (1755-1803) was an accomplished water-colorist and draughtsman, and is renowned as the most accurate delineator of Egypt and Palestine prior to David Roberts. He was commissioned by Sir Robert Ainslie, the British ambassador to Constantinople, 1776–1792, then the capital of the Ottoman Empire. Mayer traveled widely in Palestine, Egypt, and present-day Turkey. He focused on the architecture, costumes, and landscapes of the region. Thomas Milton, the engraver and colorist, captured much of the rich earth tones and atmosphere of the region. In addition to "An Egyptian Bey", Mayer's creations included views of the Egyptian pyramids at Gizah, the Sphinx, Pompey’s Pillar, Rosetta, Alexandria, Cairo, Cacamo, Macri, Rhodes, Cyprus, Corinth, Carthage, the Triumphal Arch at Tripoli, Jerusalem, Bethnay and the Dead Sea, and Bethlehem, as well as costume plates of Mamalukes, an Arab Sheik, Egyptian dancing girls and peasants, Bedouins, and Caramanians.
- Creator:Luigi Mayer (1755 - 1803, Italian)
- Creation Year:1802-1805
- Dimensions:Height: 18.75 in (47.63 cm)Width: 21.5 in (54.61 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Alamo, CA
- Reference Number:Seller: # 2861stDibs: LU1173214671802
Luigi Mayer
Luigi Mayer (1755–1803) was an Italian-German artist and one of the earliest and most important late 18th-century European painters of the Ottoman Empire. Mayer was a close friend of Sir Robert Ainslie, 1st Baronet, a British ambassador to Turkey between 1776 and 1792, and the bulk of his paintings and drawings during this period were commissioned by Ainslie. He travelled extensively through the Ottoman Empire between 1776 and 1794, and became well known for his sketches and paintings of panoramic landscapes of ancient sites from the Balkans to the Greek Islands, Turkey and Egypt, particularly ancient monuments and the Nile. Many of the works were amassed in Ainslie's collection, which was later presented to the British Museum, providing a valuable insight into the Middle East of that period. His wife, Clara Barthold Mayer, worked as his assistant and produced her own paintings.
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