ORIENTALISM ENTRANCE TO THE CONVENT OF ST MARY

ORIENTALISM ENTRANCE TO THE CONVENT OF ST MARY

£120

Superb original hand colured Aquatint plate by Luigi Mayer from Bowyers Views in the Ottoman Dominions, in Europe in Asia.Luigi Mayer, a gifted German artist with Italian roots and schooling, toured the Ottoman coast in 1791 with his friend Sir Robert Ainslie, England’s ambassador to Turkey at Constantinople.This is from the final folio volume of his works on the Middle East.Mint condition .Please email for better picture this photographed through plastic cover