Views In Palestine
Print
1803-4 (published)
1803-4 (published)
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Etching and aquatint, printed in black and brown, with additional colouring by hand, depicting a view in the Ottoman Empire from a double volume of 'Views In Palestine' and 'Views In The Ottoman Empire' (24 plates each). Half bound in brown morocco. Title page lettered in English and French. Each plate lettered with title in English and French, and variously, 'L.Mayer del. Published by R.Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall', followed by '1803' or 'Feby. 1803'.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Etching and aquatint |
| Brief description | Etching and aquatint after designs by Luigi Mayer, from volumes (2) bound in one, comprising plates (24 each) with descriptive texts, entitled 'Views In Palestine', and 'Views In The Ottoman Empire', published by R. Bowyer in 1804 and 1803 respectively. Great Britain, 1803-1804. |
| Physical description | Etching and aquatint, printed in black and brown, with additional colouring by hand, depicting a view in the Ottoman Empire from a double volume of 'Views In Palestine' and 'Views In The Ottoman Empire' (24 plates each). Half bound in brown morocco. Title page lettered in English and French. Each plate lettered with title in English and French, and variously, 'L.Mayer del. Published by R.Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall', followed by '1803' or 'Feby. 1803'. |
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| Credit line | Purchased with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund, Shell International and the Friends of the V&A |
| Object history | There was considerable confusion about the extensive ancient ruins in Lycia, a remote area in the South West of Turkey. Mayer's 'Cacamo' may be an aggregation of several sites, notably Myra and Antiphellos. See Searight Archive. |
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| Accession number | SP.378:20 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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