Head Of The Colossal Sphinx. [Hand-Coloured Aquatint]

Luigi Meyer

Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery., London., 1801

Art / Print / Poster Condition: Very Good

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Published May 1st 1801. This hand coloured aquatint by Luigi Meyer is in exceptionally good condition with the image clean and fresh, unfaded, never been framed. Dust and light creases in the white, colouring fresh and image free of the border wrinkles and dust, large borders with a couple of small edge chips to paper. Cartridge "Whatman paper" marked in weave 1801. title and legend at base line with artist and engravers imprint, When framed the creasing will not be seen. T. Milton engraved the plate. Measures 30 x 45 cm approx. Genuine 1801. Colouring ALL genuine, NOT modern or later colouring. *Luigi Meyer (1755�1803) was an Italian-German artist and one of the earliest and most important late 18th-century European painters of the Ottoman Empire. He 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. Seller Inventory # 00914

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Title: Head Of The Colossal Sphinx. [Hand-Coloured ...

Publisher: R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery., London.

Publication Date: 1801

Binding: Loose as Issued.

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Not applicable

Edition: 1st Edition

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We are a small, single-owner business. We have been operating on and off since 1977 and our stock is varied, leaning towards antiquarian and 19th century with the addition of original aquatint and lithographic, or woodcut engravings. Also maps and Ephemera - in fact, anything interesting on paper really. We have in stock every item we list. We do not use stock photographs, but photograph each item individually. We very rarely use "fine" or "mint" as a description, mainly due to the age and the fact that 99.9% of what we sell has been pre-owned and therefor Fine would not be a term for a book we sell despite its fine-like appearance. We always take items back unreservedly if not in the condition as described. We always try to describe fully.

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