Egypt in 1800 Luigi Mayer
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Egypt in 1800 Luigi Mayer
Luigi Mayer (d. 1803), a watercolourist and draughtsman, is renowned as the most accurate delineator of the Near East before David Roberts, who produced the monumental volumes The Holy Land (1842) and Views in ancient Egypt and Nubia (1846).
Despite the success of Mayer’s publications, very little is known about his life. He is known to have been born in Germany, and lived for several years in Rome where he was a pupil of Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1 778), one of the finest artists of his day, and well-known for his etchings of ancient and contemporary architecture in Rome. Mayer was employed by a British ambassador to the Ottoman Porte, Sir Robert Ainslie, to produce drawings in Asia Minor and the Near East.
Mayer’s drawings were engraved and compiled into three volumes entitled Views in Egypt ...(1801); Views in Palestine ...(1802); and Views in the Ottoman Empire, chiefly in Caramania,... (1803).
Language(s): English
ISBN: 9775864038
1999, Box and Hardcover, viii, 33 p., 48 p. of plates : col. ill. ; 30 x 43 cm, Folio 17.5" x 12"
Catalogue of Plates: 1. View of the Nilometer 2. The first and second Pyramid of Geeza, ancient Memphis 3. The top of the first or great Pyramid of Geeza, with a distant View of the City of Cairo. 4. The Passage from the second to the third Gallery in the great Pyramid. 5. The Chamber that contains the Sarcophagus in the great Pyramid. 6. The Head of the colossal Sphinx. 7. Entrance to one of the sepulchral Chambers about two hundred paces south of the Sphinx 8. A subterranean Chamber, not quite a mile east of the great Pyramid of Geeza, the Walls sculptured with Basso Relievoes, and communicating with other chambers. 9. An ancient Sarcophagus of Basalt, called the Lover's Fountain, placed in a Niche under the Steps of a Mosque at Cairo 10. Interior View of the Catacombs at Alexandria, exhibiting the circular Chamber, and the Entrance to it. 11. The Obelisks at Alexandria, commonly called Cleopatra's Needles 12. An ancient Obelisk at Matarea, formerly Heliopolis, about six miles from Cairo; with a View of the Village, and an Encampment of a Caravan on it's journey across the Desert. 13. Pompey's Pillar. 14. The Baths of Cleopatra. 15. Ruins in the Gymnasium, near the Canopic Gate of Alexandria. 16. Granite Pillars of the Portico of Canopus in ancient Alexandria. 17. Ruins supposed to be those of the Ptolomean Library, about tow miles form the Walls of Old Alexandria, toward Aboukir. 18. A Mosque with an antique Fragment in Old Alexandria, near the Rosetta Gate. 19. Exterior View of the ancient Wall of Alexandria, with Cleopatra's Needle. 20. Fort and Harbour of Aboukir, the ancient Canopus, as it appeared before the French invaded Egypt. 21. The City of Rashid or Rosetta. 22. Sepulchers of Arabian Saints, among the Gardens on the West of Rosetta 23.
The Mosque of Abou Mandour, on the Bank of the Nile, about three miles above Rosetta. 24. The town of Foua, on the eastern Bank of the Nile, about fifteen miles above Rosetta. 25. One of the Gates of Grand Cairo, on the western side of the City. 26. The principal Square in Grand Cairo, with Mourad Bey's Palace. 27. The Mosque of Four Hundred Pillars, between Old Cairo and Kebaseh, on the south of New Cairo. 28. The Lover's Fountain, with the adjacent Mosque, in a small square at Cairo. 29. Ruins in the Castle of Cairo, near Joseph's Hall, with Part of an Obelisk of Porphyry serving as a Threshold to a Mosque. 30. Joseph's Hall, in the Castle of Cairo 31. Egyptian Antiquities in the Vestibule of the Country House of Mr. Carlo Rosetti an Italian Merchant, at Bulac. Among these is a Mummy in a Stone Coffin, on the lid of which a human Figure is sculptured, turned party towards on side, as in a sleeping posture. 32. An Arabian Summerhouse, raised on antique fragments, and situated near the end of the Canal de Menouf, toward Cairo. 33. The City of Menouf, on the Canal of the same name, between Cairo and Rosetta. 34. Mamalukes exercising in the Square of the Mourad Bey's Palace. 35. Mamalukes excercising on horseback. 36. An Arab Sheik. 37. An Egyptian Ball, at Ned Sili, a village on the western bank of the Nile, midway between Cairo and Rosetta 38. An Egyptian Fair at Kafr Raduan, a village on the eastern bank of the Nile, between Sili and Menouf. 39. A Ferry boat on the Nile near Ned Sili 40. An Egyptian bey 41. Costume of a Lady from Cairo, and her attendant slaves. 42. Dancing girls 43. An Egyptian peasant and family. Though the Children in general go naked, both boys and girls, till the age of twelve or fourteen, yet sometimes a favourite child is dressed from his or her enfancy, as here; and it is not uncommon, in cases of sickness to vow a child to God for a limited period of time while clothed. 44. A Bedouin man and woman 45. An Egyptian herdsman, and cattle. 46. The Rosetta Gate in Alexandria, where toll is taken. 47. Part of the New City of Alexandria, with the new harbour, and the Pharos. 48. Bridge over the Canal of Alexandria, about three miles South of the Town.
