A Greek Caloyer Mayer, Luigi; Thomas Milton Art

A Greek Caloyer or monk speaks to seated peasants within the city. A print from "Views in Palestine, from the Original Drawings of Luigi Mayer, with an Historical and Descriptive Account of the Country and Its Remarkable Places". 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. His "Views in Palestine" were made into aquatints with the help of T. Milton. Aquatint with plate mark 12 x 15 1/4", on paper 12 3/4 x 18", foxing within the plate margins not affecting the image, otherwise very good condition with delicate color and detail.