Imagery of a Palestine that isn’t coming back. Published in 1804, these are views taken from the original drawings of Luigi Mayer. Luigi Mayer was the expedition artist for at least two other expeditions to places in the Ottoman Empire under Sir Robert Ainsley. Not sure how many went to Palestine but at least one as these are drawn from life.

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View of Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives. Published in London in 1804 by R. Bowyer. British. Hand-colored aquatint. After Luigi Mayer. Taken from Views in Palestine, from the original drawings of Luigi Mayer, with an historical and descriptive account of the country, and its remarkable places. Dorot Jewish Division, Collections of the New York Public Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-5d09-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
Remains of a Tower on Mount Zion. Published in London in 1804 by R. Bowyer. British. Hand-colored aquatint. After Luigi Mayer. Taken from Views in Palestine, from the original drawings of Luigi Mayer, with an historical and descriptive account of the country, and its remarkable places. Dorot Jewish Division, Collections of the New York Public Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-5d0a-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
Jerusalem with the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Published in London in 1804 by R. Bowyer. British. Hand-colored aquatint. After Luigi Mayer. Taken from Views in Palestine, from the original drawings of Luigi Mayer, with an historical and descriptive account of the country, and its remarkable places. Dorot Jewish Division, Collections of the New York Public Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-5d0b-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
A Maronite Monk and Pilgrims. Published in London in 1804 by R. Bowyer. British. Hand-colored aquatint. After Luigi Mayer. Taken from Views in Palestine, from the original drawings of Luigi Mayer, with an historical and descriptive account of the country, and its remarkable places. Dorot Jewish Division, Collections of the New York Public Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-5d0e-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
Fountain of Siloam near Jerusalem. Published in London in 1804 by R. Bowyer. British. Hand-colored aquatint. After Luigi Mayer. Taken from Views in Palestine, from the original drawings of Luigi Mayer, with an historical and descriptive account of the country, and its remarkable places. Dorot Jewish Division, Collections of the New York Public Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-5d12-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
Tomb in the Valley of Jehosophat. Published in London in 1804 by R. Bowyer. British. Hand-colored aquatint. After Luigi Mayer. Taken from Views in Palestine, from the original drawings of Luigi Mayer, with an historical and descriptive account of the country, and its remarkable places. Dorot Jewish Division, Collections of the New York Public Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-5d19-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
Village of Bethany and the Dead Sea. Published in London in 1804 by R. Bowyer. British. Hand-colored aquatint. After Luigi Mayer. Taken from Views in Palestine, from the original drawings of Luigi Mayer, with an historical and descriptive account of the country, and its remarkable places. Dorot Jewish Division, Collections of the New York Public Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-5d1d-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
The Principal Street in Bethlehem. Published in London in 1804 by R. Bowyer. British. Hand-colored aquatint. After Luigi Mayer. Taken from Views in Palestine, from the original drawings of Luigi Mayer, with an historical and descriptive account of the country, and its remarkable places. Dorot Jewish Division, Collections of the New York Public Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-5d30-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
A Greek Caloyer. Published in London in 1804 by R. Bowyer. British. Hand-colored aquatint. After Luigi Mayer. Taken from Views in Palestine, from the original drawings of Luigi Mayer, with an historical and descriptive account of the country, and its remarkable places. Dorot Jewish Division, Collections of the New York Public Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-5d31-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
Reservoir of the Sealed Fountain near Bethlehem. Published in London in 1804 by R. Bowyer. British. Hand-colored aquatint. After Luigi Mayer. Taken from Views in Palestine, from the original drawings of Luigi Mayer, with an historical and descriptive account of the country, and its remarkable places. Dorot Jewish Division, Collections of the New York Public Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-5d34-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

These aquatints are titled in English and in French. Sometimes they are also titled in German or Latin but not here for some reason.

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