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.

*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.

Visions of a Levant that isn’t coming back. Plates from drawings by Scottish artist David Roberts (1796-1864). Most of these being of Sinai but not entirely. All of them taken from the website of Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps and Books.

*Approach to the Temple of Wady Saboua, Nubia.* 1847. Part of a series of plates of David Robert’s work in the Levant that were published by F. G. Moon in London. Tinted lithograph after David Roberts. Louis Haghe, lithographer. Image © 2023 Alexandre Maps and Books. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.alexandremaps.com/pages/books/P518/david-roberts/approach-to-the-temple-of-wady-saboua-nubia

*Ascent of the Lower Range of Sinai.* 1844. Part of a series of plates of David Robert’s work in the Levant that were published by F. G. Moon in London. Tinted lithograph after David Roberts. Louis Haghe, lithographer. Image © 2023 Alexandre Maps and Books. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.alexandremaps.com/pages/books/P481/david-roberts/ascent-of-the-lower-range-of-sinai

*Askelon.* 1842. Part of a series of plates of David Robert’s work in the Levant that were published by F. G. Moon in London. Tinted lithograph after David Roberts. Louis Haghe, lithographer. Image © 2023 Alexandre Maps and Books. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.alexandremaps.com/pages/books/P489/david-roberts/askelon

*Bab en Nasr, or Gate of Victory, and Mosque of El Hakim, Cairo.* 1848. Part of a series of plates of David Robert’s work in the Levant that were published by F. G. Moon in London. Tinted lithograph after David Roberts. Louis Haghe, lithographer. Image © 2023 Alexandre Maps and Books. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.alexandremaps.com/pages/books/P526/david-roberts/bab-en-nasr-or-gate-of-victory-and-mosque-of-el-hakim-cairo

*A Colossal Statue at the Entrance to the Temple of Luxor.* 1847. Part of a series of plates of David Robert’s work in the Levant that were published by F. G. Moon in London. Tinted lithograph after David Roberts. Louis Haghe, lithographer. Image © 2023 Alexandre Maps and Books. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.alexandremaps.com/pages/books/P442/david-roberts/a-colossal-statue-at-the-entrace-to-the-temple-of-luxor

*Colossi at Wady Saboua.* 1847. Part of a series of plates of David Robert’s work in the Levant that were published by F. G. Moon in London. Tinted lithograph after David Roberts. Louis Haghe, lithographer. Image © 2023 Alexandre Maps and Books. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.alexandremaps.com/pages/books/P441/david-roberts/colossi-at-wady-saboua

*Encampment of the Aulad-Sa’id.* 1844. Part of a series of plates of David Robert’s work in the Levant that were published by F. G. Moon in London. Tinted lithograph after David Roberts. Louis Haghe, lithographer. Image © 2023 Alexandre Maps and Books. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.alexandremaps.com/pages/books/P480/david-roberts/encampment-of-the-aulad-said

*Fortress of Akabah, Arabia Peteraea.*1844. Part of a series of plates of David Robert’s work in the Levant that were published by F. G. Moon in London. Tinted lithograph after David Roberts. Louis Haghe, lithographer. Image © 2023 Alexandre Maps and Books. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.alexandremaps.com/pages/books/P519/david-roberts/fortress-of-akabah-arabia-peteraea

*Fortress of Ibrim, Nubia.* 1847. Part of a series of plates of David Robert’s work in the Levant that were published by F. G. Moon in London. Tinted lithograph after David Roberts. Louis Haghe, lithographer. Image © 2023 Alexandre Maps and Books. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.alexandremaps.com/pages/books/P528/david-roberts/fortress-of-ibrim-nubia

David Roberts first sketched in his journals “on the spot” the vaious subjects which, on returning to London, he transcribed into finished paintings and watercolors. These then formed the basis of the lithographs drawn and printed by Louis Haghe. It is interesting to note that in some instances Roberts’ original drawings were twice or three times the size of the published print, which indicated the skill of Haghe and his assistants in transferring Roberts’ designs onto lithographic stones.

Landscapes of a Levant that isn’t coming back. Colored lithographic plates from C. W. M. Van de Velde’s 1857 work “Le Pays d’Israel.” All of the landscapes are of what was then part of the Ottoman province of Syria.

*Le Pays d’Isreal: Wady Fasail le Torrent de Kerith*. Page 16 of C. W. M. Van de Velde’s *Le Pays d’Israel.* Published in Paris, France in 1857 by Jules Renouard. Printed in Paris by Lemercier. Cc0 License 1.0. via https://archive.org/details/cwm-van-de-velde-le-pays-d-israel-1857/page/16/mode/1up

*Beirout: Vue prise de la route de Schemlän.* Page 17 of C. W. M. Van de Velde’s *Le Pays d’Israel.* L. Sabatier, lithographer. Printed in Paris by Lemercier. Cc0 License 1.0. via https://archive.org/details/cwm-van-de-velde-le-pays-d-israel-1857/page/17/mode/1up

*Le Village de A’Beyh: Mont Liban S. E. de Beirout*. Page 18 of C. W. M. Van de Velde’s *Le Pays d’Israel.* Eugene Ciceri, lithographer. Printed in Paris by Lemercier. Cc0 License 1.0. via https://archive.org/details/cwm-van-de-velde-le-pays-d-israel-1857/page/18/mode/1up

Camels, all of these works having one or more. French, painted by Orientalist painter Charles-Théodore Frère (1814-1888). Studying at the École des Beaux-Arts, he later accompanied the Empress Eugénie and her party to Egypt in 1869.