A striking scene showing the author’s own reception in the palatial home of Hassan Tchaousch-Oglou. The host and his son sit imposingly beside their two guests, in a raised part of the room. They are attended by servants offering them refreshments, and a large host of onlookers. In 1776 ...

Dimensions (W x H): 37 x 25.5 / 14½ x 10

A pair of pretty engravings of scenes from two of the Cyclades islands. The top one shows two women, a toddler and a baby in a domestic scene on Sifnos. The bottom shows a lovely view from the sea of Sikinos.In 1776 Choiseul-Gouffier and the artist J.B. Hilaire joined a cartographic survey of ...

Dimensions (W x H): 22 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13