Intrepid cavers gather with their torches and ropes ready to go into the grotto in this lovely scene. Stock number 6841 shows the interior of the same grotto.In 1776 Choiseul-Gouffier and the artist J.B. Hilaire joined a cartographic survey of the Mediterranean. Volume I of Voyage Pittoresque, ...

Dimensions (W x H): 37 x 24.5 / 14½ x 9½

A beautiful picture of the spectacular grotto at Antiparos. Impressive stalactite and stalagmite formations dominate the scene, whilst groups of men explore the cave holding flaming torches. Stock number 6855 shows the entrance to the same grotto.In 1776 Choiseul-Gouffier and the artist J.B. ...

Dimensions (W x H): 35 x 21 / 14 x 8½

A beautiful view with four sailing ships in the foreground, and the rugged, craggy shore of Santorini behind. In 1776 Choiseul-Gouffier and the artist J.B. Hilaire joined a cartographic survey of the Mediterranean. Volume I of Voyage Pittoresque, his account of their tour of the Greek islands, the ...

Dimensions (W x H): 37 x 24.5 / 14½ x 9½

A beautiful view of the Greek island of Syros. The picturesque town covers the slopes and summit of a hill in the background at the centre of the scene. The foreground shows the harbour with two sailing ships and smaller boats at anchor - their crews variously busy with tasks or relaxing and ...

Dimensions (W x H): 37 x 25 / 14½ x 10

A view from across the water to this pretty town in the northwest of Crete. Fishermen work on the shore and in their boats in the foreground. In 1776 Choiseul-Gouffier and the artist J.B. Hilaire joined a cartographic survey of the Mediterranean. Volume I of Voyage Pittoresque, his account of their ...

Dimensions (W x H): 36.5 x 24 / 14½ x 9½

A charming view of this picturesque town in the northwest of Crete. The town nestles on the shore across the bay, with hills towering behind it. In the foreground, a group of men push a boat out to sea. In 1776 Choiseul-Gouffier and the artist J.B. Hilaire joined a cartographic survey of the ...

Dimensions (W x H): 34 x 21 / 13½ x 8½

Magnificent engraving of a hill in Galilee near the Nazareth road. Louis-François Cassas was one of the best French printmakers of the eighteenth century. His Voyage Pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phoenicie, de la Palestine, et de la Basse-Egypte is perhaps the finest eighteenth century illustrated ...

Dimensions (W x H): 43 x 30 / 17 x 12

A lovely pair of engravings showing natives in their traditional costume. Obtaining the top one of Albanian soldiers, presented a challenge for Choiseul-Gouffier because of the Islamic prohibition of images. Indeed one of the soldiers told him that “for all the gold in the world, he would not ...

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

A pair of beautiful engravings. The top one shows a group of cavers with their flaming torches in a cave serving as the entrance to a network underground on the Greek island of Milo. The bottom engraving shows an imposing white marble tomb by the sea on the neighbouring island of Sifnos, by the ...

Dimensions (W x H): 22.5 x 33 / 9 x 13

A lovely pair of engravings. The top shows a view of this island from the sea. The bottom shows inhabitants of the island - a woman with a spinning wheel with her daughters beside her and a cat at her feet.In 1776 Choiseul-Gouffier and the artist J.B. Hilaire joined a cartographic survey of the ...

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

A pair of contrasting scenes from Patmos, in the Dodecanese. The top shows the imposing interior of the Church of the Apocalypse, which enshrines the sacred grotto where St John received and accounted his ‘Revelations’. The bottom engraving shows two women holding water urns, in conversation at a ...

Dimensions (W x H): 22.5 x 34 / 9 x 13½