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Messina: ruins of the city after an earthquake. Coloured aquatint, 1809, after L. Mayer.

Reservoir of the Sealed Fountain, near Bethlehem. Coloured aquatint, 1803, after L. Mayer.

Baths of Cleopatra, at Alexandria. Coloured aquatint, 1802, after L. Mayer.

Ruins of the grand aqueduct of ancient Carthage. Coloured aquatint, 1803, after L. Mayer.

Under the arches of the ancient bath at Cacamo, Turkey. Coloured aquatint, 1803, after L. Mayer.

Boatmen at the Baths of Cleopatra at Alexandria, Egypt. Coloured aquatint by T. Milton after L. Mayer, 1802.

The pool of Bethesda. Aquatint after L. Mayer.

Under the arches of the ancient bath at Cacamo, Turkey. Aquatint, 1812, after L. Mayer.

A crater on the island of Vulcano, Lipari islands. Coloured aquatint, 1812, after Luigi Mayer.

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Boatmen at the Baths of Cleopatra at Alexandria, Egypt. Coloured aquatint by T. Milton after L. Mayer, 1802.

The pool of Bethesda. Aquatint after L. Mayer.

Under the arches of the ancient bath at Cacamo, Turkey. Aquatint, 1812, after L. Mayer.

Baths of Cleopatra, at Alexandria. Coloured aquatint, 1802, after L. Mayer.

A crater on the island of Vulcano, Lipari islands. Coloured aquatint, 1812, after Luigi Mayer.