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Mayer (Auguste Etienne Francois, 1805-1890). Fountain at Pierre Loti Hill, 1866, gouache and watercolour, depicting a Middle-Eastern gentleman sitting on Pierre Loti Hill with a hookah pipe by a fountain under a gazebo of vines, a stunning backdrop behind him showing Eyup Sultan Mosque in the distance, artist signed and dated '66' to lower left, sheet size 37.4 x 60.2cm (14 6/8 x 23 6/8ins), mounted, framed and glazed (59.5 x 82.4cm), together with The Golden Horn, gouache and watercolour, depicting a scenic valley view possibly from Pierre Loti Hill, the Golden Horn in the distance, under a setting/rising sun, in the foreground a shepherd laying on the grass by a stream, surrounded by a few of his flock, artist signed and dated 1866 lower left, a sheet size 37.4 x 60.2cm (14 6/8 x 23 6/8ins), mounted, framed and glazed (59.5 x 82.4cm) Auguste Étienne François Mayer was a French painter, born in 1805 in Brest. He specialised in naval scenes, particularly battle scenes and harbours and started exhibiting his works in private and public exhibitions in 1824. He participated in several arctic expeditions and reflected his impressions in his art. He travelled extensively to Turkey, Egypt, the Netherlands and Sweden but was particularly celebrated for his paintings depicting a fountain on the shores of the Bosphorus, exhibited in 1844. Mayer was appointed professor and taught drawing at the École Navale. His celebrated works The Trafalgar Battle and The Navarine Battle is housed in the Musée de la Marine, Paris.