Print Specifics: Syra [Modern Syros] Type of print: Intaglio, Steel engraving - Original antique print Year of printing: 1838 Artist - Publisher: Bartlett - Fisher, Son & Co, London, Paris Condition: 1 (1. Excellent - 2. Very good - 3. Good - 4. Fair). Dimensions: 8 x 10.5 inches, (20 x 26 cm) including blank margins (borders) around the image. Paper weight: 2 (1. Thick - 2. Heavier - 3. Medium heavy - 4. Slightly heavier - 5. Thin) Reverse side: Blank Note: 1. Green border around the print in the photo is a contrasting background on which the print was photographed. 2. The print detail is much sharper than the photo of the print. 3. The map (not included) shows the approximate location of the spot shown in the engraving. Original Narrative:       After leaving Rhodes, and wandering three days among the islands, near Patmos, Delos, &c., it came on to blow at dusk, and the night set in with a high wind and sea, when Syra came in sight: its bright lights, dispersed as it were in the sky, were delicious to our longing eyes ; we neared them fast, and still they seemed not of this world,-from the foot to the crest of each peopled cliff they streamed; and when at length we entered the still water among the shipping in the harbour, the magic of the scene did not disappear. The white buildings looked like masses of snow on the mountain-side in the dimness of night ; we only saw distinctly the windows, whose lights were like spectre-gleams over the silent town. Morning disclosed this immense hive of buildings, glaring in the face of the sun ; without trees or gardens, without comfort or cleanliness ; narrow, very dirty, and precipitous streets, houses climbing on each other-a splendid panorama to the eye, a hateful residence to the feelings. On the extreme right is the house of Mr. Wilkinson, the English consul and merchant, of handsome and comfortable interior, a very palace to the traveller, after he has threaded his way through the squalid, white-washed, and confused homes of the Greeks. Here he will find a hospitable reception, with the tastes, and manners, and usages of his own land; and that land's female beauty is there also, worth all the Sciote and Samian faces, and all the " maids of Athens" put together. Grecian, as well as Turkish beauty, is a great illusion, a beau-ideal of the poet, who loves, as he goes along, like Lamartine, to people every shore and every home with exquisite eyes, and voices, and forms. A greater number of fine and splendid women may be met with every day in the walks of London, than in Damascus, Greece, or Syria during a whole year. At the back of the consul's house is the principal church of the town, with its lofty tower: the long building in the middle of the plate, near the sea, is the Greek school, conducted chiefly by native masters : the edifice on the summit of the hill, above all the others, is that of the primate, a mixture of convent and palace.   Martin2001 Satisfaction Guaranteed Policy! Any print purchased from me may be returned for any (or no) reason for a full refund including all postage. Internet seller since 1998. Five-star service.