Captain James Weir (1757-1820)

Captain James Weir (1757-1820) Three views of Sicily: A view of the Temples at Agrigento, inscribed with title (lower centre) and historical account (to the reverse), watercolour on paper, 25 x 36.5cm; Near Mount Etna, inscribed 'Valone di Maletta on M.t AEtna (?...) 1805 in ascending AEtna' (lower centre) and further inscribed with topographical details on the reverse, watercolour on paper, 26 x 35cm; A view of the caves at Latomie, inscribed 'part of the Latomia, Syracuse 31 Jan.y 1799 (?u)nd by Dionysiuis (ae?) prisons' (lower centre); 'Made from the Papyrus at/ Syracuse January 1799/ by Cap.n J Weir/ Papyrus of the/ River ana(pis?) at/ Syracuse' (on a papyrus label to the reverse), watercolour on two sheets of paper, 19 x 41cm; together with another view, possibly of Sicily, watercolour on two sheets of paper, 15.5 x 56cm (4)