Print collector's quarterly (12.1925)

and the zinc plates were carelessly laid aside in the
artist's studio.
Some larger plates, such as W. 203, In Stamboul,
W. 204, Street in Constantinople, W. 205, Aladdin, and
W. 206, A Vizir, were destined to be published, but
owing to the little interest taken in them at that time,
an interim edition of ten or twenty copies was con-
sidered sufficient. This is why in some cases the early
editions of these plates differ somewhat from the later
proofs and are not numbered. Proofs of the plates
to complete the number of 100 were printed later,
which accounts for the difference in colour of the ink
and paper.
Soon after his first journey Bauer went to Egypt and
Palestine, and besides some more small etchings he
produced, in the intervals between these trips, a number
of larger plates, of which the following are specially
to be mentioned : W. 213 Entry of a Queen (1894),
W. 215 Mohammed II., W. 216 Mosque El Askar,
W. 217 Mosque El Hassan, W. 219 Pilgrimage, W. 220
A Street in Cairo, W. 221 A Festival Day (1895), etc. In
1898 Bauer went to British India, impatient to see the
Oriental pomp shown at the Indian courts of which he
had read so much, and which had already inspired him
to illustrate the work by P. Villiers de L’lsle Adam,
“ Akedysseril,” with eight etchings.
This voyage may be considered the greatest time in his
career, the whole journey being continual excitement for
him. On his return home he made the following charming
small etchings : W. 57 The Tower of Babel, W. 113 Pro-
cession with Elephants (both reproduced here), W. 89
Elephants in Hyderabad, W. 98 Fort at Agra, W. 30
Hindoo Temple, W. 39 Snake-charmer, W. 112 By the

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