Clara Barthold Mayer

Clara Barthold Mayer (born in Switzerland during the late 18th century) was an Orientalist painter who worked in Istanbul.

It is believed that her father was serving as a dragoman for the British Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, Sir Robert Ainslie.

[1] While there, she met the painter, Luigi Mayer, a friend of the Ambassador, and married him; becoming his assistant.

Clara concentrated on landscapes and her first works were published by J. Harris of London that same year.

After Luigi's death in 1803, she continued painting, at their home in Portman Square; devoting much of her time to publishing and promoting their works.