English Hand Colored Engraving, Framed

Surely a white domed building and a squat tower wait on a quiet skyline

This hand colored engraving is from England, United Kingdom, and is dated 1860. It is ink on paper. Printmaking carried enthusiasm for the Orient beyond a small circle of patrons, because publishers and artists produced illustrated books on travel and religion that could be distributed affordably to all classes. Small in scale, a hand-colored landscape showing a pale domed structure, a tall square tower, and low walls across a hazy plain. It sits in a wide white mat and an amber-toned frame decorated with a leafy pattern. It is 19.75 inches wide and 18.5 high.

A lot of white wall and a very modest horizon.