English Hand Colored Engraving, Framed

Evidently a little boat takes a wave on the chin under a sky full of weather

This hand colored engraving is from England, United Kingdom, and is dated 1860. It is ink on paper. Thomas Allom, an architect and founding member of what became the Royal Institute of British Architects, illustrated books on China in the 1840s without ever making the trip there himself. Very small, a hand-colored seascape with a small boat tilting on churning gray-green waves, steep cliffs behind, and heavy clouds overhead. It sits in a wide white mat and a warm amber-toned frame with a woven look. It is 19.75 inches wide and 18.5 high.

Brave little boat, and a very theatrical sky to match.