Engraving by T. Allom: Vale of Ting-hai Chusan

Calmly, a calm lake spreads below layered hills while two tiny watchers lean on the slope

This engraving is from London, England, United Kingdom, and is dated 1843. 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. Drawn in black and white, a landscape of a broad lake ringed by soft overlapping mountains, with dark foliage and a couple of small figures on the near bank. It is 10.5 inches wide and 7.8 high.

A wide view that politely refuses to hurry.