Hand Colored Engraving by T. Allom: View of El Kaf in Tunisia

Apparently a hilltop citadel looms over a heap of ruined walls and two bright-clad travelers

This hand colored engraving is from London, England, United Kingdom, and is dated 1842. It is ink on paper. These European views of the East were not always accurate and were prone to stereotype, yet they reflected genuine curiosity, and many were hand colored and are still appreciated as historical artworks. Lightly colored, a landscape with a battlemented fortress on a distant rise, crumbled dwellings below, and a pair of figures in red and blue resting on the path. Pale, cloudy sky. It is 10.8 inches wide and 8.2 high.

The fortress keeps watch while everyone else sits down.