Engraving by Bernard Picart: The Peruvians Light Their Sacred Fire, Framed

Figures swarm an altar before a row of tall buildings, all in miniature.

This engraving is from London, England, United Kingdom, and dates to the 18th century. It is ink on paper. Orientalism, a genre of art about the East, is generally traced to Napoleon's 1798 invasion of Egypt, which encouraged scholars and artists to visit and document North Africa and the Middle East. People kneel and stand around a raised altar in a small rectangular print, with stepped platforms and flat-roofed buildings behind. Hatching gives it a grey tone. A wide cream mat and a pale gilt frame with carved leaf details surround it. It is 16 inches wide and 14 high.

A great deal of action, politely confined to a few inches.