Hand Colored Engraving by Jhoola A.: Scene on the Yamuna River in India

Today a narrow footbridge crosses a rushing stream below snowy peaks

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. Colored by hand, a mountain view with dark pine slopes, a rushing stream, a small footbridge, and pale snowcapped peaks beyond. A red-coated figure sits on a rock at left. It is 10.6 inches wide and 6.9 high.

The bridge looks sturdy enough, and the traveler seems to agree.