Hand Colored Engraving by Harding / Catherwood: The Summit of Mount Sinai

Quietly, a broken fortress stands at a rocky summit with snow lying on the far ridges

This hand colored engraving is from London, England, United Kingdom, and dates to the 19th century. 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. Tinted by hand, a scene of a ruined square tower and gate on a boulder-strewn peak, with pale snowcapped mountains behind and tiny figures picking over rubble in the foreground. It is 9.3 inches wide and 6.3 high.

The walls have lost the argument but kept the best seat.