Hand Colored Engraving by Roberts / Bracebridge: Mosque Erected in Hebron, Israel

Two slim towers rise from a heavy fortress-like building above a crowd on the road

This hand colored engraving is from London, England, United Kingdom, and is dated 1835. 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. Touched with color, a view of a fortress-like building with a pair of tall square towers, a dome at the base, and a group of robed figures on the steps below. Green hills behind. It is 9.3 inches wide and 6.3 high.

A great deal of masonry and an equally great deal of patience.