Hand Colored Engraving by Callcott / Morier: View of Rainbow At Mount Ararat

Calmly, a double rainbow arcs over a snowy peak and a ruined tower

This hand colored engraving is from London, England, United Kingdom, and is dated 1834. 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. Lightly colored, a scene with a square, weathered tower at left, a wide plain, pale mountain, and bright rainbows against a dark, stormy sky. A small group of travelers and animals gathers in the foreground. Captions sit below. It is 9.3 inches wide and 6.3 high.

The sky put on a show and the tower stayed put.