English Steel Engraving by W.m. Craig: A Person of Rank in Congo Carried By His Slaves

Four bearers carry a seated figure on a pole through a clearing, with real effort.

This steel engraving is from England, United Kingdom, and dates to the 19th 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. Dark cross-hatching builds a wide plate of four men with a long pole across their shoulders, a hammock-like seat slung between them. Palm fronds and a small hut frame the scene against a cloudy sky. A printed caption in capitals runs below. It is 10.25 inches wide and 8 high.

The sky is dramatic, the walking looks harder.