Engraving by T. Allom: El Kaf, the Ancient Sicca Veneria

Fortress on a bare rise looks out over beehive roofs and a few lounging figures.

This engraving is from London, England, United Kingdom, and dates to the mid 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. Grey tones render a walled citadel with a flag, set above a village of low domed huts. Two figures rest in the foreground, and birds hang in a pale sky. The title and a second line run in small capitals below. It is 10.8 inches wide and 8.2 high.

The fortress sulks above while the village gets on with life.