Engraving by From the Illustrated London News: Portion of the Great Wall of China

Rough crags and twisted trees fold into a mountain pass with a distant wall

This engraving is from China, and is dated 1862. It is ink on paper. The Finden brothers engraved biblical scenes after J.M.W. Turner for the 1836 book Landscape Illustrations of the Bible, and Turner relied on sketches by artists who had visited the Holy Lands. Drawn in black and white, a periodical-style plate of a rugged valley, with dark trees in the foreground, jagged rocks, and a thin wall running along a high ridge. Three columns of printed text and a toned, torn-looking margin sit below. It is 15.9 inches wide and 10.7 high.

Very little color, very big mountains, and plenty to read after.