Engraving by A.h. Payne: Scene in the Brazilian Forest (Tiger Hunt)

Dense forest closes in, and a small clearing glows at its center.

This engraving is from England, United Kingdom, and dates to the 19th century. 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. Thick trees and hanging vines fill this upright plate, drawn in close stipple and line. Tall palms rise in the middle distance and a pale slender shape stands in the lit gap. Tiny figures rest on the ground. A script caption sits below. It is 7.5 inches wide and 10.5 high.

All that leafy detail, rendered by someone with excellent eyesight.