Engraving by W.h. Bartlett: Column of Marcian

Lone column with an ornate cap rises over cypress trees and tiny pilgrims.

This engraving is from 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. Rising from dark cypress and leafy trees, a tall shaft is topped by a block of elaborate carving. A low wall runs across the foreground where two small figures sit. The title in capitals sits centered under a plate mark. It is 6.6 inches wide and 10 high.

Height is the whole argument here, and it wins.