Engraving by Thomas Boys: View of Benares

Long embankment leads the eye to a wide river and a few bystanders.

This engraving is by Thomas Boys, from England, United Kingdom, and dates to the mid 19th century. 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. A domed corner pavilion tops a high wall of broad steps at left, with figures standing and sitting along the quay. Small capital lettering sits below the plate mark. It is 10.8 inches wide and 8.2 high.

Steps, water and sky, handled with calm professional pride.