Engraving by Alexander / Locker: Harbor Scene Near Rajmahal, India

Somehow a square-sailed vessel drifts past wooded hills with a trail of smaller boats

This engraving is from England, United Kingdom, and is dated 1811. It is ink on paper. These European views of the East were not always accurate and were prone to stereotype, yet they reflected genuine curiosity, and many were hand colored and are still appreciated as historical artworks. Rendered in black and white, a harbor scene, with a tall sailing boat with battened sails in the foreground and several small vessels receding along a hilly shoreline. A script caption sits beneath the plate, framed by a wide white margin. It is 10.6 inches wide and 8.3 high.

The big sail dominates and the small ones accept it.