Hand Colored Engraving by T. Allom: View of the Coal Mines At Ying-tih

Apparently a towering rock face shelters a cave mouth above a quiet river with one rowboat

This hand colored engraving is from London, England, United Kingdom, and is dated 1843. 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. A tiny rowboat sits mid-stream. It is 10.5 inches wide and 7.7 high.

A cliff with a lot to say and a river to hear it.