Hand Colored Engraving by Fitzmaurice: View of Kishon's Brook

Storm light breaks over a dark hill while riders ford a bright stream

This hand colored engraving is from London, England, United Kingdom, and is dated 1834. 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. Printed and tinted, a landscape with a heavy, moody sky, a broad dark mountain, and a pale glint on the water. Small figures and a mule cross the shallow stream in front. It is 9.3 inches wide and 6.3 high.

The weather is dramatic and the mule is not impressed.