Hand Colored Engraving by T. Allom: Dyeing & Winding Silk

Bright skeins of cloth hang to dry while workers wrestle huge vats beside the water

This hand colored engraving is from London, England, United Kingdom, and is dated 1843. 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. Seen here is a hand-colored workshop scene with an open red-tiled shed, hanging yellow and green fabric, and figures stirring and wringing at large round vats. A garden courtyard sits behind. It is 10.5 inches wide and 7.7 high.

Colorful chaos with a very practiced hand on every vat.