Hand Colored Engraving by T. Allom: Arrival of Marriage Presents

Visitors cluster around a veranda in conversation, with plenty of leaning and nodding

This hand colored engraving is from London, England, United Kingdom, and is dated 1843. 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. Touched with color, an interior view of a carved beamed veranda with latticed screens and tiled eaves, where small groups of figures sit and stand in dark and bright robes. It is 10.5 inches wide and 7.8 high.

Everyone is a little bit busy being polite.