Hand Colored Engraving by T. Allom: Cotton Plantation At Ning Po

Gently, a narrow stream rushes under a footbridge toward a hazy hill town

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. Colored by hand, a valley scene with a mossy rock outcrop at left, a small bridge over fast water, and a long, low hill topped with distant buildings. Stormy clouds gather above. It is 10.5 inches wide and 7.8 high.

Stormy sky, little bridge, and nobody on it caring.