Hand Colored Engraving by J.m.w. Turner: View of Ramah in Israel

Sheep scatter across a green slope below a hill town with a domed shrine

This hand colored engraving is from London, England, United Kingdom, and dates to the 19th century. 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. Brushed with color, a landscape with a flock of sheep and a pair of tall trees in the foreground, a white domed building, and terraced houses on a rise, with soft hills behind. It is 9.3 inches wide and 6.3 high.

The flock is in charge here and the town knows it.