Hand Colored Engraving by Roberts / Master: The Valley of Jehoshaphat

Rock-cut facades gaze over a hillside while a pale sky does the heavy lifting.

This hand colored engraving is from London, England, United Kingdom, and dates to the 19th century. 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. Washes of green, blue and tan tint a hillside crowded with carved fronts and a tall thin tower. Tumbled blocks fill the corner nearest the viewer. A printed title in capitals sits under the scene, with fine italic text below it. It is 9.3 inches wide and 6.25 high.

The colorist stayed inside the lines and mostly outside the shadows.