Hand Colored Engraving by J.m.w. Turner: View of Jericho

Oddly, a solid old tower leans over a market street in front of blue mountains

This hand colored engraving is from London, England, United Kingdom, and is dated 1835. 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. Delicately tinted, a scene with a tall square tower at left, low flat-roofed buildings and small figures along a road, and layered blue mountains behind. It is 9.3 inches wide and 6.3 high.

The tower looms, the market ignores it, and the mountains approve.