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

River winds through a green valley toward a distant hilltop town, unhurried.

This hand colored engraving is from London, England, United Kingdom, and is dated 1834. 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. Down a wooded ravine runs a narrow stream, flanked by a few tall dark trees and a group of seated figures at left. Far away a walled settlement caps the ridge under a pale sky. Lettering in capitals sits centered below the image. It is 9.3 inches wide and 6.2 high.

Distance has rarely been rendered with so little fuss.