Hand Colored Engraving by Callcott / Masters: View of the Fountain At Jericho

Dark, heavy trees crowd the bank of a still, black pool

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. Hand-tinted throughout, a landscape of a dense clump of tall trees, a calm dark pool in front with a few figures at the edge, and soft blue mountains behind. It is 9.3 inches wide and 6.3 high.

A pool that keeps very good secrets in its shade.