Hand Colored Engraving by Balmar: View of Mount Zion, Jerusalem

White-domed building with a thin minaret waits patiently beyond a field of low flowers.

This hand colored engraving is from London, England, United Kingdom, and is dated 1835. It is ink on paper. Printmaking carried enthusiasm for the Orient beyond a small circle of patrons, because publishers and artists produced illustrated books on travel and religion that could be distributed affordably to all classes. Foreground figures sit in small groups and a rider on a camel crosses at left. It is 9.3 inches wide and 6.3 high.

A quiet postcard from a time before postcards.