Hand Colored Engraving by C. Bentley, Engraved By J. Sands: View of the Ruins At Sbeitlah, Tunisia, Framed

Storm clouds gather over a ridge as a small party takes a break

This hand colored engraving is from England, United Kingdom, and is dated 1842. It is ink on paper. Thomas Allom, an architect and founding member of what became the Royal Institute of British Architects, illustrated books on China in the 1840s without ever making the trip there himself. Very small, a hand-colored landscape with cloudy skies, a rocky bluff with buildings, and a couple of figures seated in the foreground. Greens and blues are muted. It sits in a taupe mat and a dark, ornate frame. It is 21 inches wide and 19.5 high.

Gloomy sky, good company, and a bluff with a view.