English Hand Colored Engraving, Framed

Still, a walled waterfront waits beyond a single boat in a gray-green calm

This hand colored engraving is from England, United Kingdom, and is dated 1860. 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. A tiny hand-colored harbor view of low buildings and a tower along a still waterway, with a small sailing boat in front. It floats in a wide white mat with a narrow patterned slip and an ornate, leafy burnished frame. It is 19.65 inches wide and 18.5 high.

A great deal of frame to hold one patient sailboat.