Hand Colored Engraving by Sir Grenville Temple Bart, Engraved By J.Tingle: View of the Salt Plain in Tunisia, Framed

Somewhere, a natural rock arch frames a bright river like a ready-made picture frame

This hand colored engraving is from England, United Kingdom, and is dated 1842. It is ink on paper. These European views of the East were not always accurate and were prone to stereotype, yet they reflected genuine curiosity, and many were hand colored and are still appreciated as historical artworks. Small in scale, a hand-colored view of a rocky span with a wide opening over blue-green water, with small boats and trees at its base. A broad white mat and a dark, richly carved frame surround it. It is 21 inches wide and 19.5 high.

Nature did the framing first and the frame-maker piled on.