Hand Colored Engraving by Thomas ALLOM: Rice Sellers At Military Station, Framed

Diners gather under a round parasol for what looks like a full meal outdoors

This hand colored engraving is from London, England, United Kingdom, and is dated 1843. 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. In miniature, a hand-colored scene of figures seated at a table beneath a large umbrella, with a standing figure in a tall hat and boats at the water's edge behind. It sits in a wide cream mat and a dark, scrolling frame. It is 22.25 inches wide and 20.5 high.

The parasol is doing its very best against the weather.