The Priest of the Law, Plate 9 from Caravan of a Sultan Going to Mecca

An etching on laid paper showing a robed figure seated on a low bench at the edge of a paved terrace, one hand raised toward a tall turbaned man beside him. Trees and a low wall recede behind them, with a tiled ground in the foreground and a small caption in the lower margin.

Artist

Joseph Marie Vien

Date

1748

Medium

Etching on cream laid paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

2075 × 3000 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum