View of the Old City of Jerusalem

John Fullylove (active 2nd half 1800s) was a British painter known for the precisely observed, atmospheric topographical watercolors of Middle Eastern subjects that make him one of the accomplished topographical painters of the 19th century. View of the Old City of Jerusalem from the 2nd half of the 1800s depicts a view of the Old City of Jerusalem in the precisely observed, atmospheric manner that distinguishes Fullylove's best work from the more general topographical painting of his contemporaries. Jerusalem was one of the most important subjects in 19th-century topographical painting, and Fullylove's precisely observed, atmospheric treatment shows the topographical tradition at its most accomplished.

View of the Old City of Jerusalem is important in the history of 19th-century topographical painting because it demonstrates the precisely observed, atmospheric manner that Fullylove brought to Middle Eastern subjects as one of the accomplished topographical painters of the period. Fullylove's precisely observed, atmospheric topographical watercolors—combining the precise observation of Middle Eastern subjects with the atmospheric effect that is his most distinctive contribution—represent one of the accomplished traditions in 19th-century topographical painting, and the 2nd half 1800s painting shows this tradition at its most precisely observed.

View of the Old City of Jerusalem is Fullylove's precisely observed topographical watercolor: the Old City of Jerusalem rendered in the atmospheric manner of one of the accomplished topographical painters of the 19th century. The 2nd half 1800s painting shows the combination of precise observation with atmospheric effect that makes topographical painting of Middle Eastern subjects one of the accomplished traditions.