El Kaf, the Ancient Sicca Veneria.

Biography:

Thomas Allom (1804 –1872)   

Artist, illustrator and prominent architect, Allom designed many buildings in London, including the Church of St Peters.  Allom is best known for his paintings and engravings of various exotic countries. Beginning in the 1820’s he traveled extensively throughout Britain, Europe, Middle East and China. He published his travel in the following accounts, all of which were superbly illustrated with fine and detailed engravings; Constantinople and the Scenery of the Seven Churches of Asia Minor 1838, Character and Costume in Turkey and Italy, 1840.