From near the ruined pyramid of Abooroask
Anton Schranz (Ochsenhausen, Austria 1769 - Malta 1839)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1841 - 1842
Materials
Ink, Paper, Watercolour paint
Measurements
200 x 335 mm; 736 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Austria
Order this imageCollection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 499373.10.1
Summary
One of a pair in a set of landscapes; watercolour on paper. A landscape with a rocky foreground with uneven ground behind; the outline of this scene is sketched using pen. A figure stands beside a ruined wall to the left and uneven ground stretches beyond. Three pyramids in the far distance and three small figures on the land in front. Mounted within a bound portfolio.
Provenance
Thomas Legh (1792-1857) travelled extensively in the Middle East and Egypt in the early 19th century. He produced his own drawings of this but they did not survive. In 1841 Viscount Castlereagh undertook a similar journey and he employed Anton Schranz to produce a record of his travels. He had them bound into a series of portfolios, this set is the first portfolio.
Marks and inscriptions
From near the ruined Pyramid of [a]booroask / Wednesday 6 April 1862. / (hand-written in pen, bottom left corner of image)
Makers and roles
Anton Schranz (Ochsenhausen, Austria 1769 - Malta 1839), artist