Natives of Nubia and our arab Cook
Anton Schranz (Ochsenhausen, Austria 1769 - Malta 1839)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1841 - 1842
Materials
Paper, Watercolour paint
Measurements
233 x 365 mm; 736 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Austria
Order this imageCollection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 499373.10.2
Summary
One of a pair in a set of landscapes; watercolour on paper. A desert scene with three figures on sandy coloured ground. A central male figure is seated on a rock, wearing a red fez and blue clothing with a pipe in his right hand. He is flanked by two figures with short black hair wearing draped clothing; one seated and one standing. 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
No 21 / (hand-written pencil on mount, top right corner)
Makers and roles
Anton Schranz (Ochsenhausen, Austria 1769 - Malta 1839), artist