Gebel Ataka or Mountain of Deliverance
Anton Schranz (Ochsenhausen, Austria 1769 - Malta 1839)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1841 - 1842
Materials
Paper, Watercolour paint
Measurements
260 x 365 mm; 736 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Austria
Order this imageCollection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 499373.11.2
Summary
One of a pair in a set of landscapes; watercolour on paper. A landscape with two tents surrounded by a group of figures. Mound in the foreground with small shrubs, a group of three figures and a flat area of land extends into the distance. A mound on the left has a green and white tent beside it surrounded by figures and camels, and mountains rise to the right in the background with camels infront. 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
Gebel [a]taka / (hand-written pencil on mount, top right corner)
Makers and roles
Anton Schranz (Ochsenhausen, Austria 1769 - Malta 1839), artist