Desert of Sinai, Waddy Sad
Anton Schranz (Ochsenhausen, Austria 1769 - Malta 1839)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1841 - 1842
Materials
Paper, Watercolour paint
Measurements
250 x 360 mm; 736 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Austria
Order this imageCollection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 499373.13.2
Summary
One of a pair in a set of landscapes; watercolour on paper. A desert scene with a tent in the middle distance. Uneven foreground dotted with small shrubs, with a large tree on the left in the middle distance; a group of figures are gathered under the tree. The tree has a draped piece of grey cloth near the base and to the right is a white tent with a figure and camel nearby. 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
Waddy Sad / (hand-written pencil on mount, top right corner)
Makers and roles
Anton Schranz (Ochsenhausen, Austria 1769 - Malta 1839), artist