Tomb of Malek Adhel
Anton Schranz (Ochsenhausen, Austria 1769 - Malta 1839)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1841 - 1842
Materials
Paper, Watercolour paint
Measurements
255 x 360 mm; 736 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Austria
Order this imageCollection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 499373.2.1
Summary
One of pair in a set of landscapes; watercolour on paper. A desert landscape with sand in the foreground and two figures, one pointing towards a city on the extreme right. In the middle distance are the remains of a building in red and yellow brick with a tall domed roof and spire. Two figures are dwarfed by the building and the land rises slightly in the background. 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 8. / (hand-written pencil on mount, top left corner)
Makers and roles
Anton Schranz (Ochsenhausen, Austria 1769 - Malta 1839), artist