Sultan Tabroon
Anton Schranz (Ochsenhausen, Austria 1769 - Malta 1839)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1841 - 1842
Materials
Paper, Watercolour paint
Measurements
340 x 503 mm; 736 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Austria
Order this imageCollection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 499373.3
Summary
One of a set of landscapes; watercolour on paper. A scene set in the courtyard of a building with two figures in the foreground. The building has a covered walkway around it and an entrance on the left with a domed roof. The walkway continues to the right and terminates in a section with rectangular windows. Central tower to the right of the dome and the courtyard has a tree with a low wall and two figures 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
Sultan Tabroon / (hand-written pencil on mount, top left corner)
Makers and roles
Anton Schranz (Ochsenhausen, Austria 1769 - Malta 1839), artist