The Graeco-Roman Temple of Biga, near Philae, Nubia
Anton Schranz (Ochsenhausen, Austria 1769 - Malta 1839)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1841 - 1842
Materials
Paper, Watercolour paint
Measurements
475 x 577 mm
Place of origin
Austria
Order this imageCollection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 499374.16
Summary
One of a set of landscapes; watercolour on paper. A desert scene with two male figures, one standing with a stick and one sitting on rocks, near a palm tree. Behind them are temple ruins with two lotus columns with a broken archway next to a curved archway. In the background is the river Nile with mountains behind. Mounted within frame.
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, the second one (this one) has been framed and used to be displayed in the Bright Gallery.
Marks and inscriptions
The National Trust / Paper Conservation / Reference no. P90/78 / Date completed May 90 / Signature M. Goodwin / (black ink on label on frame)
Makers and roles
Anton Schranz (Ochsenhausen, Austria 1769 - Malta 1839), publisher