The Kiosk of Trajan, Philae, Nubia
Anton Schranz (Ochsenhausen, Austria 1769 - Malta 1839)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1841 - 1842
Materials
Paper, Watercolour paint
Measurements
550 x 640 mm
Place of origin
Austria
Order this imageCollection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 499374.17
Summary
One of a set of landscapes; watercolour on paper. A river scene with a group of figures on the shore, two standing and three seated. To the right is a wall rising from rocks with palm trees nearby. A building stands in the background with an open roof made from lotus columns joined at the top by rows of horizontal stone; mountains are visible in the distance. 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