The Temple of Horus, Edfu, (No.32)
Anton Schranz (Ochsenhausen, Austria 1769 - Malta 1839)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1841 - 1842
Materials
Paper, Watercolour paint
Measurements
580 x 780 mm
Place of origin
Austria
Order this imageCollection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 499374.22
Summary
One of a set of landscapes; watercolour on paper. An outdoor scene with a group of figures in the foreground, and two groups of figures in the middle distance. A building towers above them to the right carved with figures and hieroglyphics and the top of a sunken temple is visible with fluted columns extending from the building along the ground to the left. Palm trees and a stretch of water are visible in the background. 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), artist