The Ptolemaic-Roman Temple at Esna, Upper Egypt
Anton Schranz (Ochsenhausen, Austria 1769 - Malta 1839)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1841 - 1842
Materials
Paper, Watercolour paint
Measurements
560 x 690 mm
Place of origin
Austria
Order this imageCollection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 499374.24
Summary
One of a set of landscapes; watercolour on paper. Depicts the interior of a temple with a man seated at the base of a column wearing a fez and blue jacket, holding a stick. He is surrounded by carved walls and tall fluted columns with carved hieroglyphics and figures. The temple terminates in an entrance to another chamber. On the left, an opening at the top of the wall projects light into the chamber. 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