Temple of the Kings, Thebes, Egypt
Anton Schranz (Ochsenhausen, Austria 1769 - Malta 1839)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1841 - 1842
Materials
Paper, Watercolour paint
Measurements
580 x 740 mm
Place of origin
Austria
Order this imageCollection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 499374.27
Summary
One of a set of landscapes; watercolour on paper. A desert scene with large rock formations to the left and right. Two figures in the middle distance, one standing and one seated and in the foreground are two decomposing corpses. To the left are lowered rectangular openings to tombs(?). 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. P90/6 / Date completed May 90 / Signature M. Goodwin / (black ink on label on frame)
Makers and roles
Anton Schranz (Ochsenhausen, Austria 1769 - Malta 1839), publisher