Cairo - Tombs of Caliphs
Anton Schranz (Ochsenhausen, Austria 1769 - Malta 1839)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1841 - 1842
Materials
Paper, Watercolour paint
Measurements
360 x 530 mm; 735 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Austria
Order this imageCollection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 499375.17
Summary
One of a set of landscapes; watercolour on paper. A desert landscape with an uneven foreground and two camels with a figure nearby. A lone figure to the right and a large building to the left in the middle distance with various domes and two towers. To the right is a partially visible building with a domed roof and red and white striped bricks, with two camels nearby. In the far distance is a hill with a group of camels and a city. Mounted within a bound portfolio.
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, this set is the third portfolio.
Marks and inscriptions
No 53. / (hand-written pencil on mount, top left corner)
Makers and roles
Anton Schranz (Ochsenhausen, Austria 1769 - Malta 1839), artist