The Ramesseum: the Mortuary Temple of Ramesses II, Thebes
Anton Schranz (Ochsenhausen, Austria 1769 - Malta 1839)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1841 - 1842
Materials
Paper, Watercolour paint
Measurements
360 x 523 mm; 735 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Austria
Order this imageCollection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 499375.3
Summary
One of a set of landscapes; watercolour on paper. A desert landscape with a mound in the foreground and a group of small figures, one holding a stick. Ruined temple to the right with lotus columns with blocks of stone to the top. Temple to the left with columns carved with figures and hills in the far distance with buildings in front. 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 3. / (hand-written pencil on mount, top left)
Makers and roles
Anton Schranz (Ochsenhausen, Austria 1769 - Malta 1839), artist