The Temple of Ramesses III at Medinat Habu, Thebes
Anton Schranz (Ochsenhausen, Austria 1769 - Malta 1839)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1841 - 1842
Materials
Paper, Watercolour paint
Measurements
345 x 505 mm; 735 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Austria
Order this imageCollection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 499375.4
Summary
One of a set of landscapes; watercolour on paper. A landscape with a column framing the scene to the left and a courtyard behind with pieces of rubble and columns on the ground. A covered walkway stretches from the left to right around the courtyard with columns carved with hieroglyphics. 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
Thebes [?] of Medinat Habon / No 22 / (hand-written pencil on mount, top left)
Makers and roles
Anton Schranz (Ochsenhausen, Austria 1769 - Malta 1839), artist