Karnak
Anton Schranz (Ochsenhausen, Austria 1769 - Malta 1839)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1841 - 1842
Materials
Paper, Watercolour paint
Measurements
255 x 355 mm; 735 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Austria
Order this imageCollection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 499375.8
Summary
One of pair in a set of landscapes; watercolour on paper. Depicts a scene with various columns, with a lone figure on the left seated at the base of a column and a fallen column in the centre of the scene. Two large columns carved with hieroglyphics dominate the foreground, with various columns behind joined with horizontal pieces of stone to the top. 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 19 / (hand-written pencil on mount, top left)
Makers and roles
Anton Schranz (Ochsenhausen, Austria 1769 - Malta 1839), artist