Birseba or Beersheba
Anton Schranz (Ochsenhausen, Austria 1769 - Malta 1839)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1841 - 1842
Materials
Paper, Watercolour paint
Measurements
323 x 465 mm; 740 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Austria
Order this imageCollection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 499376.3.2
Summary
One of a pair in a set of landscapes; watercolour on paper. An desert scene with a herd of sheep. A group of figures is gathered, washing themselves beside a wall in the centre of the scene. Surrounding them is a herd of sheep with goats and a group of camels on the left side. The foreground is in shadow with a group of goats with horns on the right and the desert stretches into the horizon. 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 fourth portfolio.
Marks and inscriptions
Beersheba / (hand-written pencil on mount, top right corner)
Makers and roles
Anton Schranz (Ochsenhausen, Austria 1769 - Malta 1839), artist