Well between Hebron and Jerusalem
Anton Schranz (Ochsenhausen, Austria 1769 - Malta 1839)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1841 - 1842
Materials
Paper, Watercolour paint
Measurements
260 x 365 mm; 740 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Austria
Order this imageCollection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 499376.6
Summary
One of a pair in a set of landscapes; watercolour on paper. An outdoor scene set against a cloudy sky, with the foreground lined with boulders and shrubs. Two male figures are gathered around a ruined wall, which runs across the middle distance, with a well behind. The figure on the right has a vase of water in his right hand and the other figure is leaning over the wall. The wall stands in front of a ruined building with an entrance blocked with stones and in the far distance to the left, a tent is visible with a group of figures. 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
Well between Hebron [?] Jerusalem / No 12. / (hand-written pencil on mount, top left corner)
Makers and roles
Anton Schranz (Ochsenhausen, Austria 1769 - Malta 1839), artist