Petra Tombs
Anton Schranz (Ochsenhausen, Austria 1769 - Malta 1839)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1841 - 1842
Materials
Paper, Watercolour paint
Measurements
335 x 463 mm; 735 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Austria
Order this imageCollection
Lyme, Cheshire (Accredited Museum)
NT 499377
Summary
One of a set of landscapes; watercolour on paper. A desert scene with a rock face to the left and various buildings. The rock face has three small arched openings and infront in the middle distance is a building with inset columns and flat roof next to a smaller building. A flowering shrub is situated on the right in the foreground next to a cactus with a small building behind. 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 fifth portfolio.
Marks and inscriptions
No 11 / (hand-written pencil on mount, top left corner)
Makers and roles
Anton Schranz (Ochsenhausen, Austria 1769 - Malta 1839), artist