Castle between Tyre and Sidon
Anton Schranz (Ochsenhausen, Austria 1769 - Malta 1839)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1841 - 1842
Materials
Paper, Watercolour paint
Measurements
350 x 450 mm; 735 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Austria
Order this imageCollection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 499377.12
Summary
One of a set of landscapes; watercolour on paper. An outdoor scene with shrubs in the foreground, hills in the background and a small stretch of water on the right side. A figure sits on the wall in the foreground with shrubs in front of the wall. In the middle distance are ruined walls surrounded by shrubs with an expanse of green land behind. Extending from the left in the background is a series of hills with a small castle visible on the summit of the central hill. 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
Between Tyre [and] Sidon / No 6 / (hand-written pencil on mount, top left corner)
Makers and roles
Anton Schranz (Ochsenhausen, Austria 1769 - Malta 1839), artist