Sidon
Anton Schranz (Ochsenhausen, Austria 1769 - Malta 1839)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1841 - 1842
Materials
Paper, Watercolour paint
Measurements
263 x 367 mm; 735 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Austria
Order this imageCollection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 499377.13
Summary
One of a set of landscapes; watercolour on paper. An outdoor scene set around a harbour with stony sloping ground in the foreground. A group of four figures, two reclining are situated on the sloping ground, one holds a rifle; another figure sits to the right looking out to the water. A tree frames the scene to the left, with a shore in front with two figures beside the water. A city stretches from the left in the background with a series of bridges spanning the water terminating in a castle. 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
Sidon No 3. / (hand-written pencil on mount, top left corner)
Makers and roles
Anton Schranz (Ochsenhausen, Austria 1769 - Malta 1839), artist