Beirout from the heights above it
Anton Schranz (Ochsenhausen, Austria 1769 - Malta 1839)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1841 - 1842
Materials
Paper, Watercolour paint
Measurements
341 x 506 mm; 735 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Austria
Order this imageCollection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 499377.14
Summary
One of a set of landscapes; watercolour on paper. A landscape with a view of a stretch of water below. Land in the foreground with a tree to the left and various trees on the right extending across the middle distance, with a partially concealed building. Two figures in the foreground near a seated figure on the left and the foreground looks down onto a plain of land with a city beside a stretch of water. Across the horizon a stretch of land is visible in the distance. 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 44 / (hand-written pencil on mount, top left corner)
Makers and roles
Anton Schranz (Ochsenhausen, Austria 1769 - Malta 1839), artist