Fakra, Mt. Lebanon
Anton Schranz (Ochsenhausen, Austria 1769 - Malta 1839)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1841 - 1842
Materials
Paper, Watercolour paint
Measurements
262 x 372 mm; 735 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Austria
Order this imageCollection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 499377.16
Summary
One of a pair in a set of landscapes; watercolour on paper. A landscape with long grass and three large pieces of stone in the foreground and a ruined building behind. Two figures sit on a piece of stone to the right and a ruined building stretches across the middle distance with a rectangular doorway surrounded by rubble with rocks to the left. 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 3 / Fakra / Mt [?] / Mt Lebanon / (hand-written pencil on mount, top left corner)
Makers and roles
Anton Schranz (Ochsenhausen, Austria 1769 - Malta 1839), artist