Ationia, Mt. Lebanon
Anton Schranz (Ochsenhausen, Austria 1769 - Malta 1839)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1841 - 1842
Materials
Paper, Watercolour paint
Measurements
263 x 366 mm; 735 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Austria
Order this imageCollection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 499377.16.2
Summary
One of a pair in a set of landscapes; watercolour on paper. A landscape with a sand coloured foreground flanked by trees. The trees flank three figures in the foreground, one resting a stick on his shoulder. Trees also line a central path running towards the right flanked by sloping grassy banks. In the centre of the scene is a town partially concealed by trees with mountains rising in the background. 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
[a]tionia / No 7 / (hand-written pencil on mount, top right corner)
Makers and roles
Anton Schranz (Ochsenhausen, Austria 1769 - Malta 1839), artist