Salakieh a suburb of Damascus
Anton Schranz (Ochsenhausen, Austria 1769 - Malta 1839)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1841 - 1842
Materials
Paper, Watercolour paint
Measurements
358 x 527 mm; 735 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Austria
Order this imageCollection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 499377.19
Summary
One of a set of landscapes; watercolour on paper. An outdoor scene with a street winding into the distance and rubble in the foreground to the right. Buildings flank the street, which has a ruined mosque to the left with a tower, dome and rectangular windows. Three male figures stand on the street in the foreground and various figures stand behind them. The street terminates in a city in the far distance with towers and domed buildings. 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 4. / (hand-written pencil on mount, top left corner)
Makers and roles
Anton Schranz (Ochsenhausen, Austria 1769 - Malta 1839), artist