Lahibe, Mt. Lebanon
Anton Schranz (Ochsenhausen, Austria 1769 - Malta 1839)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1841 - 1842
Materials
Paper, Watercolour paint
Measurements
273 x 370 mm; 735 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Austria
Order this imageCollection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 499377.21.1
Summary
One of pair in a set of landscapes; watercolour on paper. A landscape with a riverbank in the foreground and a town in the background; trees frame the scene on the right. The riverbank is beside a river to the right which winds into the distance under a bridge and three figures are seated in the foreground with a dog. In the background the ground rises on the left covered with houses and hills rise in the background to the right. 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
Lahibe / village in [}] / M[.t] Lebanon / (hand-written pencil on mount, vertically down right side)
Makers and roles
Anton Schranz (Ochsenhausen, Austria 1769 - Malta 1839), artist