Bazaar in Demascus
Anton Schranz (Ochsenhausen, Austria 1769 - Malta 1839)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1841 - 1842
Materials
Paper, Watercolour paint
Measurements
262 x 364 mm; 735 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Austria
Order this imageCollection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 499377.21.2
Summary
One of pair in a set of landscapes; watercolour on paper. A street scene flanked by wooden buildings framed by a large tree to the right. Four figures stand in the foreground with their backs facing on a street lined with wooden buildings, surrounded by various figures. The street winds into the distance and terminates in a wooden building with a roof supported by wooden posts. 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
Bazaar in Damascus / (hand-written pencil on mount, vertically down left side)
Makers and roles
Anton Schranz (Ochsenhausen, Austria 1769 - Malta 1839), artist