Adolf Ulrik Schützercrantz

He worked in several techniques, producing topographical views, scenes from everyday life, illustrations of costumes and military uniforms, and travel sketches.

[1] Adolf Ulrik's grandfather Herman Schützercrantz [sv] was a prominent surgeon and member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

Typically, the subject matters of Schützercrantz' works are depictions of everyday life, sometimes comical (to some extent in the style of Thomas Rowlandson); city scenes or landscapes in the tradition of Pehr Hilleström and Elias Martin; and illustrations of costumes and military uniforms for printed publications.

His longest journey, in 1838, brought him via Spain, Portugal and Malta to Greece, western Turkey and Egypt.

He was among the first Swedes since Matthias Palbitzki (1623–1677) to bring back drawings and sketches from Greece and the Near East to Sweden.