William DANIELL
Penlee House, Penzance holds a set of original pencil drawings for the Penzance and St Michael's Mount aquatints (produced in 1813) by Daniell for Richard Ayton's book A Voyage Around Great Britain.
In 1799 Daniell entered the RA Schools, following in the footsteps of his uncle Thomas DANIELL (1749-1840) who had become responsible for bringing up his orphaned nephew. This was after William had accompanied his uncle to India, where Thomas worked as an engraver after his own training at the RA Schools (1773) and exhibiting at the RA; hence William was already an experienced landscape painter. His brother Samuel DANIELL (1775-1811) was a topographical artist.
media
Painter, printmaker, aquatint engraver
works and access
Works include:The long-ships light house off the lands end Cornwall (1819); The entrance to Portreath, Cornwall (1819); Polperro (1825)
A set of original pencil drawings for the Penzance and St Michael's Mount aquatints (1813) for A Voyage Around Great Britain (Ayton)
Access to Work: Penlee House, Penzance; Aberdeen; Bedford; British Museum; Cardiff; Guildhall, London; Hull; Leeds; Leicester; Maidstone; Whitworth, Manchester; New College, Oxford; P&O collection; Stapleton Collection; Swansea; V&A; Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro; Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven
exhibitions
RA
memberships
ARA 1807
RA 1822
references
AskART.com
Grove Dictionary of Art
Prior ed (2007) An Illustrated Journey Round the World by Thomas, William & Samuel Daniell (The Folio Society MMVII)