William Daniell

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William Daniell (born 1769 in Chertsey , Surrey, † August 16, 1837 in New Camden Town ) was a British painter and etcher.

Daniell accompanied his uncle Thomas Daniell to India and became a member of the royal academy in 1822. He provided a lot of drawings and engravings for works; so he was an employee of the one named above.

Works (excerpt)

  • A series of Views of London etc. (12 colored sheets, London 1812)
  • Interesting selections of animated nature (60 sheets, das. 1809, 2nd edition with 120 sheets 1820)
  • A Voyage round Great Britain - in the summer 1813 (das. 1814–20, 4 volumes)
  • Illustrations of the island of Staffa (9 colored sheets, das. 1818)

Appeared after his death

  • Eastern legendary tales and oriental romances etc. , steel engravings after Daniell's drawings (London, 2 volumes)

One of his paintings, A View of the longwalk , Windsor, is in the royal collection.

Web links

Commons : William Daniell  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files