William
DANIELL,1769-1837
'A Voyage Round Great Britain' In early
1813, Daniell conceived of the ambitious plan
to travel around the entire coastline of
Britain while producing an illustrated work
of the voyage. ,In 1814, artist engraver
William Daniell set out to record the people,
places, towns and villages around Britain's
coastline. Eleven years later he completed
his magnum opus having travelled from Land's
End to John 0'Groats via the west coast, then
back to Land's End via the east.The result
was a collection of 308 aquatint engravings,
the last great artist's voyage before
photography was invented. images all 9" x
11",
William Daniell, an engraver and
painter, belonged to a family of English
artists. He was raised by his uncle, Thomas
Daniell, a painter and engraver, lived with
him in India from 1784-94, and worked with
him on publications based on his travels. In
1795 he settled in London, where he remained
for the rest of his life. He collaborated
with Thomas on A Voyage Round Great Britain
(1814-25). Daniell was a member of the Royal
Academy and exhibited there from 1795 to
1838
This series was published in 8 volumes
during the period 1814 to 1825. The journey
was initially started in 1813 and was a joint
project with William Daniell producing the
drawings and William Ayton the text. This
partnership lasted for the first two volumes,
thereafter Daniell produced the text as well.
The latter text relates to the plates and is
relatively pedestrian, whereas Ayton used the
voyage for his own agenda and sociological
interests, his text is only loosely related
to the plates and concentrates on the manners
and customs of people he met.308 handcoloured
aquatints.
Thomas Sutton in The Daniells Artists and
Travellers outlines the journey as follows: .
. "During the summer of 1813 Ayton and
Daniell surveyed the coast from Land's End up
to Holyhead, where the first year's voyage
closed near the middle of October (plates
1-26). The following year their journeys re
commenced at Holyhead, at the beginning of
August, and proceeded as far as Creetown or
Dunsky Castle in Kircudbright. This at any
rate, was the limit of Ayton's tour (plates
27-56). Daniell started off alone from
Wigtown, early in the summer and finished his
survey of the entire coast of Scotland, as
far as Dundee, which he reached in October.
This very lengthy tour was rendered possible
by an exceptionally fine spell of weather
(plates 57-195).
Six years elapsed before Daniell commenced
the further prosecution of his journey.
Arriving at St. Andrews on August 4th, 1821,
he surveyed the remaining portion of the
Scottish coast, and the east coast of England
as far as Southend, which he reached towards
the end of September (plates 196-224). The
following year he left Sheerness on July
28th, and explored the south coast as far as
Torquay, whence he returned to London on
September 27th (plates 225-277). The
concluding tour, a comparatively short one,
commenced from Torquay on Thursday, August
21st, 1823, and embraced the final portion of
the south coast to Land's end, which was
reached for the second time on September 14th
(plates 278-308). "
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North Shields Northumberland
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Sunderland Pier Durham
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Tynemouth Northumberland
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Castle on Holy island Northumberland
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Loch Ranza
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Isle of Arran taken Near Adrossan
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Greenock on the clyde
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The Cormorants Cave Staffa
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Ovington near Brighton .
Plate 246. Volume VII
. actually mounted
etc/Landscape 225 x 300 mm. An original
hand-coloured aquatint for From what is
considered to be the most important
19th century colour plate book on
English topography - 'A Voyage round
Great Britain undertaken in the summer
of the year 1813, and commencing from
the Land's-End, Cornwall, by Richard
Atyon. With a series of Views
Illustrative of the Character and
Prominent Features of the Coast, Drawn
and Engraved by William Daniell,
A.R.A.'. Published by Messrs. Longman
& Co. Paternoster Row & W.
Daniell 9 Cleveland St. Fitzroy Square
London. May 1st 1814. London 1814-25.
Acceptable condition £75 inc
some light soiling and minor
creasing as shown in pic
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Lowestoff, Suffolk ( Lowestoft)
Plate 219.Volume VI
. actually mounted
etc/Landscape 225 x 300 mm. An original
hand-coloured aquatint for From what is
considered to be the most important
19th century colour plate book on
English topography - 'A Voyage round
Great Britain undertaken in the summer
of the year 1813, and commencing from
the Land's-End, Cornwall, by Richard
Atyon. With a series of Views
Illustrative of the Character and
Prominent Features of the Coast, Drawn
and Engraved by William Daniell,
A.R.A.'. Published by Messrs. Longman
& Co. Paternoster Row & W.
Daniell 9 Cleveland St. Fitzroy Square
London. May 1st 1814. London 1814-25.
Pretty perfect condition £95
inc mounted to protect
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 Edinburgh
from the Castle
Plate 201..Volume VI
Landscape 225 x 300
mm. An reprint aquatint rom the
original plates for the Tate
gallery(1970's 100 copies only )
edition from what is considered to be
the most important 19th century colour
plate book on English topography - 'A
Voyage round Great Britain undertaken
in the summer of the year 1813, and
commencing from the Land's-End,
Cornwall, by Richard Atyon. With a
series of Views Illustrative of the
Character and Prominent Features of the
Coast, Drawn and Engraved by William
Daniell, A.R.A.'. Published by Messrs.
Longman & Co. Paternoster Row &
W. Daniell 9 Cleveland St. Fitzroy
Square London. May 1st 1814. London
1814-25. .Framed glazed exceptionally
good condition. £60 inc
posted
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Mr Nash's Castle
. this is one of the rarer
card printed copies ie printed to card
NOT to paper. Framed and glazed
Landscape 225 x 300 mm. An original
hand-coloured aquatint from what is
considered to be the most important
19th century colour plate book on
English topography - 'A Voyage round
Great Britain undertaken in the summer
of the year 1813, and commencing from
the Land's-End, Cornwall, by Richard
Atyon. With a series of Views
Illustrative of the Character and
Prominent Features of the Coast, Drawn
and Engraved by William Daniell,
A.R.A.'. Published by Messrs. Longman
& Co. Paternoster Row & W.
Daniell 9 Cleveland St. Fitzroy Square
London. May 1st 1814. London 1814-25.
.Framed glazed exceptionally good
condition. Dated in plate 1822
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 Poole
.
. . .this is one of the rarer
card printed copies ie printed to card
NOT to paper. Framed and
glazed.Landscape 225 x 300 mm. An
original hand-coloured aquatint from
what is considered to be the most
important 19th century colour plate
book on English topography - 'A Voyage
round Great Britain undertaken in the
summer of the year 1813, and commencing
from the Land's-End, Cornwall, by
Richard Atyon. With a series of Views
Illustrative of the Character and
Prominent Features of the Coast, Drawn
and Engraved by William Daniell,
A.R.A.'. Published by Messrs. Longman
& Co. Paternoster Row & W.
Daniell 9 Cleveland St. Fitzroy Square
London. May 1st 1814. London 1814-25.
.Framed glazed exceptionally good
condition. Dated in plate 1822
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