Needles Cliff and Needles, Isle of Wight

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Department for International Trade, Old Admiralty Building

William Daniell was a much travelled landscape painter. In 1784 he went to India with his uncle, the artist Thomas Daniell, where he assisted Thomas with his drawing and sketching. By the time they returned to England in 1794, William was not only a proficient draughtsman but had also perfected the art of aquatinting. He was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy in 1807 and a Royal Academician in 1822. He refused the post of draughtsman to an Australian expedition to instead make numerous sketching tours throughout England and Scotland. Daniell is regarded as a superb aquatinter and his best works are thought to be among his Scottish views for ‘Voyage Round Great Britain’. He died in London in 1837.

Places

England, Hampshire, Isle of Wight

Subjects

topography, seascape/coastal scene, sheep, seagull, island, rock formation, sea, cliff

Materials & Techniques

aquatint

Artist

William Daniell (1769 - 1837)

Title

Needles Cliff and Needles, Isle of Wight

Date

1978

Medium

Aquatint

Acquisition

Purchased from Editions Alecto, July 1978

Inscription

U/F

GAC number

14168