View of the Town and Harbour of Kyleakin in the Island of Skye

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

Robert Havell senior, son of artist and publisher Daniel Havell, was born in Reading but moved to London as a child. After Robert launched his career, father and son collaborated on illustrations for Henry Salt’s ‘Twenty Four Views Taken in St. Helena’ (1809–10). However, the partnership was short-lived and Robert later established himself at premises in Fitzrovia. He married Lydia Miller Phillips and had a son, Robert junior. Robert junior and his father formed the firm of R. Havell & Son, working on numerous projects including ‘Birds of America’ for John James Audubon. The scale of this project led them to employ 50 additional staff and move to larger premises in Oxford Street. Robert senior died a year after the company expansion.
Daniell Havell was an aquatint engraver of topographical views, military and genre subjects after his contemporaries. He was born in Berkshire, the son of painter Thomas Havell and may also have been the nephew of the engraver Robert Havell senior (1769-1832), with whom he collaborated on a number of plates.

Places

Scotland, Skye, Kyleakin, Loch Alsh

Subjects

topography, seascape/coastal scene, townscape/cityscape, loch/lough, hill, strait, beach, cliff, coat of arms, harbour, house, castle, church, spire, sailboat, ship

Materials & Techniques

aquatint, coloured aquatint

Artist

James Gillespie
Robert, Snr Havell (1769 - 1832)
Daniell Havell (1785 - 1826)

Title

View of the Town and Harbour of Kyleakin in the Island of Skye

Date

Medium

Coloured aquatint

Acquisition

Purchased from Frank T Sabin, May 1958

GAC number

4647