V: Somerset Place

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

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, River Thames, London, Somerset House

Subjects

topography, townscape/cityscape, Victorian Genre, river bank, river, hill, government building, church, spire, tower, barge/canal boat, sailboat

Materials & Techniques

aquatint, coloured aquatint

Artist

William Daniell (1769 - 1837)

Title

V: Somerset Place

Date

published 1 January 1805

Medium

Coloured aquatint

Acquisition

Purchased from Frank T Sabin, July 1962

GAC number

5850