William Daniell

William Daniell (1769–1837) was a British artist.

Castle Broichin on the Isle of Raasay. 1819 aquatint by William Daniell

Daniell was fourteen when he accompanied his uncle Thomas Daniell to India. His publications, engraved in aquatint, were:

• Voyage to India
• Zoography
• Animated Nature
• Views of London
• Views of Bootan, a work prepared from his uncle's sketches
• A Voyage Round Great Britain, which occupied him for several years.

The Burning of the Kent, William Daniell, c.1825, Museum of the Queen's Royal Surreys

The British Institution made him an award for a painting of the Battle of Trafalgar, and he was elected to the Royal Academy in 1822. He produced a number of marine paintings. One, "The Burning of the Kent" is in the Museum of the Queen's Royal Surrey's, having been rediscovered after having disappeared for over a hundred years. It is an illustration of the dramatic loss of the Kent, an East Indiaman, and the rescue of some 550 survivors of her 650 crew and passengers.

Daniells turned to panorama painting before his death, beginning in 1832 with a painting of Madras, the picture being enlivened by a representation of the Hindu mode of taming wild elephants.

William was the brother of Samuel Daniell.

Also by William Daniell: "Oriental Scenery", in six folio volumes. [1]

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References

• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
• Garvey, John (2009). William Daniell's Isle of Skye & Raasay Matador,UK ISBN 978 1848761 070