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William Daniell (1769-1837) was a British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 draughtsman
Drawing

Drawing is a visual art that makes use of any number of drawing instruments to mark a two-dimensional medium. Common instruments include graphite pencils, pen and ink, inked brushes, wax color pencils, crayons, charcoals, chalk, pastels, marker pens, stylus, or various metals like silverpoint....
. Daniell was fourteen when he accompanied his uncle Thomas Daniell
Thomas Daniell

Thomas Daniell was an England Landscape art.He was born at the Chertsey inn, kept by his father, in 1749, and apprenticed to an heraldic painter....
 to India
India

India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
. His publications, engraved in aquatint
Aquatint

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, were:

The British Institution made him an award for a Battle of Trafalgar
Battle of Trafalgar

The Battle of Trafalgar was a sea battle fought between the United Kingdom Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French Navy and Spanish Navy , during the War of the Third Coalition of the Napoleonic Wars ....
, and he was elected to the Royal Academy
Royal Academy

The Royal Academy of Arts is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly, London, England. As an academy, it functions to encourage British art, and has a membership of practising artists....
 in 1822. He turned to panorama painting before his death, beginning in 1832 with Madras, the picture being enlivened by a representation of the Hindu mode of taming wild elephant
Elephant

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s.

William was the brother of Samuel Daniell.

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






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William Daniell (1769-1837) was a British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 draughtsman
Drawing

Drawing is a visual art that makes use of any number of drawing instruments to mark a two-dimensional medium. Common instruments include graphite pencils, pen and ink, inked brushes, wax color pencils, crayons, charcoals, chalk, pastels, marker pens, stylus, or various metals like silverpoint....
. Daniell was fourteen when he accompanied his uncle Thomas Daniell
Thomas Daniell

Thomas Daniell was an England Landscape art.He was born at the Chertsey inn, kept by his father, in 1749, and apprenticed to an heraldic painter....
 to India
India

India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
. His publications, engraved in aquatint
Aquatint

Aquatint is an intaglio printmaking technique, a variant of etching.Intaglio printmaking makes marks on the matrix that are capable of holding ink....
, 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 British Institution made him an award for a Battle of Trafalgar
Battle of Trafalgar

The Battle of Trafalgar was a sea battle fought between the United Kingdom Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French Navy and Spanish Navy , during the War of the Third Coalition of the Napoleonic Wars ....
, and he was elected to the Royal Academy
Royal Academy

The Royal Academy of Arts is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly, London, England. As an academy, it functions to encourage British art, and has a membership of practising artists....
 in 1822. He turned to panorama painting before his death, beginning in 1832 with Madras, the picture being enlivened by a representation of the Hindu mode of taming wild elephant
Elephant

Elephants are large land mammals of the order Proboscidea and the family Elephantidae. There are three living species: the African Bush Elephant, the African Forest Elephant and the Asian Elephant ....
s.

William was the brother of Samuel Daniell.

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