Live Auction 9540Travel, Science & Natural History
Attributed to William Daniell, R.A. (1769-1837)
Lot 170

Attributed to William Daniell, R.A. (1769-1837)

Girl with a fishing net, Ceylon

Closed10 October 2013

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GBP 1,875

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Attributed to William Daniell, R.A. (1769-1837)
Girl with a fishing net, Ceylon
inscribed 'Lady Margaret Beaumont No. 36' on a printed label bearing the Canning family crest
oil on board
12 x 10in. (30.6 x 25.5cm.)

Lady Margaret Beaumont.
Dr. Maurice Shellim and thence by descent to the present owner.

Specialist note

'Neither Daniell visited Ceylon but Samuel Daniell [William's brother] did -- for several years and died there in 1811. Most of his watercolours and sketches were sent back to William in England who engraved many of them.' (M. Shellim, op. cit., p.34)