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Thomas Daniell and his young nephew William visited China twice: on their way to India in 1785, and on their return to England from India in 1793. The first leg of their passage to Calcutta in 1785 was made on the Indiaman Atlas which left them at Whampoa in August 1785. They visited Canton and Macao before taking a coastal vessel to Calcutta in the spring of 1786. They returned to China in 1793 seeking a safe passage home to England during the war with France and appear to have joined the convoy of thirteen East Indiamen and three foreign vessels which left Macao in March 1794 with Lord Macartney's Embassy.
Twenty-four Chinese scenes are included in their A Picturesque Voyage to India by the Way of China (London, 1810), although their visits were most memorably recorded in William Daniell's large oils of the European factories at Canton.
Original drawings of Chinese subjects by the Daniells remain extremely rare.
Twenty-four Chinese scenes are included in their A Picturesque Voyage to India by the Way of China (London, 1810), although their visits were most memorably recorded in William Daniell's large oils of the European factories at Canton.
Original drawings of Chinese subjects by the Daniells remain extremely rare.