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

Girl with a fishing net, Ceylon

Details

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.)

Provenance

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

Literature

M. Shellim, Additional Oil paintings of India and the East by Thomas Daniell RA 1749-1840 and William Daniell 1769-1837, London, 1988, Cat. WD16b, p.34 (illus.).

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Lot Essay

'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)

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