London. Plate IV.

Panorama: View of St Paul's and the City from Southwark. London. Plate IV. Drawn, Engraved & Published by William Daniell. No.9, Cleveland Street, Fitzroy Square, London, June 1. 1804. Coloured aquatint. 470 mm x 718 mm (18½ x 28¼"). View Westwards from the South bank along the Thames with St. Paul's upper right. From 'Six Views of London'. William Daniell was a much travelled landscape painter. In 1784 he went to India with his uncle, the artist Thomas Daniell, where he assisted Thomas with his drawing and sketching. By the time they returned to England in 1794, William was not only a proficient draughtsman but had also perfected the art of aquatinting. He was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy in 1807 and a Royal Academician in 1822. He refused the post of draughtsman to an Australian expedition to instead make numerous sketching tours throughout England and Scotland. Daniell is regarded as a superb aquatinter and his best works are thought to be among his Scottish views for ‘Voyage Round Great Britain’. He died in London in 1837.