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William Daniell (British, 1769-1837) The Town and Entrance to the Bay of Cromarty 54 x 128 cm. (21 1/4 x 50 3/8 in.) image 1
William Daniell (British, 1769-1837) The Town and Entrance to the Bay of Cromarty 54 x 128 cm. (21 1/4 x 50 3/8 in.) image 2
Lot 26

William Daniell
(British, 1769-1837)
The Town and Entrance to the Bay of Cromarty 54 x 128 cm. (21 1/4 x 50 3/8 in.)

25 September 2014, 14:00 BST
Edinburgh

Sold for £22,500 inc. premium

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William Daniell (British, 1769-1837)

The Town and Entrance to the Bay of Cromarty
oil on canvas
54 x 128 cm. (21 1/4 x 50 3/8 in.)

Footnotes

Provenance
Sale; Phillips, Glasgow, June 1984, lot 67

Exhibited
Possibly, London, Royal Academy, 1820, cat.no.325, as 'The town and entrance to the bay of Cromarty'

In 1813, Daniell travelled throughout Scotland and documented some of the finest views as preparation for Richard Ayton's book ( A voyage round Great Britain, undertaken in the summer of the year 1813, and commencing from the Land's-End Cornwall, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1814). Of Cromarty Ayton writes 'This firth is reputed to be one of the finest bays in Britain' (p.28). Daniell also executed oil paintings depicting Scottish subjects for exhibition at the Royal Academy, praised for their high quality and accuracy of detail.

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