Torbay, Devon.
Drawn & Engraved by Will.m Daniell.
Published by W. Daniell, Russell Place, Fitzroy Square, London, May 20, 1825.
Hand-coloured aquatint and etching, on card as issued. Plate 228 x 305mm. 9 x 12".
View from a rocky hill at Torbay, with a man and woman standing at a gate in foreground at left, on a path leading to a two-storey building overlooking the sea, with circular veranda, porch and arched doors; cliff behind. From William Daniell's 'A Voyage Round Great Britain', a series of 308 aquatints published in eight volumes between 1814-1825, described by R.V. Tooley as 'the most important colour plate book on British Topography'.
Abbey: Scenery, 16; Tooley: Books with Coloured Plates 177.
[Ref: 21490] £140.00
Published by W. Daniell, Russell Place, Fitzroy Square, London, May 20, 1825.
Hand-coloured aquatint and etching, on card as issued. Plate 228 x 305mm. 9 x 12".
View from a rocky hill at Torbay, with a man and woman standing at a gate in foreground at left, on a path leading to a two-storey building overlooking the sea, with circular veranda, porch and arched doors; cliff behind. From William Daniell's 'A Voyage Round Great Britain', a series of 308 aquatints published in eight volumes between 1814-1825, described by R.V. Tooley as 'the most important colour plate book on British Topography'.
Abbey: Scenery, 16; Tooley: Books with Coloured Plates 177.
[Ref: 21490] £140.00