Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
William Daniell, 1769–1837, British
Title:
Loch Scavaig, Isle of Skye
Date:
ca. 1819
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with gouache and scraping over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, pasted on very thick, slightly textured, cream card
Dimensions:
Mount: 9 1/8 × 13 3/8 inches (23.2 × 34 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed in black ink, lower left: "WDaniell."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.3.815
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
seagulls | rocks (landforms) | landscape | sailboats | boats | figures | cliffs | mountains | waterfall | bay (body of water) | island | geology
Associated Places:
Europe | United Kingdom | Scotland | Highland | Isle of Skye | Loch Scavaig
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Masters of the Sea - British Marine Watercolors (Yale Center for British Art, 1987-06-10 - 1987-08-02)

Masters of the Sea - British Marine Watercolors (National Maritime Museum, 2005-08-25 - 2005-10-25)

Presences of Nature - British Landscape 1780-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-10-20 - 1983-02-27)
Publications:
Louis Hawes, Presences of Nature : British Landscape, 1780-1830, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1982, pp. 27, 134, no. II.15, pl. 19, ND1354.4 H38 (YCBA)

Roger Quarm, Masters of the sea : British marine watercolours, , Phaidon, Oxford, UK, 1987, pp. 80, 93, no. 75, pl. 58, ND2272 G7 Q73 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:9226