Daniell (William)

Piel Castle on Piel Island, now in Cumbria, the 14th century fortress built to defend Barrow-in-Furness from marauding pirates and Scots, from ‘A Voyage Round Great Britain’, the 8 volume work published between 1814 and 1825, depicting the coastline of the British Isles in over 300 plates, described by Tooley as “The most important colour plate book on British Topography”,

aquatint with original hand-colouring within a grey-washed border, 220 x 300 mm. (8 5/8 x 11 7/8 in), very minor marginal browning,