Daniell (William)

depicting the quayside of this Georgian town on the Cumbrian coast, Whitehaven was planned by Sir John Lowther on a grid system thought to have become the inspiration for the street system in New York, 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,