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The Mumbles light house in Swansea bay

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Date

1814

Artist

Print after William Daniell (1769-1837)

Collection

Image Link

http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3339165

Additional Makers

Print maker - William Daniell; Draughtsman - William Daniell; Publisher - William Daniell; Publisher - Longman

Description

View of the Mumbles lighthouse and two other buildings on the island off Mumbles Head, seen from the coast, where two men are conversing next to a boat in foreground at right and two other figures are tending to a boat at centre; sailing boats in the bay and in the distance; within a rectangular border; illustration to Ayton's 'Voyage round Great Britain', vol. I. 1814. Aquatint and etching with hand-colouring.

Inscription

Lettered in the border with the title in cursive script; below the border 'Drawn & Engraved by Willm. Daniell. / Published by Messrs. Longman & Co. Paternoster Row & W. Daniell 9 Cleveland St. Fitzroy Square London Augst. 1. 1814.'

Image Licence

CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Image Credit

image © Trustees of the British Museum

Location

Mumbles Lighthouse, Swansea, Wales

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Buildings
Coasts
Lighthouses
Islands
Bays

Category

Landscapes & Seascapes

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