William Daniell's Isle of Skye and Raasay: An Artist's Journey in 1815
- ISBN-10
- 1848761074
- ISBN-13
- 9781848761070
- Category
- Landscape drawing, British
- Pages
- 156
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009
- Publisher
- Troubador Publishing Ltd
- Author
- John Garvey
Description
William Daniell's Isle of Skye and Raasay brings together 17 aquatint prints and 10 pencil sketches from the Hebridean islands of Eigg, Rum, Skye and Raasay, and photographs showing these views as they are today.
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