Thomas
and William Daniell
Thomas and William Daniell: Pioneers of British Landscape Art and Orientalist Exploration Born: Surrey, United Kingdom (1769) Died: 1837 Thomas (1749-1840) and William Daniell (1769-1837) were a remarkable uncle-nephew duo who significantly impacted British landscape painting, printmaking, and the burgeoning field of Orientalist art. Their …
A portrait built from Thomas and William Daniell's own colours
Every 20 approved work contributes its dominant tone to a single flowing field. Sorted along the hue wheel, the strip reads as a smooth spectrum. Click any band to reveal its full four-colour palette.
Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.
Every painting, placed on the hue wheel
Each dot is a work — its angle set by hue, its distance from the centre by saturation. Hover a dot to see the painting.
The signature, in numbers
Where the colour came from
Up to 24 paintings representing the most frequent palette tones — each shown with its dominant colours.