Havell, Daniel
Daniel Havell (c. 1785 - 1822) was a British engraver and a member of the multigenerational Havell family of engravers, etchers, painters, and publishers. The details of Daniel's life and his place in the family's lineage have been disputed, in part because of the frequent use of certain names in the family, but in any event he appears to have trained in the family business in the late 18th and early 19th century. Daniel is listed as the engraver on most of the plates in Henry Salt's Twenty-Four Views in St. Helena, the Cape, India, Ceylon, Abyssinia and Egypt. Around 1815, he appears to have struck out on his own and produced views of sites around London and Cambridge instead of the exotic sites depicted in his earlier works. Details on his life and death are scant, but a 1826 book on the history of the theaters of London notes its plates as being engraved by 'the late Daniel Havell.'
One of the Earliest Modern European Views of Ethiopia
The Town of Dixan in Abyssinia.
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A lovely aquatint view of the village of Dixan, near the present border of Ethiopia and Eritrea, encountered by Henry Salt on his travels through Abyssinia (Ethiopia). (more details)