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Thomas Daniell

by Henry Bone, after John Opie
pen and ink, 1794 (1786)
4 1/2 in. x 3 3/4 in. (115 mm x 95 mm)
Acquired from Sir George Scharf, 1890
Reference Collection
NPG D17539

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  • Thomas Daniell (1720-1810), Engineer; tin and copper mine owner. Sitter associated with 1 portrait.

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  • Henry Bone (1755-1834), Enamel painter. Artist or producer associated with 677 portraits, Sitter in 6 portraits.
  • John Opie (1761-1807), Portrait and history painter. Artist or producer associated with 151 portraits, Sitter in 13 portraits.

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Paul Geddes

27 July 2020, 21:55

The sketch shown was made by Henry Bone from John Opie's portrait of Thomas Daniell being shown ore by his mine captain (overseer). The sketch was made as a reference for portrait miniatures. Two miniatures, painted from this sketch, are held in the Royal Cornwall Museum and Art Gallery.

Court statements by Thomas Daniell indicate that rather than having been born in 1715, as is generally believed, he was probably born around 1720. In a statement made in 1754 at a Court of Exchequer hearing, he stated his age as 34 and said he had come to Truro twenty years earlier (the record of this court statement can be found in the Cornwall Record Office - FS/3/1650). The 1715 date is first found in GS Gilbert's 'An Historical Survey of the County of Cornwall' (published 1820) and is almost certainly incorrect.
Thomas Daniell's initial wealth actually came from the business interests (primarily in mining) he inherited from his former employer Mr William Lemon, and he proved an excellent businessman himself. His wife Elizabeth Elliot was also the niece, not daughter, of Ralph Allen.

Thomas Daniell lived in Truro at the house now known as 'Mansion House', the stone for which was a wedding present from his wife's uncle Ralph Allen.

Mark Pugh

27 April 2017, 19:17

Thomas Daniell born 1715 was a tin and copper mine owner who, thanks in part to his wealth, became the head of a great Cornish mining dynasty in the latter part of 18th century. You'll note an image of a Cornish tin or copper mine in the background of the portrait. His money came from his marriage to Elizabeth Elliot, of the Allen Family of Prior Park, Bath. Her father, Ralph, made his fortune reforming the English postal service.