No. 46 Sadler’s Sharp Shooters
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Sadler’s Sharpshooters (scroll down for a more detailed Description)
The first reprints of the 1798 aquatints by Thomas Rowlandson (published by Rudolph Ackermann) published in 1972 by Hugh Evelyn Limited.
Image size is 20.5 x 25.5 cm [8” x 10”] against a light greyish orange background (c. RGB fcf2e1) impressed on medium high white matt cartridge paper of c. 120 g/m2.
Print size: c. 26.2 x 33.7 cm [17” x 12 ¾”] may vary slightly from printers’ cut 50 years ago
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Description
James Sadler (February 1753 – 28 March 1828) was the first English balloonist, as well as a chemist and pastry chef. He is principally known as a balloonist, but he was a prolific inventor, and the War Chariot was a concept of his, although whether it was ever actually created is open to doubt. Some copies of the original book contained this aquatint of the Flying Artillery. Others did not. This (Hugh Evelyn Edition) did not. Although a celebrity in his own time, Sadler is largely unknown today. This has been partly attributed to his lack of writing any works and partly to class prejudice: he was only a pastry chef and not formally educated. Despite being a resident of Oxford and an accomplished scientist, the university mostly ignored him and academics looked down on him. While obituaries for Sadler were written elsewhere on his death, the university’s own newspaper wrote simply, “Mr James Sadler, elder brother of Mr Sadler of Rose Hill, Oxford, has died.”
Additional information
| Weight | 0.0121 kg |
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| Dimensions | 25 × 35 cm |
