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M.r Arnold.
[n.d., c.1785.]
Rare stipple proof. 150 x 110mm (6 x 4¼"). Thread margins on three sides, old ink mss., 'Aeronaut', in bottom margin.
A bust-length oval portrait of Stuart Amos Arnold (active c.1785) a cockaded hat over his curled and powdered hair tied in a queue, in a dark coat and light waistcoat with large lapels, his linen starched. He was a Royal Navy purser and surveyor and author and. Arnold published several commercial works on Navigation in the 18th Century, before losing an arm, at which point he became famous as a hot air balloonist, touring Europe with his flying circus. He made an ascent from St George's Fields in 1785, which ended in disaster after it got caught on some railings. In 1778 he wrote 'The Merchants and Owners Friend: Or, Seamens Preserver, Etc.'. In 1800 his sea chart 'The Lewis and West Coast of Scotland' was published in London by D. & E. Steel; in 1803 a French edition of his chart of Ireland was published by the Depot de la Marine. The British Museum have incorrectly identified the sitter as the military commander and famous traitor Benedict Arnold (1741-1801).
O'Donoghue 1908-25 undescribed. BM website 1920,1211.147. See also reference 56930.
[Ref: 60800] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1785.]
Rare stipple proof. 150 x 110mm (6 x 4¼"). Thread margins on three sides, old ink mss., 'Aeronaut', in bottom margin.
A bust-length oval portrait of Stuart Amos Arnold (active c.1785) a cockaded hat over his curled and powdered hair tied in a queue, in a dark coat and light waistcoat with large lapels, his linen starched. He was a Royal Navy purser and surveyor and author and. Arnold published several commercial works on Navigation in the 18th Century, before losing an arm, at which point he became famous as a hot air balloonist, touring Europe with his flying circus. He made an ascent from St George's Fields in 1785, which ended in disaster after it got caught on some railings. In 1778 he wrote 'The Merchants and Owners Friend: Or, Seamens Preserver, Etc.'. In 1800 his sea chart 'The Lewis and West Coast of Scotland' was published in London by D. & E. Steel; in 1803 a French edition of his chart of Ireland was published by the Depot de la Marine. The British Museum have incorrectly identified the sitter as the military commander and famous traitor Benedict Arnold (1741-1801).
O'Donoghue 1908-25 undescribed. BM website 1920,1211.147. See also reference 56930.
[Ref: 60800] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)