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New London Magazine. M.r Sadler, The first English Ærostatist. M.r Arnold, The first unsuccessful Aerial Adventurer.
Thornton sculp.
Published by Alex..r Hogg at the kings Arms N.o16 Paternoster Row, De[c. 31. 1785.]
Engraving, plate 125 x 200mm (5 x 7¾"). Publication line partially obscured.
Oval portraits of James Sadler (1753 – 1828) and Stuart Amos Arnold. Sadler was the first English balloonist and the second person, after Vincenzo Lunardi (1754 – 1806), to make a balloon ascent in England. He was an eminent scientist and made a number of important discoveries; notably that hot air, rather than smoke, as the Montgolfiers had wrongly concluded, was required for airborne propulsion, managed tomanufacture hydrogen at a time when the element was so new it hadn’t even been named and was the first to create an adjustable fire in the basket to manipulate the balloon’s altitude. Arnold is most famous for his balloon that launched 31 August 1785 from St George's Fields, London, which ended in disaster after it got caught on some railings.
[Ref: 56930] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Thornton sculp.
Published by Alex..r Hogg at the kings Arms N.o16 Paternoster Row, De[c. 31. 1785.]
Engraving, plate 125 x 200mm (5 x 7¾"). Publication line partially obscured.
Oval portraits of James Sadler (1753 – 1828) and Stuart Amos Arnold. Sadler was the first English balloonist and the second person, after Vincenzo Lunardi (1754 – 1806), to make a balloon ascent in England. He was an eminent scientist and made a number of important discoveries; notably that hot air, rather than smoke, as the Montgolfiers had wrongly concluded, was required for airborne propulsion, managed tomanufacture hydrogen at a time when the element was so new it hadn’t even been named and was the first to create an adjustable fire in the basket to manipulate the balloon’s altitude. Arnold is most famous for his balloon that launched 31 August 1785 from St George's Fields, London, which ended in disaster after it got caught on some railings.
[Ref: 56930] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
A View Near Fulham.
T. Thornton, Pinxit. Hassell, Sc.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Etching and aquatint in sepia, sheet 225 x 275mm. 9 x 10¾". Trimmed to plate, publication line and part of title missing.
View of the timber-built Putney Bridge, replaced 1886, also showing the River Thames and All Saints in Fulham. A rare and fine aquatint.
Guildhall Library Record: 23148.
[Ref: 8725] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
T. Thornton, Pinxit. Hassell, Sc.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Etching and aquatint in sepia, sheet 225 x 275mm. 9 x 10¾". Trimmed to plate, publication line and part of title missing.
View of the timber-built Putney Bridge, replaced 1886, also showing the River Thames and All Saints in Fulham. A rare and fine aquatint.
Guildhall Library Record: 23148.
[Ref: 8725] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
A Man of the Duke of York's Island. A Man of Lord Howe's Group of Islands.
From an Original Sketch Engraved by Thornton.
Published by Alex.r Hogg. [n.d., c.1790.]
Engraving. Plate: 180 x 230mm (7 x 9''). Foxing.
A man of Duke of York's Island, Papua New Guinea; and a man of Lord Howe Island, Australia. From 'The New Royal System of Universal Geography' by Michael Adams.
[Ref: 48118] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
From an Original Sketch Engraved by Thornton.
Published by Alex.r Hogg. [n.d., c.1790.]
Engraving. Plate: 180 x 230mm (7 x 9''). Foxing.
A man of Duke of York's Island, Papua New Guinea; and a man of Lord Howe Island, Australia. From 'The New Royal System of Universal Geography' by Michael Adams.
[Ref: 48118] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
A New & Correct Large Draught of Plymouth South Catt=Water and Ham=ouse.
[by Samuel Thornton.]
[London, 1714-.]
Engraved chart with hand colour. 450 x 560mm (17¾ x 22"). Small margins. Laid on card. Slight central crease as normal.
A chart of Plymouth Sound, originally published in 1714 in Samuel Thornton's 'English Pilot', but here probably published by Mount & Page in one of their reissues of Captain Greenvile Collins' sea atlas, 'Great Britain's Coasting Pilot'.
[Ref: 38774] £360.00
[by Samuel Thornton.]
[London, 1714-.]
Engraved chart with hand colour. 450 x 560mm (17¾ x 22"). Small margins. Laid on card. Slight central crease as normal.
A chart of Plymouth Sound, originally published in 1714 in Samuel Thornton's 'English Pilot', but here probably published by Mount & Page in one of their reissues of Captain Greenvile Collins' sea atlas, 'Great Britain's Coasting Pilot'.
[Ref: 38774] £360.00