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James Sadler Collection

Background imageJames Sadler Collection: James Sadler making a balloon ascent from fields near Merton College, Oxford

James Sadler making a balloon ascent from fields near Merton College, Oxford
3732560 James Sadler making a balloon ascent from fields near Merton College, Oxford; (add.info.: Engraving depicting James Sadler making a balloon ascent from fields near Merton College, Oxford)

Background imageJames Sadler Collection: English glass ware, engraved with hot-air balloons: LtoR: decanter

English glass ware, engraved with hot-air balloons: LtoR: decanter, c.1823; glass tumbler; wine glass, 1811
BON59759 English glass ware, engraved with hot-air balloons: LtoR: decanter, c.1823; glass tumbler; wine glass, 1811; Private Collection; Photo © Bonhams, London, UK

Background imageJames Sadler Collection: A view of the balloon of Mr. Sadlers ascending with him

A view of the balloon of Mr. Sadlers ascending with him
4072603 A view of the balloon of Mr. Sadlers ascending with him and Captain Paget of the Royal Navy from the gardens of the Mermaid Tavern at Hackney on Monday, August 12

Background imageJames Sadler Collection: Mr Sadlers Ascent from Hackney, 1811 (print)

Mr Sadlers Ascent from Hackney, 1811 (print)
3869781 Mr Sadlers Ascent from Hackney, 1811 (print) by Elmes, William (fl.1797-1814); (add.info.: Depiction of Englands first balloonist, James Sadler (1753-1828)

Background imageJames Sadler Collection: Sadler Over The Lighthouse, Dublin, 1817, (1920). Creator: Robert Havell

Sadler Over The Lighthouse, Dublin, 1817, (1920). Creator: Robert Havell
Sadler Over The Lighthouse, Dublin, 1817, (1920). James Sadler (1753-1828) above Dublin Lighthouse on route to Holyhead 24 July 1817 by artist Robert Havell. Photogravure

Background imageJames Sadler Collection: Hot air balloon in the courtyard of Burlington House, Piccadilly, Westminster, London, 1814

Hot air balloon in the courtyard of Burlington House, Piccadilly, Westminster, London, 1814
View of the courtyard of Burlington House, Piccadilly, Westminster, London, 1814, showing the ascent of Mr James Sadler and Miss Thompson in a hot air balloon, surrounded by a crowd of spectators

Background imageJames Sadler Collection: View of James Sadlers balloon over Mermaid Gardens, Hackney, London, 1811. Artist

View of James Sadlers balloon over Mermaid Gardens, Hackney, London, 1811. Artist
View of James Sadlers balloon over Mermaid Gardens, Hackney, London, 1811. The balloon contains James Sadler and Captain Paget

Background imageJames Sadler Collection: Mr Sadlers ascent with Captain Paget, 12th August 1781, (1910)

Mr Sadlers ascent with Captain Paget, 12th August 1781, (1910). The balloon flight of James Sadler, the first English aeronaut, from Mermaid Gardens, Hackney in East London, to near Tilbury Fort

Background imageJames Sadler Collection: Sadlers royal balloon flight, 1811

Sadlers royal balloon flight, 1811
Sadlers royal balloon flight. Artwork of English aeronaut James Sadler (1751-1828) ascending in a balloon on 12 August 1811, with Captain Paget (right) of the Royal Navy



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