Thomas Cornell (active between 1780 and 1892 in London) was a London print seller, publisher, and bookseller to the

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Biography

Cornell published works from premises in Bruton Street between 1790 and 1794. The

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holds nearly 150 works issued by him, in particular many by

James Sayers James Sayers (or Sayer) (1748 – April 20, 1823) was an English caricaturist . Many of his works are described in the Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires Preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum which ha ...

and a number of early prints by

Thomas Rowlandson Thomas Rowlandson (; 13 July 175721 April 1827) was an English artist and caricaturist of the Georgian Era, noted for his political satire and social observation. A prolific artist and printmaker, Rowlandson produced both individual social an ...

, including a depiction of

Vincenzo Lunardi Vincenzo Lunardi (11 January 1754 in Lucca – 1 August 1806 in Lisbon) was a pioneering Italian aeronaut, born in Lucca. Ascents in England Vincenzo Lunardi's family were of minor Tuscan nobility from Lucca, and his father had married late in li ...

carrying his balloon. He published several prints simultaneously with another small publisher Elizabeth Jackson.

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