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SADLER, Thomas, portrait and miniature painter. He was the son of a master in Chancery, who was greatly esteemed b> Cromwell, and was educated for the law, but acquired a love of art from his intimacy with Sir P. Lely, and received some instructions from him. He first applied himself as an amateur, and then, reduced by misfortunes, he followed art as his profession, and practised in the reign of Charles II., and up to the time of William III. His heads are well drawn and expressed, not so his hands, simple in colour and low in tone. One of his best works, a portrait of Bunyan, is engraved in mezzo-tint; a good miniature of the Duke of Monmouth by him is also mentioned.

SADLER, William, portrait painter. Was born in England, the son of a musician, but studied his art in Dublin, and practised there both in oil and miniature, and was an artist of some ability. He also scraped some mezzo-tint portraits. He died in Dublin about the end of the 18th century.

SAILMAKER, Isaac, marine painter. Born 1633, it is said, in England. He was a pupil of George Geldorp, and was much in favour with Cromwell, wno employed him to paint the fleet before Mardyke. There is an engraving, dated 1714, of a painting bv him of the Confederate fleet under Sir George Rooke engaging the French fleet. He died June 28, 1721.

ST. AUBYN, Miss Catherine, amateur. There are several etchings by her. * A young Woman reading/ a copy after Bartolozzi, 1788; * Dorothy Pentreath,' after Opie, R.A., 1789; ' Pevensey Castle,' two views, 1797-98. Two drawings by her of St. Michael's Mount are engraved.

SALMON, Mrs., portrait painter. She was an English artist, and enjoyed great reputation about 1700-15 for her clever portraits modelled in wax. She also attempted some historical designs in the same material. Her art was continued by her descendants.

SALT,, draftsman and traveller. Was born at Lichfield about 1786, and educated in classics and mathematics at the Grammar School there. He then came to London and commenced the study of art, and in 1802, accompanied Lord Valentia (afterwards Earl Montnorris) to India as draftsman, and after a residence of four years with him in the East, which he traversed from north to south, also visiting Ceylon, he furnished the illustrations for his lordship's 'Travels' published 1809. He was afterwards employed by the Government to carry presents to the King of Abyssinia, and negotiate an alliance with him. On his return in 1809 he published 24 views taken in India, the Red Sea, Abyssinia, and in 1814 the narrative of a second journey to Abyssinia. In 1815 he received the appointment of Consul-General for Egypt, and devoted himself to the study of its antiquities, assisting with all his influence the researches of learned travellers, and particularly of Belzoni. He published in 1814, an 'Account of a Voyage to Abyssinia,' and travels in the interior of that country, in 1809-10; 'Egypt,' a descriptive poem with notes, 1824; 'Essay on Young's and Chanroollion's Phonetic System of Hieroglyphics,' 1825. His 'Life and Correspondence' was published in 1854. He died on the route from Cairo to Alexandria, August 30, 1827.

SALTER, William, historical and portrait painter. Was born in 1804, at Honiton in Devonshire. He came to London in 1822, and was a pupil of Northcote for five years. He then went to Florence, where he painted a picture of ' Socrates before the Judges of the Court of Areopagus,' which he exhibited at the Belle Arti; this work sained him great reputation, and he was elected a member of the Academy of Fine Arts at Florence, and a professor of the first-class of history. After remaining in that city for five years, he went to Rome, and subsequently to Parma, where he distinguished himself by his studies from Correggio, and where he was elected a member of the Academy. Returning to England in 1833, he painted a remarkable picture of the annual banquet given by the Duke of Wellington at Apsley House, in commemoration of the Battle of Waterloo, which picture is now in the possession of G. Mackenzie, Esq. He also painted scenes from Shakespeare, and historical events from the lives of the Stuarts. He was a member and Vicepresident of the Society of British Artists, and he but rarely exhibited at the Royal Academy. He died in London at W 7 est Kensington, December 22, 1875.

SALWAY, N.$ engraver. Practised in mezzo-tint, chiefly portraits. His works are dated about the middle of the 18th century.

SAMUEL, Richard, portrait painter. He was twice adjudged the gold medal of the Society of Arts for the best original historical drawing, and was a frequent exhibitor at the Royal Academy from 1772 to