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Michael Thomas SadlerSnelston, Derbyshire 1780 - Belfast 1835British philanthropist; Member of Parliament; Poor Law administrator in Leeds (Wikipedia) |
Patric Park
1837 |
Marble statue of Sadler in classical dress.
The reviewer of the Leeds Intelligencer was not very satified with the statue:
The subscription statue to the memory the late Michael Thomas Sadler, Esq., by Park, is now to be seen in the Exhibition of the Royal Academy at the National Gallery, London. It of white marble and of the natural height. The execution is good in parts, but, whole, the effect is not what we could have wished. There is a defect in the likeness; and the forehead is disagreeably prominent and compressed. This arises, however, out of the difficulty an artist has to contend with, in such cases, who never saw the original; and that was Mr. Park's case. The anatomy the statue does great credit to the sculptor, and the left hand is executed in truly admirable style. Perhaps Mr. Park may be led to retouch some parts the figure, especially the forehead.
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MICHAEL THOMAS SADLER F.R.S. born at doveridge in the county of derby from e..ply youth an inhabitant of this town endowed with great natural ?? a splendid imagination, a feeling heart, and a inoviring mind he cultivated... with success, amidst the distraction of trade the elegancies of polite literature a...elvere.. study of political and social economy exhibited in his works in ireland and the law of population the display on various occasions ... copious eloquence peculiarly his own ... defence of the protestant faith of the rights of humanity and of teh british constitution secured him unsought for a seat in the house of commons and he represented the boroughs of newark and allborough in three successive parliaments he distinguished himself in the senate as the sole defender of the institutions of his country and by strenuously advocating measures to secure a legal provision for the poor of ireland and for ameliorating the condition of factory children —— he died at belfast july 29th 1835 aged 55 years his remains rest in ballylesson churchyard —— by his numerous private and political friends this monument had been erected to hand down to posterity the name of a scholar a patriot and a practical philanthropist |
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