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Last Name Sayer

Given Name Robert

alt. Names R. S. ;

Marriage

Children

Year born 1725

Year died 1794

Place of death Paris ?

Father's occupation

Relatives James Sayer (17xx-1xxx) (brother) ; Mary Overton (17xx-1xxx) (sister-in-law) ;

Education

Country of Activity France

Worked for map "Japan and Korea" (Paris 1790) ;

Patronage

Collaborators cartographer and map maker John Bennett (fl. 1770-1784) ; mathematician and amateur astronomer Samuel Dunn (17xx-1794) ; mezzotint engraver and publisher Robert Laurie (c. 1755–1836) ; James Whittle (17xx-1xxx) ;

Techniques cartographical drawing and engraving

Sample(s) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Sayer#/media/File:1787_Boulton_-_Sayer_Wall_Map_of_Africa_-_Geographicus_-_Africa-boulton-1872.jpg

Archival sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Sayer ; https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/term_details.aspx?bioId=108517

Published sources Walter 1994: plate 87 ;

other R. S. was based near the Golden Buck on Fleet Street in London.

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