Robert William Satchwell

Robert William Satchwell made prints in late-Georgian England, mainly in London. One surviving example is the H Beard Print Collection dated 1st September 1819. It shows a street scene or building detail turned into a crisp black-and-white image, typical of the crisp line work printers used before photography took over.

The print carries the date and a London street name in the margin, look for the tiny numbers and letters that anchor the picture in its exact moment. See how the artist kept the image clean and legible: tap the print itself to zoom into the fine cross-hatching.