Richard Sass

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Richard Sass (1774 – 7 September 1849) (or Sasse) was an English landscape painter,

Sass's Academy in London.[1]

Sass exhibited at the

Prince Regent. In 1825 he removed to Paris, where he spent the remainder of his life, altering his surname to "Sasse". He died there on 7 September 1849. He was survived by his wife Harriet (née Blake) who died in 1866, aged 76.[2]

Sasse had some repute as a landscape-painter, especially in

watercolours
. In 1810 he published a series of etchings from picturesque scenery in Ireland, Scotland, and elsewhere.

References

  1. ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1897). "Sass, Henry" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 50. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 310–1.
  2. ^ Harriet Blake obituary ( The Gentleman's magazine, Volume 221, July–Dec 1866 p421).

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