Adam's IMPORTANT IRISH ART 27 MARCH 2024

Important Irish Art | 27 March 2024 www.adams.ie 53 42 THOMAS SAUTELLE ROBERTS (C.1760-1826) Wooded River Landscape with Waterfall and Ruin Oil on canvas, 101.5 x 127cm (40 x 50”) Sautelle Roberts was born into a family of artists, the youngest son of architect John Roberts and his wife Mary Susannah Sautelle, who was of Huguenot descent. After the death of his older brother, the renowned painter Thomas, in 1778, he adopted his brother’s first name to benefit from his fame as Thomas Sautelle Roberts. Initially trained as an architect, he lat- er enrolled in the School of Landscape and Ornament Drawing where he won a medal for draughtsmanship. Now working as an artist he divided his time between Dublin and London and exhibited at the RA between 1789 and 1811. He was also a regular exhibitor with the Society of Artists of Ireland from 1800. Sautelle Roberts was held in high esteem by his peers and was one of the first three members of the RHA when it was founded in 1823. € 6,000 - 10,000