Thomas Sautelle Roberts

[1] Roberts initially trained as an architect, articled to master of the architectural drawing school of the Dublin Society, Thomas Ivory.

[1] He held a solo exhibition at the former parliament house, Dublin, in January 1802 of watercolours under the patronage of the viceroy, Lord Hardwicke.

These were drawings mostly of County Wicklow for an unrealised project: Illustrations of the chief sites, rivers and picturesque scenery of the kingdom of Ireland.

[1] Held in high regard by his contemporaries, he was selected as one of the first 3 members of the Royal Hibernian Academy (RHA) at its foundation in 1823.

[5] In 1818, Roberts suffered a severe injury to his shoulder in a coaching accident in London.