Thomas Addison Richards (December 3, 1820 – June 28, 1900), was an

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Biography

Richards was born in

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, and migrated with his family to the

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in 1831. The family first settled in

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, then

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. By 1837 they were in Georgia, where Richards began his career preparing sketches of Georgia scenery. His first book, ''Georgia Illustrated'', appeared in 1841. Richards sometimes collaborated with his brother William Carey Richards, also an artist and sometimes lecturer who linked fine art and science. He was associated with the short-lived periodical, created and edited by his brother, the '' Orion''. His subsequent works included ''American Scenery'' in 1854, ''The Romance of American Landscape'' and ''Guide to Central Park'' and a number of other works of landscape and travel. He died at his nephew's home in

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on June 28, 1900.

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* 1820 births 1900 deaths American landscape painters 19th-century American painters 19th-century American male artists American male painters Artists from London English emigrants to the United States Painters from Georgia (U.S. state) {{US-painter-1820s-stub