Thomas Addison Richards

Subjects and genres recorded for the work are landscape. Places of work recorded in the authority are United States. Work by Thomas Addison Richards is recorded in the collections of Georgia Museum of Art, Harvard Art Museums, Fogg Museum and Brooklyn Museum.

• Name — Thomas Addison Richards • Born — 3 December 1820 • Birthplace — London, United Kingdom • Died — 28 June 1900 • Place of death — Annapolis, Maryland, United States • Occupation — Artist

Richards was born in London, UK, and migrated with his family to the United States in 1831. The family first settled in New York, then South Carolina. 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 Annapolis, Maryland on June 28, 1900.