A Journey To Rome And Naples, Performed In 1817; Giving An Account Of The Present State Of Society In Italy; And Containing Observations On The Fine Arts. By Henry Sass, Student Of The Royal Academy Of Arts.
London :: Printed For Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme And Brown, Paternoster Row., 1818.
Physical Description
lv, [1], 345, [3] p.; 227 mm. (Octavo.)
Contents
[T.p., dedic.] - Preface - Contents - Preliminary Remarks On The Fine Arts - [Text]; Errata; [colophon] - Works Recently Published By Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, And Brown, London.
References
RIBA, Early printed, 4 (2001), 2903.
Summary Note
The son of a Latvian immigrant, Henry Sass entered the Royal Academy Schools in 1805, trained as an artist, and exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1807 and 1839. In 1813 he advertised his School of Drawing; but from 1815 to 1817 travelled in Europe. From 1818 his School, established as a 'probationary school' for the Royal Academy and the British Institution, trained many successful artists.
Sass's Journey to Rome was adversely criticised in Annals of the fine arts (3/9, 1819), but was praised by Stendhal.
Provenance
Presented by the author in 1821 (acknowledged RA Council Minutes, VI, 197).
Art - Italy - Rome - Naples - History - 19th century
British - Italy - Rome - Naples - Description and travel - 19th century
Travel literature - 19th century