Henry Sass

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Inscribed (lower right): H Sass Esq^r

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This drawing must have been executed shortly before Lear left Sass' academy in 1839. Lear entered the Royal Academy schools on 21 December 1839, recommended by Sass.

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The artist; bequeathed to John Elliot, and presented to him, 1907.


This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: Richard Ormond, Early Victorian Portraits, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1973, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.

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