Henry Samuel Sadd b. c.1811

  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
A mezzotint and wood engraver, Sadd migrated to Australia in 1853 by way of North America. Most of his Victorian work, based on photographs, consists of mezzotint portraits of clergy, politicians, the Governor of Victoria and standard British celebrities.

Citations

  • Groce, G.; & Wallace, D. (1957), 'The New York Historical Society’s Dictionary of Artists in America 1564/1860’, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America.

  • (28 April 1859), Melbourne Herald.

  • (18 April 1857), My Notebook.

  • Darragh, T.A., 'Directory of nineteenth century engravers and lithographers working in Victoria’, (Manuscript).

  • Woodhouse, H. (1889), 'The Victorian pioneers of litho-drawing and engraving’ 1889’, La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (Typescript).

  • Information sourced from Thomson, J.

  • Information sourced from Chapman, W.

  • Information sourced from Downer, C.

  • Information sourced from Bruce, C.

  • Thieme, U.; & Becker, F., 'Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler’, Leipzig, Germany : 37 volumes, 1907-50.

Initial data sources

  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870