Thomas Roberts , Classical landscape painter, trained under James Mannin in the Dublin Society's Schools. He is said to have been influenced by Claude Lorraine (17th century Frecnh artist). He died early of tuberculosis in Lisbon "Thomas was a talented artist, best known for his four superb views of Carton estate in Co. Kildare, the seat of the Duke of Leinster. Michael Wynne, keeper of the National Gallery of Ireland, described Thomas as: "One of the finest landscape painters in Great Britain or Ireland during the third quarter of the 18th century". concentrated on sea-pieces and estate topography From 1763 he trained at the Dublin Society Schools, winning a prize in his first year there. He began exhibiting at the Dublin Society of Artists in 1766, in which year he won an award for best landscape. By this stage in his career he was beginning to receive commissions from a number of patrons, including William Robert Fitzgerald, 2nd Duke of Leinster, and Richard Wingfield, 3rd Viscount Powerscourt.
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