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Philip Hussey (1713-1783), portrait-painter, born at Cork.

Hussey was born at Cloyne, in the county of Cork and his career began as a sailor. He was shipwrecked three times. He drew the figureheads and stern ornaments of vessels, and eventually set up in Dublin as a portrait-painter under the patronage of Lord Chancellor Bowes, painting full-length portraits with some success. He was a good musician, and was skilled as a botanist and florist. Although a notable Irish portrait painter, Hussey is not thought to be amongst the most important. His house was a meeting place of many leading men of art and letters in Dublin. He died at an advanced age in 1783 at his house in Earl Street, Dublin.

References

1. ^  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Hussey, Philip". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. , accessed October 2009
2. ^ A Dictionary of Irish Artists, http://www.libraryireland.com/irishartists/philip-hussey.php
3. Irish Portrait Artists, Visual Arts Cork, accessed October 2009

• 1782 deaths
• 18th-century Irish painters
• 18th-century Irish male artists
• Irish male painters
• Artists from County Cork
• 1713 births
• People from Cloyne