Nicholas Joseph Crowley (6 December 1819–4 November 1857) was an Irish genre and portrait painter.

He then enrolled as a pupil at the Royal Hibernian Academy (RHA) in 1832, age 13, having exhibited there for the first time in 1827 with a portrait of Dr William Crolly.

[1] Crowley lived in Belfast between 1835 and 1836, painting a large number of portraits including of Francis McCracken, nephew of Mary Ann McCracken, for his work Fortune telling by cup tossing.

[1] After that, Crowley's works were frequently shown in the Royal Academy Exhibitions[2] and the British Institution.

[1] Crowley moved to London in 1837, where he lived for the rest of his life, visiting Dublin occasionally.