Philip Hussey

[1] Hussey was born at Cloyne, in the county of Cork[2] and his career began as a sailor.

[2] 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.

Although a notable Irish portrait painter, Hussey is not thought to be amongst the most important.

[3] 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.