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Portrait of Major John Osborne (d. 1821), full-length, before a classical column, a landscape beyond
Auction: 05/09/2018
Lot: 106
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Thomas Hickey AUCTION RECORDS
1741 Dublin, Ireland - 1824 Madras, India. Known for: Portrait painting and chalk drawing.
Thomas Hickey (c.1741-1824). One of the great adventurers in the history of Irish art, Thomas Hickey was a popular and successful portrait artist, who practiced portraiture in Ireland, the UK,... Read full biography
Thomas Hickey (c.1741-1824). One of the great adventurers in the history of Irish art, Thomas Hickey was a popular and successful portrait artist, who practiced portraiture in Ireland, the UK, Portugal, India and China, but never achieved significant acclaim in his native country during his... Read full biography
Thomas Hickey (c.1741-1824). One of the great adventurers in the history of Irish art, Thomas Hickey was a popular and successful portrait artist, who practiced portraiture in Ireland, the UK, Portugal, India and China, but never achieved significant acclaim in his native country during his lifetime. He was born in Dublin, the son of a sweet-maker, and studied drawing and painting at the Dublin Society schools, where he gained numerous prizes in his early teens. His early works were largely... Read full biography
Thomas Hickey (c.1741-1824). One of the great adventurers in the history of Irish art, Thomas Hickey was a popular and successful portrait artist, who practiced portraiture in Ireland, the UK, Portugal, India and China, but never achieved significant acclaim in his native country during his lifetime. He was born in Dublin, the son of a sweet-maker, and studied drawing and painting at the Dublin Society schools, where he gained numerous prizes in his early teens. His early works were largely portraits executed in chalk, but following a study trip to Italy in the early 1760s, he began exhibiting a range of oil paintings. Depressed by his failure to win patrons and develop his art in Dublin, he went to London and became a regular contributor... Read full biography
Thomas Hickey (c.1741-1824). One of the great adventurers in the history of Irish art, Thomas Hickey was a popular and successful portrait artist, who practiced portraiture in Ireland, the UK, Portugal, India and China, but never achieved significant acclaim in his native country during his lifetime. He was born in Dublin, the son of a sweet-maker, and studied drawing and painting at the Dublin Society schools, where he gained numerous prizes in his early teens. His early works were largely portraits executed in chalk, but following a study trip to Italy in the early 1760s, he began exhibiting a range of oil paintings. Depressed by his failure to win patrons and develop his art in Dublin, he went to London and became a regular contributor to exhibitions of the Royal Academy. After a short spell in Bath, he embarked in 1780 on a ship to India which was then captur... Read full biography
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Art images copyright© of artist or assigneePortrait of George, 1st Earl Macartney, half length, wearing the Order of the Bath
Thomas Hickey Auction: 11/07/2019Lot: 11Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeA DOUBLE PORTRAIT OF ARTHUR WOLFE, 1ST VISCOUNT KILWARDEN AND HIS WIFE ANNE
Thomas Hickey Auction: 10/29/2009Lot: 133Subscribe or get free alerts
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Art images copyright© of artist or assigneePORTRAIT OF HENRY WILLIAM BAYNTON, AGED 13 YEARS, 6 MONTHS, MIDSHIP MAN IN THE CLEOPATRA
Thomas Hickey Auction: 07/11/2007Lot: 173Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneePortrait of Colonel Thomas Fitzgerald (1737-?), three-quarter-length, in uniform, his right hand resting on the hilt of his sword, a landscape beyond
Thomas Hickey Auction: 04/29/2014Lot: 141Subscribe or get free alerts
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