Philip Hussey (1713–1783), was an Irish portrait-painter., accessed October 2009
Hussey was born at Cloyne, in the county of CorkA Dictionary of Irish Artists, http://www.libraryireland.com/irishartists/philip-hussey.php 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.Irish Portrait Artists, Visual Arts Cork, accessed October 2009 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.
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