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Ad Code: 3
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from Auction House Records.
A DOUBLE PORTRAIT OF ARTHUR WOLFE, 1ST VISCOUNT KILWARDEN AND HIS WIFE ANNE
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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 work (showing 500 of 2038 characters). |
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