Caffrey, Paul

Barber, Rupert (1719–72), miniaturist, was born in Dublin, where he was baptised 20 September 1719. He was the son of Rupert Barber, Dublin woollen-draper, and Mary Barber (qv), who published poetry in the 1730s, a friend and…

Hamilton, Gustavus (c.1739–1775), miniaturist, was one of the younger children of the Rev. Gustavus Hamilton, vicar of Errigal in the diocese of Clogher, rector of Gallen, Co. Meath, and formerly curate in Enniskillen in 1721–2, when he married his wife Jane (née Cathcart…

Hone, Horace (1754–1825), miniaturist, was born in Frith St., London, second son of Nathaniel Hone (qv) (1718–84), and Mary Hone (née Earle) of York, England. His father taught him the techniques of painting miniature portraits on ivory…

Kean, Michael (1761–1823), miniaturist and owner of the Derby porcelain factory, was born in Dublin and educated at the Dublin Society's drawing school, established in 1746 to give instruction concentrating on figure- or life-drawing, drawing from the antique, and ornament-drawing…

Lover, Samuel (1797–1868), artist, writer, and composer, was born 24 February 1797 in Dublin, eldest son of William Frederick Lover (d. 1833), a stockbroker who ran the British Exchange Office in Dublin and had various other commercial interests, and Abigail Lover (née Maher; d. 1810),…

Murphy, Denis Brownell (c.1745–1842), miniature portrait painter, was born in Dublin; nothing is known of his parents. He was educated at the Dublin Society drawing schools, where he was taught by Robert West (qv) and received a…

Pelham, Henry (1749–1806), miniaturist, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, son of Peter Pelham (1697–1751), mezzotint engraver, and his third wife Mary Singleton Copley. She was the widow of Richard Copley and mother of the distinguished American artist and miniaturist John…

Roch, Sampson Towgood (1757–1847), miniaturist, was eldest son of William Roch and Melian Roch (née Holmes) of Youghal, Co. Cork; grandson of James Roch of Glyn Castle, near Carrick-on-Suir, Co. Tipperary; and great-grandson of James Roch, high sheriff of Co. Waterford. On a visit (…