Thomas Heaphy
Thomas Heaphy the Elder (1775–1835) was a British
Life
Heaphy was born in London on 29 December 1775. His father, John Gerrard Heaphy, was a merchant of Irish background, with a French wife. Heaphy was articled at an early age to R. M. Meadows the engraver, and attended a drawing-school run by
Heaphy was a successful painter. He devoted much of his fortune to developing land in the neighbourhood of what is now
Heaphy died at 8 St. John's Wood Road, 23 October 1835, and was buried in Bunhill Fields.[1]
Works
Heaphy exhibited for the first time at the
Heaphy at this point returned to portraiture, successfully. He was appointed portrait-painter to the Princess of Wales; Princess Charlotte, Prince Leopold, and other distinguished persons sat to him.[1]
In 1812, giving up his membership of the Water-colour Society, Heaphy went at the invitation of the
Though reputedly opposed to the Royal Academy, Heaphy contributed to its exhibitions to the end of his life. The
Family
Heaphy's first wife, Mary Stevenson, whom he married in 1800, died some time after 1820; his second, Harriet Jane Mason, survived him. Heaphy had by his first wife two sons, Thomas the younger and Charles, and three daughters, two of whom, Mary Ann (married name Musgrave) and Elizabeth (married name Murray)[2][circular reference], painted and exhibited in watercolour.[1]
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h Stephen, Leslie; Lee, Sidney, eds. (1891). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 25. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ es:Elizabeth Heaphy de Murray
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Stephen, Leslie; Lee, Sidney, eds. (1891). "Heaphy, Thomas (1775-1835)". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 25. London: Smith, Elder & Co.