Brief Biography-Philip Hussey of Cloyne, County Cork, Ireland, was born in 1713. He was at sea at a young age, where he began drawing ship figureheads between being shipwrecked five times. On his first visit to England, Hussey studied old masters and painted Peter Lely'sCromwell head two times. His later introduction to the Prince of Wales widened his social relationships in London and Dublin, where he was to retire. He was associated with James Latham, who may have cooperated with him on some portraits. However, many of his works were not signed. Hussey successfully lived as a portraitist in Dublin and gained portrait commissions through the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, John Bowes. He was also a botanist and a musician. He died in Dublin in 1783.