Drawing on previously unpublished miniatures and portraits Mary Stratton Ryan assesses Joseph Patrick Haverty’s intimate portrayal of women and children in 19th-century Ireland
At the peak of his career, Galway artist Joseph Patrick Haverty (1794-1864) was one of the most prolific portrait painters in Ireland. Newspaper reports after the 1842 exhibition in Cork stated ‘if our face was worth painting, Mr Haverty should paint it!’
