Robert Healy (c.
1743 – July 1771), sometimes noted as Robert Hayley, was an Irish painter.
Robert Healy | |
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Born | |
Died | July 1771 Ireland |
Nationality | Irish |
Occupation | Painter |
Healy was born in Ireland, and studied at Dublin under Robert West. Healy is chiefly noted for a peculiar method of drawing in black and white chalk, successfully imitating mezzotint. Many of his drawings were in the collections of the Earls of Moira and Mornington. Hayley died July 1771. His brother William Healy was an artist as well.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Cust, Lionel Henry (1891). "Hayley, Robert". In Stephen, Leslie; Lee, Sidney (eds.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 25. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
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