Edward Henry Murphy (c1796

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- 1847

) was an Irish painter of flowers, birds and still life. He studied art at the School of the Royal Dublin Society. He also produced caricatures for the Dublin media. He taught art, painted flower and fruit pieces and, on occasion, landscapes. He exhibited mainly in Dublin in the period 1812 to 1821, and with the

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from 1826 to 1841, to which he was elected an Associate in November 1829. He died by suicide in 1847. The

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has his painting "Parroquets," which earlier belonged to Sir

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, Bart., former

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Irish painters Botanical illustrators 1790s births 1847 deaths {{Ireland-artist-stub