(b Cloyne, Co. Cork, 1713; d Dublin, June 1783). Irish painter. He went to sea in his youth, but by the 1740s he was active in Dublin as an artist. Hussey is principally known for his portraits of family groups, some of which are conversation pieces; he may also have specialized in flower-pieces and still-lifes, to judge from the carefully detailed baskets of flowers and other trappings that appear in a number of his portraits. The most important of his group portraits are The Bateson Family (1762; Belfast, Ulster Mus.) and The Corbally Family (1760s; Dublin, N.G.), both of which depict the families within richly decorated rooms, pride of ownership being the most compelling feature. Hussey visited England on at least two occasions, during which he may have seen and studied conversation pieces by such popular English artists as Arthur Devis.