Thomas Frank Heaphy (born London, 2 April 1813; died London, 7 Aug 1873) was an English
miniature
A miniature is a small-scale reproduction, or a small version. It may refer to:
* Portrait miniature, a miniature portrait painting
* Miniature art, miniature painting, engraving and sculpture
* Miniature food, small edible or inedible versions o ...
painter.
Heaphy was the eldest son of the portrait painter
Thomas Heaphy and Mary Stevenson. His younger brother
Charles Heaphy
Charles Heaphy VC (1820 – 3 August 1881) was an English-born New Zealand explorer and recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest military award for gallantry "in the face of the enemy" that could be awarded to British and Empire forc ...
became an explorer and decorated military man, and two of his sisters also became miniature painters. He painted miniature portraits, and has works that can be found in the
Victoria and Albert Museum
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and the
National Portrait Gallery, London
The National Portrait Gallery (NPG) is an art gallery in London that houses a collection of portraits of historically important and famous British people. When it opened in 1856, it was arguably the first national public gallery in the world th ...
.
In 1861 he published eight articles in the Art Journal that attempted to ascertain the origin of the likeness of Christ.
Publications
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The Likeness of Christ; Being an Inquiry into the Verisimilitude of the Received Likeness of Our Blessed Lord' (1886)
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1813 births
1873 deaths
19th-century English painters
English male painters
English portrait miniaturists
19th-century English male artists
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