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of the dealers ; but the prices which he re- ceived left him poor, and in May 1826 he went over to Brussels, where he remained about twelve months, made many sketches, and was unfortunately the victim of a swindling transaction, by which he was a great sufferer. From 1827 to 1832 he con- tinued in London, and then visited Paris, sending some pictures he painted there to London, where they realised fair prices. From Paris he went into Rhenish Prussia, where an illusory introduction and the loss of a letter with remittances was the cause of much difficulty. In November 1833 he returned to London, and from that time to 1839 he continued to labour, yet with small remuneration, at his easel, and was an occasional exhibitor at the Academy and at Suffolk Street. But his health began to fail. His income, which had at the best been irregular and uncertain, now fell off, embarrassment was added to illness, and after a life which had been one long struggle, he died at Brompton, January 7, 1841, in his 49th year. He left a widow, for whom an appeal for assistance was made in the 'Art Journal, 1 in 1845. His landscapes are boldly painted, show great feeling, and are good in tone and colour, but rather green.

O'DOHERTY, W. J., sculptor. Was born in Dublin in 1835, and studied in the schools of the Dublin Society, and after- wards under Kirke, R.H.A. In 1854 he came to London, and in 1862 exhibited at the Academy ' Alethe,' a marble statuette ; and the two following years some busts, which were not without promise. About 1865 he set out for Rome, to complete there his design for ' The Martyr/ and was lost sight of till his death was announced as having taken place in February 1867, at the Maison de Charit6, in Berlin. He had probably been taken ill, and, unknown, was removed to that institution.

OGBORNE, John, engraver. Born in London, about 1725. He was a pupil of Bartolozzi, and practised in the dot manner, engraving many works, chiefly after Smirke, J. Boydell, Stothard, Hamilton, Westall, Angelica Kauffman, Lely, and also, after his own designs. 'Music' and 'History.' Two or three of his plates were for the ' Shakespeare Gallery ; ' and there is a good engraving by him after Sir Francis Bour-

feois, ' Cnildren at their Mother's Grave.' [is engravings possess much power, and are well drawn. In his latter plates, by introducing line, he produced more variety of texture. He died about 1795. He was assisted by Mary Ogborne on some of his plates.

O'KEEFE, Daniel, miniature painter. See KEEFE, Daniel. He died at Bromp- ton, June 22. 1787. O'KEEFE, John, miniature painter.

Brother of the above. Was born in Dublin, in 1748. He studied at the Dublin Aca- demy, and for a time in London, under Hudson, and there are some humorous designs by him. He afterwards went upon the stage, and performed low comedy in London and Dublin with success, and left the arts. He was the author of several popular dramatic pieces. He died at Southampton in 1833, in his 86th year. There is a portrait of him by Lawranson in the National Portrait Gallery.

OKEY, Samuel, engraver. He was awarded premiums at the Society of Arts in 1765-67. He practised towards the end of the 18th century, working in mezzo-tint There is a plate by him after Sir J. Rey- nolds ; also after lone, and others. • OLIVER, Isaao, miniature painter. Was born in 1556. Lord Orford says he could find no account of his family, and he is supposed by some to have been of French extraction, but Nichols, in his ' History of Leicestershire,' quotes an authority which relates that he was said to be of a family holding lands in East Norton. It seems also that he was a relative of John Oliver, master-mason to James I. He was a pupil of Hilliard, and also studied under Zuc- chero, and attained great excellence in miniature art. That he was highly appre- ciated is shown by his having received 401. for four miniatures, a considerable sum at that time. He painted Queen Elizabeth, Mary Queen of Scots, Prince Henry, Ben Jonson, a full-length of Sir Philip Sidney, and many other persons of distinction. He sometimes worked in oil, but his portraits in this medium are flat and minutely finished, though full of character. He painted in oil the portraits of himself, his wife, and his children. He drew well with the pen, and made some historical designs of small size, which evince much power. He died at his house in Blackfriars in 1617 (some accounts give a later date), and was buried in the church of St. Anne's there. His monu- ment and bust, erected by his son, were destroyed in the Great Fire. He wrote a treatise on limning. His drawings are usually signed 'Olivier;' his miniatures with the monogram $. • OLIVER, Peter, miniature painter. Eldest son of the foregoing. Born in Lon- don in 1601. He was the pupil of his father, and surpassed him in excellence, often

Sainting with hiin on the same miniature, (any fine portraits by him are cherished in old family collections. He was also dis- tinguished for his miniature copies in water- colours of the historical works of the great masters. He etched some subjects of the same class. He died, as appears by the

Erobate of his will, in 1660, aged 59, and was uried near his father. OLIVER, John, glass painter. He was

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