William Paulet Carey
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William Paulet Carey was an Irish art critic and publicist, known also as an engraver and dealer. In 1792 he joined the Society of United Irishmen in Dublin, but feeling unsupported as he himself faced charges of sedition, in 1794 he testified in the government case against the United Irishman William Drennan. In England, he spent half a century promoting British art, most of his writings being distributed gratuitously.
A meeting of the female canvassers in Covent Garden, satirical print from 1784 by William Paulet Carey
Engraving of 1784 of a scene from The Duenna by William Paulet Carey, with Jane Green and John Quick
Satirical print of an early incident in the feud between Carey and Benjamin Haydon. St James' Street in an Uproar or the Quack Artist and his Assailants: Saturday morning 30 Jan 1819. Haydon is at the left in blue, Carey is represented by the goose behind him. Carey had doubted whether Haydon's charging a shilling for admission to an exhibition of eight chalk drawings was value for money.
John Hogan (sculptor)
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John Hogan was a sculptor from Tallow, County Waterford in Ireland. Described in some sources as the "greatest of Irish sculptors", according to the Dictionary of Irish Biography he was responsible for "much of the most significant religious sculpture in Ireland" during the 19th century. Working primarily from Rome, among his best known works are three versions of The Dead Christ, commissioned for churches in Dublin, Cork, and the Basilica of St. John the Baptist in Newfoundland, Canada.
"Dead Christ", Basilica of St. John the Baptist
Plaque in Tallow at the parish hall to commemorate John Hogan