Henry Albert Hartland

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On the moors, Achill Island, Co. Mayo, Ireland, Henry Albert Hartland; 1876. Pencil and watercoulor, 26.5 x 39.4 in. / 67.3 x 100.2 cm.

Henry Albert Hartland (1840 – 1893) was an Irish artist.

[edit] Early period

His family were well known Nurserymen and at the time of his birth were based in Mallow. His brother William Baylor Hartland was a well known plantsman. His family later moved to Cork where he studied at the Cork School of Art.

[edit] Career

After leaving Art College he worked as an illustrator for a Cork bookseller and later built theatrical scenery in Cork and Dublin. He was the uncle of illustrator Gertrude Hartland.