Henry Albert Hartland
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Ireland
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artist.
Early period
His family were well known Nurserymen and at the time of his birth were based in MallowMallow, County Cork
Mallow is the "Crossroads of Munster" and the administrative capital of north County Cork, in Ireland. The Northern Divisional Offices of Cork County Council are located in the town....
. His brother William Baylor Hartland
William Baylor Hartland
-Overview:Hartland's grandfather came to Ireland from the Kew Botanic Gardens. He established a nursery at Belview, Mallow, in 1774. Hartland's father, William, relocated the business to Cork in 1810. Hartland's brother, Henry Albert Hartland , was a well-known artist.William Hartland moved his...
was a well known plantsman. His family later moved to Cork where he studied at the Cork School of Art, some of his watercolours were signed Albert Hartland.
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 HartlandGertrude Hartland
Gertrude Hartland , was an Irish illustrator.She was born in Cork, the daughter of Richard Hartland and Mary Walsh. She was the niece of artist Henry Albert Hartland. She married Stephen Jackson....
.