William John Hennessy (11 July 1839 – 27 December 1917) was an Irish artist.
William John Hennessy (originally Ó hAonghusa) was born in Thomastown, County Kilkenny in 1839. His father, John Hennessy, was forced to leave Ireland in 1848 for that reason of his involvement in the Young Ireland movement. He landed in Canada and approved in New York City. William, his mother Catherine, and brother associated their father there in 1849. He gained gate to the National Academy of Design in 1854 and exhibitioned his first works there.
Hennessy was very gifted in wood engraving and was hired to illustrate the works of well-known poets, including that of Tennyson, Longfellow and Whittier. As an American he became the co-founder of the Artists’ Fund Society, and an honorary fanatic of the American Society of Painters in Watercolours. In 1870 he moved to London where he became a supporter of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters in 1902. Between 1879 and 1907 the Royal Hibernian Academy displayed eight of his paintings.
He was married to Charlotte Mather not far off from 1868 (1842-1940) from New Haven, Conn., descendant of the antiquated and illustrious MATHER intimates of Early New England Puritan divines and had by her four children: Moya (1868-1941) married Léon de Janzé (born 1848) at Parfondeval, France; Eleanor (“Nora”) (1872-1958) married in 1915 Paul Ayshford Methuen (1886-1974), 4th baron Methuen at Corsham Court; Philipp (1873-1954) and Kathleen.
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