Artist and writer. Eldest son of the watercolourist Thomas Heaphy (1775-1835). Heaphy exhibited at the Royal Academy and the British Institution, and was a member of the Society of British Artists. Began his career paining watercolours, but in the 1850s moved on to painting literary narratives, and then in the 1860s focused on producing history and genre paintings. Published various writings on art in the Art Journal, St. James's Magazine and Once a Week.

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