SNIPPET: Per Edward T. O'DONNELL's book, "1001 Things Everyone Should Know About Irish American History" (2002), notable Irish-born painters working in America in the 19th century including the following individuals: William Michael HARNETT (1848-92) who settled with his family in Philadelphia, where he worked as an engraver, later engaging in the formal study of art at leading schools in NY and Europe. He is best known for his still-life painting of objects such as horseshoes, pipes, guns and musical instruments, and his paintings can be found in art museums that include the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NY and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Thomas HOVENDEN (1840-95) received his formal training at the Cork School of Design. He emigrated to America in 1863. After studying at the National Academy of Design, he moved to Baltimore where he began to paint portraits and scenes of everyday life. Moving to France in the 1870s, HOVENDEN continued to study and improve his technique. His paintings on exhibition at the Paris Salon in 1880 were widely praised, and he returned to America in the early 1880s. One of his most famous paintings is of the radical abolitionist John BROWN - "The Last Moments of John Brown." John MULVANY (c. 1839-1906) came to the U.S. from Westmeath as a boy. He worked as an illustrator for Chicago newspapers and went on to study painting in Europe. Eventually settling in IA, MULVANY began a career painting scenes of Western life. Some of his best known include "The Preliminary Trial of a Horse Thief" and the monumental "Custer's Last Rally."