born 15 June 1874  in Cork, Ireland.
He died relatively young (date of death unknown).
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and a great-great-uncle of Robin and Katya Müller.

Above and below: Stickers from the back of some of the picture frames. If all this refers to Robert Richey, he must have been quite young when he already started exhibiting his pain -tings.

Right: This photograph (about 1898) probably shows Robert Richey. He was a passionate painter. Several of his paintings have been preserved though it is not in all cases clear whether the picture is by him or by another member of his family. Look at the complete

of these pictures

Below: View of Cork with St. Finbar's Cathedral. "This view might have been done from the Richeys' family home - Sundays Well Road rises well above the river as you walk east along it, before plunging steeply down to the city." (John Humphreys)

Above: Which bay might this picture show? John Humphreys comments on it: "I thought the first picture might possibly show Kinsale, but I don't think the sea view is right. Ireland is full of attractive inlets like this, which doesn't make it any easier. Youghal was another known resort used by the family for recreational boating - Cork itself was a working harbour, which did not make it a good place to go out with parasols and picnics."

John Humphreys mentions that this bridge (below) was called "Wellington Bridge in his [the artist's] day, though it was renamed and is now Thomas Davis Bridge (built in 1826 or 1830 according to different sources). It is to the west of Cork city, and runs from the Mardyke (a long extension west of the island on which the city was built) across the north channel of the River Lee, to the start of Sunday's Well Road. In other words those houses are near the start of the road where he [the artist] lived."

Left: From the back side of the above picture

Right: From the back side of the picture below

Left: Gill Fennell says that this scenery "has a remarkable ring of Bantry Bay with the range of hills going down the Beara."