HUMPHRY, OZIAS (I 742-1810), English miniature painter, was born at Honiton and educated at the grammar school of that town. Attracted by the gallery of casts opened by the duke of Richmond, Humphry came to London and studied at Shipley's school ; and later he left for Bath, where he lodged with Linley and became a great friend of his beautiful daughter, after wards Mrs. Sheridan. In 1766 he was in London warmly encour aged by Sir Joshua Reynolds, who was always interested in Dev onshire painters. He was a great friend of Romney, with whom in 1773 he went to Italy, staying, on his way to Dover, at Knole, where the duke of Dorset gave him many commissions. In 1785 he went to India, visiting the native courts, painting a large number of miniatures and making many beautiful sketches. His sight failed him in 1797, and he died in Hampstead in 181o.
See The History of Portrait Miniatures, by G. C. Williamson, vol. ii. (1904) . (G. C. W.)