Joseph William Carey: A Northern Irish Painter of the Ulster Landscape Born in Belfast in 1859, Joseph William Carey’s artistic journey was deeply intertwined with his upbringing and the evolving cultural landscape of late Victorian and Edwardian Ireland. The son of a Moravian minister, Reverend J.W. Carey, he initially received training as an illustrator within the established firm of Marcus Ward & Co., a prestigious institution that shaped many young artists of the era. However, it was the shift in the firm’s fortunes – its eventual failure in 1899 – that propelled Carey towards establishi…