John Byrne (1786 - 1847), the only son of William Byrne, was born in 1786, and for some time followed his father's profession; but subsequently directed his attention toward landscape painting in watercolours. He sent pictures to the exhibitions of the Water-Colour Society and the Royal Academy; and spent some years (about 1832-37) in Italy. He died in 1847. In the Victoria and Albert Museum are:
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This article incorporates text from the article "BYRNE, John" in Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers by Michael Bryan, edited by Robert Edmund Graves and Sir Walter Armstrong, an 1886–1889 publication now in the public domain.