James Barry

Irish · 1741–1806 · Painter, Printmaker

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THE GLORIOUS SEXTUMVIRATEWhyte's · Apr 2007€1,000≈ $1,361≈ £683Sign up to see
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Irish painter (1741–1806)

Born 1741, CorkDied 1806, LondonOccupation Painter, Printmaker, DraughtsmanWikidata Q1042892 ↗ULAN 500714256 ↗Museum works 19

Also known as Barry, J. Barry, James Barry (I), James I Barry, Mr. Barry, R.A. James Barry

Works in museum collections

Open-access images (public domain, CC0 or CC BY) from museum collections, each shown with its credit line and licence.

James Barry, Eastern Patriarch — **Eastern Patriarch**1803 · pen-and-tusche lithograph
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection — Open Access (CC0)

James Barry, The Angelic Guards — **The Angelic Guards**c. 1802 · etching and engraving on heavy laid paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund — Open Access (CC0)

James Barry, The Discovery of Adam and Eve — **The Discovery of Adam and Eve**c. 1792 - c. 1795
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam ↗
Public domain · Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam — public domain

James Barry, Jupiter Beguiled by Juno on Mount Ida — **Jupiter Beguiled by Juno on Mount Ida**1790
Graves Art Gallery ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Graves Art Gallery

James Barry, King Lear Weeping over the Dead Body of Cordelia — **King Lear Weeping over the Dead Body of Cordelia**1787
Tate ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Tate

James Barry, Portrait of a Man, Said to Be John Durham — **Portrait of a Man, Said to Be John Durham**1790
Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · James Barry, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0) — Metropolitan Museum of Art

James Barry, The Education of Achilles — **The Education of Achilles**1772
Yale Center for British Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Yale Center for British Art

James Barry, James Barry; Dominique Lefevre; James Paine the Younger — **James Barry; Dominique Lefevre; James Paine the Younger**1767
National Portrait Gallery ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — National Portrait Gallery

James Barry, Samuel Johnson — **Samuel Johnson**1779
National Portrait Gallery ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — National Portrait Gallery

James Barry, Portrait of Edmund Burke (1729-1797), Statesman, Orator and Writer — **Portrait of Edmund Burke (1729-1797), Statesman, Orator and Writer**1774
National Gallery of Ireland ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — National Gallery of Ireland

James Barry, The Thames, or The Triumph of Navigation — **The Thames, or The Triumph of Navigation**1791, published 1792 · Etching with engraving on cream laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Endowmen…

James Barry, Milton Dictating to Ellwood the Quaker — **Milton Dictating to Ellwood the Quaker**1804/05 · Etching and engraving with some aquatint on ivory wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, William McCallin McKee Memorial and Elizabeth Gott …

James Barry, Study for Commerce or the Triumph of the Thames — **Study for Commerce or the Triumph of the Thames**1767/80 · Pen and brown ink over red and black chalk on tan laid paper, laid down on ivory wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection — publi…

James Barry, Pandora — **Pandora**1804–05 · Engraving in black on ivory wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Dorothy Braude Edinburg Collection in honor of Harr…

James Barry, Eastern Patriarch, from the first issue of Specimens of Polyautography — **Eastern Patriarch, from the first issue of Specimens of Polyautography**1803 · Lithograph in black on cream wove paper, tipped onto mount with aquatint border in gray on cream wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Fund…

James Barry, Head of Neptune — **Head of Neptune**18th century · Pen and brown ink with brush and gray wash and traces of graphite, on ivory laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection — publi…

James Barry, Saint Sebastian — **Saint Sebastian**c. 1776 · Soft-ground etching
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund — Op…

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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Works in museum collections

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