James Barry, Eastern Patriarch

James Barry

Irish · 1741–1806 · Painter, Printmaker

James Barry was an Irish painter, best remembered for his six-part series of paintings entitled The Progress of Human Culture in the Great Room of the Royal Society of Arts in… (Wikipedia)

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  1. THE GLORIOUS SEXTUMVIRATEWhyte's · €1,000≈ $1,361≈ £683Sign up to see
  2. James Barry, Reserved Knowledge, 1795, etching & engraving (Black Ink)Reserved KnowledgeMorgan O'Driscoll · €1,000≈ $1,354≈ £826Sign up to see
  3. TWO ETCHINGS and LETTER TO FELLOW ARTIST OZIAS HUMPHREY (SET OF THREE)Whyte's · €480≈ $520≈ £411Sign up to see

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Works in museum collections

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James Barry, Eastern Patriarch
Eastern Patriarch1803 · 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 Guardsc. 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 Evec. 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 Ida1790
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 Cordelia1787
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 Durham1790
Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · James Barry, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0) — Metropolitan Museum of Art
James Barry, The Education of Achilles
The Education of Achilles1772
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 Younger1767
National Portrait Gallery ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — National Portrait Gallery
James Barry, Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson1779
National Portrait Gallery ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — National Portrait Gallery
James Barry, Eastern Patriarch
Eastern Patriarch1803
Wikimedia Commons ↗
CC0 · James Barry, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0)
James Barry, Portrait of Edmund Burke (1729-1797), Statesman, Orator and Writer
Portrait of Edmund Burke (1729-1797), Statesman, Orator and Writer1774
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 Navigation1791, 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 Quaker1804/05 · 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 Thames1767/80 · 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
Pandora1804–05 · 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 Polyautography1803 · 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 Neptune18th 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 Sebastianc. 1776 · Soft-ground etching
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund — Op…
James Barry, Eastern Patriarch
Eastern Patriarch1803 · lithograph
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund — Open Access (CC0)

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