Thomas Barker

British · 1769–1847 · Painter, Printmaker

Thomas Barker or Barker of Bath, was a British painter of landscape and rural life. (Wikipedia)

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Thomas Barker or Barker of Bath, was a British painter of landscape and rural life.

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Born 1769, PontypoolDied 1847, BathOccupation Painter, PrintmakerWikidata Q321465 ↗ULAN 500029666 ↗Museum works 24

Also known as Barker, Barker of Bath, Bath, of Bath Barker, T. Barker, Thomas Barker of Bath, Thomas Barter, Thomas Bath and 3 other name forms

Works in museum collections

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

Thomas Barker, Shepherd Boys and Dog Sheltering from a Storm — **Shepherd Boys and Dog Sheltering from a Storm**c. 1789/1790 · oil on paper on canvas
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Howard Sturges — Open Access (CC0)

Thomas Barker, Tilemakers — **Tilemakers**1803 · pen-and-tusche lithograph
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection — Open Access (CC0)

Thomas Barker, Young Boy Seated — **Young Boy Seated**1803 · pen-and-tusche lithograph
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection — Open Access (CC0)

Thomas Barker, Figures in a Landscape [recto] — **Figures in a Landscape [recto]**pen and brown ink on laid paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of John Nichols Estabrook and Dorot…

Thomas Barker, Figures in a Landscape [verso] — **Figures in a Landscape [verso]**pen and brown ink on laid paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of John Nichols Estabrook and Dorot…

Thomas Barker, Wick Rocks near Bath — **Wick Rocks near Bath**1824
Holburne Museum ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Holburne Museum

Thomas Barker, A Boy with a Lamb — **A Boy with a Lamb**
Holburne Museum ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Holburne Museum

Thomas Barker, Hampton Rocks, Morning — **Hampton Rocks, Morning**
Victoria Art Gallery ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Victoria Art Gallery

Thomas Barker, The Cattle Fair — **The Cattle Fair**
National Museum Cardiff ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — National Museum Cardiff

Thomas Barker, Travellers Passing beneath a Volcano — **Travellers Passing beneath a Volcano**
Cyfarthfa Castle Museum & Art Gallery ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Cyfarthfa Castle Museum & Art Gallery

Thomas Barker, William Phillips of Risca; The Hunting Squire of Risca — **William Phillips of Risca; The Hunting Squire of Risca**
Newport Museum and Art Gallery ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Newport Museum and Art Gallery

Thomas Barker, Woodland Hunting — **Woodland Hunting**
The Box ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — The Box

Thomas Barker, Study of a Woodman — **Study of a Woodman**
National Museum Cardiff ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — National Museum Cardiff

Thomas Barker, Young Boy Seated, from the first issue of Specimens of Polyautography — **Young Boy Seated, from the first issue of Specimens of Polyautography**1803 · Lithograph in black on cream wove paper, tipped onto mount with aquatint border in brown on cream wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Fund…

Thomas Barker, Child with Musical Instrument — **Child with Musical Instrument**n.d. · Brown-black crayon on cream wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection — publi…

Thomas Barker, Farmhouse in the Mountains with Cows in Foreground — **Farmhouse in the Mountains with Cows in Foreground**c. 1790 · Pen and brown ink on pink laid paper with blue fibers, edge mounted onto cream wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection — publi…

Thomas Barker, Huckster Cart — **Huckster Cart**c. 1790 · Charcoal, with stumping, heightened with white chalk, on dark pink wove paper with blue fibers
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection — publi…

Thomas Barker, Seated Man Pointing Downwards (recto and verso) — **Seated Man Pointing Downwards (recto and verso)**n.d. · Black chalk with stumping, heightened with white chalk (recto), and black chalk (verso) on mauve wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection — publi…

Thomas Barker, Two Girls Playing on Combs (recto); Sketch of Seated Woman with Fragment of Another Figure (verso) — **Two Girls Playing on Combs (recto); Sketch of Seated Woman with Fragment of Another Figure (verso)**c. 1790 · Charcoal, with stumping, heightened with white chalk (recto and verso), on pale brown wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection — publi…

Thomas Barker, Rustic Figures: Two Boys — **Rustic Figures: Two Boys**1801 · lithograph hand-colored with brown wash
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Marsha and Tom French in memory of Fred Schm…

Thomas Barker, Landscape with Sheep and Two Shepherds — **Landscape with Sheep and Two Shepherds**first half 19th century? · pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash with graphite; squared in graphite
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection — Open Access (CC0)

Thomas Barker, Specimens of Polyautography: Boy Seated on a Grassy Bank — **Specimens of Polyautography: Boy Seated on a Grassy Bank**1803 · lithograph
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection — Open Acc…

Thomas Barker, The Halt at the Spring — **The Halt at the Spring**c. 1789–1847 · charcoal heightened with white
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of James Parmelee — Open Access (CC0)

Thomas Barker, Forty Lithographic Impressions from Drawings of Landscape Scenery by Thomas Barker, Selected from His Studies of Rustic Figures after Nature: [Old Woman in Cloak with Clasped Hands] — **Forty Lithographic Impressions from Drawings of Landscape Scenery by Thomas Barker, Selected from His Studies of Rustic Figures after Nature: [Old Woman in Cloak with Clasped Hands]**published 1813 · Pen lithograph, hand colored with brown wash
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Davis in memory of Harv…

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

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