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Thomas Barker

1769–1847

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Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

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Artworks (15)

Young Boy Seated

1803 · pen-and-tusche lithograph

National Gallery of Art

Tilemakers

1803 · pen-and-tusche lithograph

National Gallery of Art

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

Image/primary support: 29.5 × 21.2 cm (11 5/8 × 8 3/8 in.); Secondary support: 49 × 37.5 cm (19 5/16 × 14 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Tilemakers

1803 · Polyautograph on paper

31.8 × 24.1 cm (12 9/16 × 9 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Shepherd Boys and Dog Sheltering from a Storm

1789 · oil on paper on canvas

overall: 28.5 x 22.8 cm (11 1/4 x 9 in.) framed: 43.5 x 38.4 x 5.1 cm (17 1/8 x 15 1/8 x 2 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Child with Musical Instrument

1789 · Brown-black crayon on cream wove paper

33.4 × 20.9 cm (13 3/16 × 8 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Seated Man Pointing Downwards (recto and verso)

1789 · Black chalk with stumping, heightened with white chalk (recto), and black chalk (verso) on mauve wove paper

14.8 × 24.3 cm (5 7/8 × 9 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Pierrette

1789 · Pen and black ink, with brush and brown wash, heightened with white gouache, on gray wove paper

21.7 × 14.2 cm (8 9/16 × 5 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Large Tree with Lake and Mountains in Background

1789 · Wax crayon, with brush and brown and blue (faded) wash, on cream laid paper

23.1 × 17.8 cm (9 1/8 × 7 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Two Girls Playing on Combs (recto); Sketch of Seated Woman with Fragment of Another Figure (verso)

1785 · Charcoal, with stumping, heightened with white chalk (recto and verso), on pale brown wove paper

17.6 × 21.5 cm (6 15/16 × 8 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Bust of a Woman (recto); Draped Figure, Three-Quarter Length (verso)

1785 · Charcoal, with stumping, heightened with white chalk (recto and verso), on dark pink wove paper with blue fibers

22.5 × 16.9 cm (8 7/8 × 6 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Farmhouse in the Mountains with Cows in Foreground

1785 · Pen and brown ink on pink laid paper with blue fibers, edge mounted onto cream wove paper

14.7 × 28.8 cm (5 13/16 × 11 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Huckster Cart

1785 · Charcoal, with stumping, heightened with white chalk, on dark pink wove paper with blue fibers

18.4 × 24.8 cm (7 1/4 × 9 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Figures in a Landscape [verso]

1769 · pen and brown ink on laid paper

overall: 11.5 x 18.5 cm (4 1/2 x 7 5/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Figures in a Landscape [recto]

1769 · pen and brown ink on laid paper

overall: 11.5 x 18.5 cm (4 1/2 x 7 5/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

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15 published of 15 catalogued · 15 with image

Art Institute Chicago
10 published10 img
Nga
5 published5 img

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Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

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