Thomas Barker of Bath (1769-1847) - A pen and ink study of two horses and an ostler

Thomas Barker of Bath )1769-1847)

Medium : Pen and ink onto paper

Provenance: The Manning Galleries, London;
where is was purchased by the previous private collector, April 1971; and by family descent. Also Wooley and Wallis of Salisbury.

Overall size with the frame is 29 cm x 26 cm x 2 cm and the drawing measuring 19 cm x 15 cm. Z as


A lovely small pen and ink study of two horses and an ostler by Thomas Barker of Bath .

Thomas Barker (1769–1847) was born nesr Pontypool, in Monmouthshire. He was the most talented and is the best known of the Barker dynasty of artists, which included his father Benjamin, two of Thomas's brothers (Benjamin and Joseph) and also his sons, Thomas Jones and John Joseph.Thomas Barker was self-taught.

Barker was a prolific and commercially extremely successful artist. He was an occasional exhibitor at the Royal Academy and the British Institution for almost fifty years. His work is highly collectible.

Conditin report: In good original condition with no visible foxing . It appears that the drawing has not been removed from its current frame since being sold in 1971.

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