Benjamin Barker Of Bath 1776-1838. Extensive landscape, with drovers resting and cattle watering. Oil on canvas Signed and dated lower right 1833. 32 by 45 cms. 54 by 41 cms. Overall in frame.
Benjamin Barker II was an accomplished landscape painter from an artistic family that included his father, Benjamin the Elder (1729-1803), and brothers, Thomas (1769-1847) and Joseph (1782-1809). He exhibited widely at The Royal Academy from 1813 onwards and also produced engravings, publishing a set of 48 aquatints in 1824 entitled "English Landscape Scenery" He was an accomplished watercolourist and exhibted at the Royal Watercolour Society between 1800-1831. This charming oil study clearly demonstrates his admiration for Gainsborough's landscapes.
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