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Boy Holding His Hat
Artist: Thomas Barker of Bath (1769 - 1847) Primary
Date:
1813
19th century
Dimensions:
7.8 x 4.72 in. (19.8 x 12 cm)
Dimensions Extent:
image
Object Type:
Print
Creation Place:
Europe, England
Medium and Support:
Pen and ink lithograph on paper
Credit Line:
Gift of James M. Reed, 2017.
Accession Number:
2017.35.180
This work is not currently on view
Signed on the stone with monogram at lower left. Barker published the first portfolio of lithographs by a single artist. Rustic Figures included forty pen and ink lithographs. Eighteen of the original lithographic stones from the portfolio are preserved in the Victoria Art Gallery in Bath. Their survival is extremely unusual, since lithographic stones – which were made from Bavarian limestone and thus were extremely expensive to import – were usually ground down and re-used. Why Barker’s stones survived intact is a mystery, though they likely remained in the artist’s possession until his death in 1847.
Exhibitions
Fairfield University Art Museum, Fairfield, Connecticut, The Artist Collects: Highlights from the James Reed Print Collection, March 14-June 8, 2019
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prints
Pictorial works produced by transferring images by means of a matrix such as a plate, block, or screen, using any of various printing processes. When emphasizing the individual printed image, use "impressions." Avoid the controversial expression "original prints," except in reference to discussions of the expression's use. If prints are neither "reproductive prints" nor "popular prints," use the simple term "prints." With regard to photographs, prefer "photographic prints"; for types of reproductions of technical drawings and documents, see terms found under "reprographic copies."
Pictorial works produced by transferring images by means of a matrix such as a plate, block, or screen, using any of various printing processes. When emphasizing the individual printed image, use "impressions." Avoid the controversial expression "original prints," except in reference to discussions of the expression's use. If prints are neither "reproductive prints" nor "popular prints," use the simple term "prints." With regard to photographs, prefer "photographic prints"; for types of reproductions of technical drawings and documents, see terms found under "reprographic copies."
public domain
Land owned and controlled by the state or federal government. Also, the status of publications, products, and processes that are not protected under patent or copyright.
Land owned and controlled by the state or federal government. Also, the status of publications, products, and processes that are not protected under patent or copyright.
children
People in the earliest developmental stage of life.
People in the earliest developmental stage of life.
nineteenth century
Century in the proleptic Gregorian calendar including the years 1800 to 1899 (or 1801 to 1900).
Century in the proleptic Gregorian calendar including the years 1800 to 1899 (or 1801 to 1900).
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