Tilemakers

1803

Thomas Barker

Associated Names
Thomas Barker

Artist, British, 1769 - 1847

The image shows four individuals in different poses and attire. The central figure stands holding a long-handled tool. To the left, a person is seated, leaning on a wooden structure. To the right, two individuals are busy handling wooden tools or blocks on a stone table. The background features a stone wall with additional tools or containers.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen-and-tusche lithograph

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 23.5 × 31.8 cm (9 1/4 × 12 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1947.7.126

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Man 1962, no. 18

  • Series Title

    Specimens of Polyautography [1947.7.110-145]


Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1988

  • Drawings on Stone: Early European Lithography, NGA, 1988.

Bibliography

1962

  • Man, Felix H. "Lithography in England (1801-1810)." In Prints, edited by Carl Zigrosser. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1962: 116-130.

Wikidata ID

Q65084227

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