Artist

Thomas Barker

Portrait of Thomas Barker
Portrait of Thomas Barker

Wales

Thomas Barker is a Wales British Romanticism artist. 22 works are cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum.

Thomas Barker painted portraits and landscapes in late-18th- to early-19th-century Wales. His oils and watercolors show quiet moments—like the spiky “A Boy Extracting a Thorn from His Foot” or the broad green sweep of “Bath Landscape.” His figures feel real, not posed. Next, tap “Hannah Mary de Cardonnel Lawson,” Barker’s solid three-quarter-length portrait of a thoughtful woman in pearl-gray silk.

Works by Thomas Barker

Collections represented

Catalog records compiled from museum open-access collections; the artworks shown are in the public domain. Spotted an error in this record? Tell us.