1814
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Houses in a Landscape is a 1814 by Benjamin Barker, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This sketch shows a simple stone building with a tall chimney and a slanted roof. The walls look rough and uneven, and there’s a small porch with a railing. In front, a fence runs along a dirt path, and the ground is uneven with patches of grass. The artist focused on textures—how the stone feels weathered and the wood looks worn. This kind of close attention to details was common in early 19th-century sketches. Next, check out The Cleveland Museum of Art to see more works like this.
Benjamin Barker (1776–1838), was an English landscape painter. Barker was the son of Benjamin and brother of Thomas Barker, called ‘Barker of Bath,’ resided at Bath, Somerset and between 1800 and 1821 exhibited…
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