North Foreland

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

Robert Barker was born in Kells, in County Meath, Ireland. He was an inventor and painter, specialising in panoramas. His first panorama was a view of Edinburgh, exhibited in 1788. He went on to paint similar panoramic views of several cities, including London, Dublin, Athens and Lisbon. In the following years, Barker’s large scale panoramas became increasingly popular and, in 1793, he was able to build a house in Leicester Square. Barker had two sons. Following his death in 1806, his sons held art exhibitions at his former home.

Places

England, Dover, Kent, North Foreland

Subjects

topography, landscape C18th, sheep, house, fortification, tower

Materials & Techniques

paper (as artists material), watercolour (as artists materials), ink, watercolour (as object name)

Artist

Robert Barker (1739 - 1806)

Title

North Foreland

Date

1798

Medium

Watercolour and ink on paper

Dimensions

height: 35.00 cm, width: 55.50 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Sir Bruce Ingram, 1963

Inscription

br: Barker. 1798.

Provenance

Collection of journalist and newspaper editor Sir Bruce Stirling Ingram (1877-1963) and on loan to the Ministry of Works from 1952; from whom purchased by the Ministry of Works in 1963

GAC number

1570