(1774 - 1856)
Henry Aston Barker, son of the inventor and painter Robert Barker, was born in Glasgow in 1774. Initially he worked as an assistant to his father, but later became known for his own large-scale panoramas, travelling to Constantinople, Paris, Palermo, Copenhagen, Malta and Venice to paint the views. Henry retired in 1826 and died in Bilton, near Bristol, some 30 years later.
