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Rustic Figures: Two Boys
Thomas Barker (British, 1769–1847)
1801
- Medium
- lithograph hand-colored with brown wash
- Classification
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 26.3 x 18.6 cm (10 3/8 x 7 5/16 in.); Image: 21.8 x 14.6 cm (8 9/16 x 5 3/4 in.); Secondary Support: 23.5 x 15.7 cm (9 1/4 x 6 3/16 in.)
- Culture
- England, early 19th Century
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Prints
- Credit line
- Gift of Marsha and Tom French in memory of Fred Schmidt
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Cleveland Museum of Art
About this work
Lithography was invented in Germany in 1798 as a commercial technique but soon spread to England where it was quickly adopted by artists. This is one of the very earliest artist's lithographs which is very welcome in our fine collection of early lithography.
