# Rustic Figures: Two Boys

- By: Thomas Barker (British, 1769–1847)
- Date: 1801
- Medium: lithograph hand-colored with brown wash
- Classification: Print
- 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
- Credit line: Gift of Marsha and Tom French in memory of Fred Schmidt
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/2001.169)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/cma/2001.169/2001.169_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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.