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Sep 16, 2005
Rustic Figures: Two Boys
Rustic Figures: Two Boys
1801
Thomas Barker
(British, 1769–1847)
Lithograph hand-colored with brown wash
Support: Heavy wove paper with chine collé
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.)
Gift of Marsha and Tom French in memory of Fred Schmidt 2001.169
Catalogue raisonné: Not in Felix Man
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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.
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