Landscape with Quarries
Benjamin Barker (Pontypool 1776 – Totnes 1838)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1796 - 1838
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
318 x 451 mm (12 1/2 x 17 3/4 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 732327
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Landscape with Quarries [Landscape with travellers on a rocky path by a stream and a distant prospect] attributed to Benjamin Barker (Pontypool 1776 – Totnes 1838)
Provenance
Acquired between 1838 and 1898; given to the National Trust along with the house, its grounds, and the rest of the contents by Sir Henry Hugh Arthur Hoare, 6th Bt (1865 – 1947) in 1946
Credit line
Stourhead, The Hoare Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Verso: Inscribed on stretcher in ink: 12 3/4 by 18 - Verso: Inscribed on stretcher in pencil: Bottom picture left Handside / of small window Verso: Incised on back of frame: 449 Verso: Old label inscribed in ink: 37
Makers and roles
Benjamin Barker (Pontypool 1776 – Totnes 1838), artist