Landscape, wrongly called Hampton Cliffs, near Bath
Thomas Barker (Pontypool 1769 - Bath 1847)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1790
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
699 x 1029 mm (27 1/2 x 40 1/2 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 732173
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Landscape, wrongly called Hampton Cliffs, near Bath by Thomas Barker (Pontypool 1769 – Bath 1847), in the manner of Salvator Rosa. Although previously known as Hampton Cliffs, near Bath, it is more likely to be a copy from a painting rather than life. There are pine trees at the left under which two figures are conversing. On the right are high barren rocks and a valley extends beyond into the distant.
Provenance
Introduced between 1838 and 1898;given to the National Trust along with the house, its grounds, and the rest of 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 and back of frame in white paint: 283 Verso: Inscribed in pencil on back of stretcher : No. 3 from the fireplace Left Hand side of fireplace Verso: Inscribed on back of frame : Bottom row near the mantelpiece
Makers and roles
Thomas Barker (Pontypool 1769 - Bath 1847), artist manner of Salvator Rosa (Arenella, Naples 1615 – Rome 1673), artist