A Shepherdess and Sheep
manner of Thomas Barker (Pontypool 1769 - Bath 1847)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1800
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
749 x 495 mm (29½ x 19½ in)
Order this imageCollection
Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire
NT 960240
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, A Shepherdess and Sheep, manner of Thomas Barker (Pontypool 1769 – Bath 1847). The shepherdess wears a pink petticoat, blue waistband, yellow jacket with white sleeves, and white cap. She stands looking at four sheep, leaning against a splintered tree.
Provenance
Purchased by the National Trust by private treaty sale from Lord St Oswald in 2010
Credit line
Nostell Priory, The St Oswald Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
manner of Thomas Barker (Pontypool 1769 - Bath 1847), artist previously catalogued as attributed to Thomas Barker (Pontypool 1769 - Bath 1847), artist previously catalogued as attributed to Thomas Gainsborough RA (Sudbury 1727 - London 1788), artist
References
Brockwell 1915 Maurice Walter Brockwell, Catalogue of the Pictures and Other Works of Art in the Collection of Lord St Oswald at Nostell Priory, London 1915, cat. no. 32