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Description

This is a oil on canvas The Organ Grinder and his monkey,s
This came from the Haskett-Smith collection label verso
Wonderfully painted
Subtle use of colours
Intricate detail
A very pleasing painting
Listed Artist William Bligh Barker 1835-1850 This one is unsigned But has barker inscribed on the old label attached to the back of the painting
Henry Aston Barker has claims to be noticed among the landscape-painters of Scottish birth, on account of the great excellence to which he carried the art of panoramic painting. He was born in Glasgow in 1774 He was married in 1802 to Harriet Maria, the eldest of six daughters of Rear-Admiral Bligh, and left two sons—the Rev. Henry Barker, vicar of Weare, Somersetshire, and William Bligh Barker, who was brought up to the medical profession, but afterwards followed art
Dates Early Victorian
Ornate gilded original wood frame (slightly distressed)
A superb painting for your collection
Free shipping to Mainland England (islands please ask me for a quote) I will have this delivered by my furniture courier which will take longer but will be much safer