![]() In Paris, Barker had a dog named Mentor who appears in some of his paintings. This early and enduring interest in hunting and in dogs provides a rare glimpse into Barker's personal life. ![]() Barker's earliest known work, a collaboration with his father from 1834, depicted a boy guarding game while his father, in the distance, goes about hunting with a rifle and dog. Ī dozen of those paintings depicted hunters, poachers, dogs, and game. (His father also exhibited in the Salon of 1836.) From 1836 to 1850, Barker showed 28 paintings at the annual Paris exhibition. He made his debut at the Paris Salon of 1836 with three paintings, including Beauties of the Court of Charles II, which received a bronze medal. Career in France Īfter studying under his father, in 1834, at age 19, he moved to Paris and became a student of Horace Vernet. His uncles Benjamin Barker, Jr., and Joseph Barker were also painters, as was his younger brother, John Joseph Barker, and his cousin, Marianne A. His grandfather, Benjamin Barker, was "a failed barrister…who painted horses with limited success" and eventually became "foreman and enamel painter at the japan works, Pontypool, expert at painting sporting and animal figures." His father was the prominent painter Thomas Barker, also called Barker of Bath. Thomas Jones Barker was born at Bath in 1815, into a family of artists. ![]() ![]() ![]() Thomas Jones Barker (19 April 1813 – 29 March 1882) was an English historical, military, and portrait painter. ![]()
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