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Self Portrait

Thomas Barker (1769–1847)

National Museum Cardiff

Self Portrait

Image credit: Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales

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As early as 1789, Barker had painted a double portrait of himself working on a landscape, whilst his patron Charles Spackman looked over his shoulder. The present portrait dates from around 1800. An old copy indicates that it originally extended to the right and included a profile-portrait of a Mr Thomas Shew looking at the painting on Barker's easel. This has been cut away and the last traces of it painted out, but the painter's eyes still turn in its direction. Thomas Shew lived at Weston-Super-Mare and was presumably the original owner of this picture.

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Title

Self Portrait

Date

c.1800

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 76.5 x W 63.5 cm

Accession number

NMW A 459

Acquisition method

bequeathed by Gwendoline Davies, 1951

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

Thomas Barker by himself

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Thomas Barker

1769–1847

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