Artist Barker, Benjamin, II
     nationality British
     birth-death 1776-1838
Creation date about 1815
Materials oil on canvas
Dimensions 25 x 30 in.
Location English 1600-1700 Gallery
Credit line Gift of Dr. and Mrs. G. H. A. Clowes
Accession number 42.6

Gallery Label

This view of a rugged country road winding through an English woodland exemplifies the picturesque tradition in landscape painting. The term "picturesque" is applied to paintings of pleasing natural settings that contain elements of wildness or irregularity.

Barker's landscape style derives from Thomas Gainsborough, whose work he copied and imitated.

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