Large Oil the Organ Grinder & His Monkey's RA Listed Artist William Bligh Barker (1835-1850)

This is a wonderfully painted oil on canvas - The Organ Grinder and his monkey's. This came from the Haskett-Smith collection label verso. It has a subtle use of colours and intricate detail. It comes in an ornate gilded original wood frame (slightly distressed). 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. A superb painting for your collection.