Rustic Figures: Two Boys (1801): Art, History and Details

Rustic Figures: Two Boys (1801) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Thomas Barker (British, 1769–1847).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Lithography was invented in Germany in 1798 as a commercial technique but soon spread to England where it was quickly adopted by artists. This is one of the very earliest artist's lithographs which is very welcome in our fine collection of early lithography.

Object facts

• Title: Rustic Figures: Two Boys
• Date: 1801
• Creator attribution: Thomas Barker (British, 1769–1847)
• Culture: England, early 19th Century
• Type: Print
• Technique: lithograph hand-colored with brown wash
• Dimensions: Sheet: 26.3 x 18.6 cm (10 3/8 x 7 5/16 in.); Image: 21.8 x 14.6 cm (8 9/16 x 5 3/4 in.); Secondary Support: 23.5 x 15.7 cm (9 1/4 x 6 3/16 in.)
• Collection: PR - Lithograph
• Department: Prints
• Accession number: 2001.169

Collection credit

Gift of Marsha and Tom French in memory of Fred Schmidt

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