Plate I. Of a View of Gibraltar, taken by Henry Aston Barker, from the Devil's Tongue Battery, in September 1804
Hand-coloured. See also PAI7153 for the other part and PAD1649. Barker also produced the view as a circular panorama at the Panorama, Leicester Square, (May 1805-May 1806) following a visit he made to Gibraltar in HMS 'Hydra' in September 1804. A good oil version attributed to Barker (74 x 136 cm) was also lent to the 'Panoramania' exhibition at the Barbican Art Gallery, London in 1988 (no. 46). While then thought to predate the print image, it may be a copy by another hand since to date (Dec. 2015) no other oil painting by Barker has emerged to suggest he painted gallery work in oil.
Object Details
| ID: | PAI7152 |
|---|---|
| Type: | |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Harraden, James B.; Barker, Henry Aston |
| Places: | Unlinked place |
| Date made: | 2 Apr 1808 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Sheet: 580 x 745 mm; 488 mm x 664 mm |
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