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Rustic Figures: Two Boys
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About this 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.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineRustic Figures: Two Boys, 1801. Thomas Barker (British, 1769–1847). Lithograph hand-colored with brown wash; 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.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Marsha and Tom French in memory of Fred Schmidt, 2001.169
