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Boy with a guinea pig, 1864

Boy with a guinea pig, 1864

Image Reference: 55582
Artist/Photographer: Barker, John Joseph
Image Date: 1864
Measurements: 30.2 x 25.3 cm
Medium: painting
Collection: VAG
Library Reference: BATVG:P:1940.46
Credit: Bath & North East Somerset Council
Library: Victoria Art Gallery, Bath

Description: A scene of a boy showing his guinea pig to a girl in a headscarf and another boy in a farmer's smock. In the background are town buildings, including a church with a spire.
Painted by John Joseph Barker (1824-1904), oil on canvas. Barker came from the family of artists based in Bath, the younger brother of Thomas Jones Barker and son of Thomas Barker of Bath.

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Victoria Art Gallery
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