# Thomas Barker of Bath artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-24T12:37:59.938Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: Welsh, British
- Common media: Painting, Lithography

## Portrait

![Thomas Barker of Bath](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/Thomas_Barker%2C_Barker_of_Bath_-_Self_Portrait.jpeg)
Thomas Barker · Public domain
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thomas_Barker,_Barker_of_Bath_-_Self_Portrait.jpeg

## About Thomas Barker of Bath

Thomas Barker (1769–1847), widely known as Thomas Barker of Bath or Barker of Bath, was a Welsh-born British painter associated with landscapes and scenes of rural life. Authority records also identify him as a lithographer. The Bath epithet helps distinguish him in catalogues and auction records from other artists named Barker, an important consideration because his family included several painters. Collectors may encounter his work under Thomas Barker, Barker of Bath, or Thomas Barker of Bath, while reference sources variously describe him as Welsh, British, or English. His market identity therefore depends on matching the dates, Bath association, medium, and subject rather than relying on one national label. Paintings of landscape and rural life form the clearest documented context in the collected material, while lithographic work broadens the range of objects that may require identification. Museum and authority profiles provide stable entity links, although several institutional pages could not be fully retrieved during source collection.

## Common works and media

Collectors may encounter paintings of landscapes and rural life, as well as lithographic works. Authority data also points to compositions involving figures and animals. Because several painters shared the Barker surname, the artist name, dates, Bath association, medium, and subject should be considered together when identifying a work.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisal should begin by confirming that a work belongs to Thomas Barker of Bath rather than another Barker, including another painter from his family. The collected evidence supports separate comparison of paintings and lithographic works, with landscapes and rural-life scenes as the clearest documented subjects. Appraisily lists 149 associated auction records, but this source pack does not expose the individual lot descriptions, sale dates, realized prices, or attribution notes needed for a defensible price analysis. Comparable records should therefore be reviewed at lot level and matched to the artist identity, medium, and subject. The available evidence supports an auction-comparison framework, not a price forecast or claim about market direction.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine public artist-identity research with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available and sufficiently documented.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q321465
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/33085049/
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500029666
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr91009847
- Tate: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/thomas-barker-of-bath-19
- National Gallery of Art: https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.2967.html
- Art UK: https://artuk.org/discover/artists/barker-thomas-17691847
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Barker_(painter)
- Wikipedia: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Barker
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/thomas-barker-of-bath/