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Thomas Jones Barker (British, 1815-1882) Portrait of Miss Chisholm of Stirches House, Hawick, in the Scottish Borders, on her grey Highland pony 'Punch', with her black retriever beside her signed lower left "Thos. Jones Barker" oil on canvas h:120 w:85 cm Other Notes: Stirches House, Hawick, was built by the Chisholm family in 1503. It is now a care home for the elderly. The family also owned Chisholm House in the Scottish borders which was built in 1752 and is set in an estate of nearly 200 acres. It was once the seat of the head of the southern branch of Clan Chisholm but went out of the family possession in the early part of the 20th Century. Thomas Jones Barker is known as a portrait and military history painter. His first work to be exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts was a scene from the Napoleonic Wars. He went on to paint, from the battlefields, the Franco Prussian War of 1870. He was a prolific portrait painter, in particular of Scottish famillies, but was also commissioned to paint Queen Victoria. His work can be found in public collections, including the National Portrait Gallery.