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George Barret (the elder)

Also known as: George Barret (the elder); primary name: Barret, George; other name: Barrett, George
Details: individual; painter/draughtsman; printmaker; Irish; Male
Life dates: 1728/32-1784
Biography: Landscape painter in oils and watercolours and etcher. b.Dublin; 1762/3 moved to London; won premium at FS 1764; exhibited at SA 1764-68, when he became foundation member of RA; exhibited RA 1769-82; painted walls at Norbury Park 1770s; his works occasionally signed with monogram 'GB'.
Bibliography: See Peter Harbison, William Burton Conyngham and his Irish Circle of Antiquaries, Yale 2012, pp. 76-7

74 related objects

drawing

Museum number: 1887,0613.77 |
Producer name: BIOG18530 Drawn by:George Barret (the elder) |
Production date: 1728-1784

drawing

Museum number: 1866,0714.14 |
Producer name: BIOG29743 Drawn by:John Greenwood |
Production date: 1727-1792

print

Title: A spaniel and wild duck |
Museum number: 1870,0625.643 |
Producer name: Print made by:James WatsonAfter:George Barret (the elder) |
Production date: 1768

print

Title: Imitations of Modern Drawings |
Museum number: M,40.20 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas RowlandsonAfter:George Barret (the elder) |
Production date: 1784-1788

print

Title: Norbury Park |
Museum number: 1861,1012.2327 |
Producer name: BIOG18530 Print made by:George Barret (the elder) |
Production date: 1762-1784

print

Title: A Scene in Norbury Park, Surrey |
Museum number: 1978,U.1671 |
Producer name: After:George Barret (the elder)Print made by:Joseph Powell |
Production date: 1801

print

Title: Imitations of Modern Drawings |
Museum number: 1874,1212.391 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas RowlandsonAfter:George Barret (the elder) |
Production date: 1784-1788

print

Museum number: 1852,0214.39 |
Producer name: BIOG18530 Print made by:George Barret (the elder) |
Production date: 1762-1784

print

Title: On the Harrow Road |
Museum number: 1852,0214.40 |
Producer name: BIOG18530 Print made by:George Barret (the elder) |
Production date: 1762-1784

print

Title: Roach Abbey in Yorshire |
Museum number: 1863,0110.83 |
Producer name: BIOG18530 Print made by:George Barret (the elder) |
Production date: 1762-1784

print

Museum number: 1852,0214.44 |
Producer name: BIOG18530 Print made by:George Barret (the elder) |
Production date: 1762-1784

print

Title: Roach Abbey in Yorshire |
Museum number: 1850,0810.71 |
Producer name: BIOG18530 Print made by:George Barret (the elder) |
Production date: 1762-1784

print

Title: George Barret R.A. |
Museum number: 1939,0513.96 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1780-1800

print

Title: Roach Abbey in Yorshire |
Museum number: 1872,1012.3545 |
Producer name: BIOG18530 Print made by:George Barret (the elder) |
Production date: 1762-1784

print

Title: The Chearful Voyagers |
Museum number: 1872,1012.4764 |
Producer name: Print made by:Elizabeth EllisAfter:George Barret (the elder) |
Production date: 1785

print

Title: On the Harrow Road |
Museum number: 1861,1012.2326 |
Producer name: BIOG18530 Print made by:George Barret (the elder) |
Production date: 1762-1784

print

Title: Norbury Park |
Museum number: 1861,1012.2325 |
Producer name: BIOG18530 Print made by:George Barret (the elder) |
Production date: 1762-1784

print

Title: Winnandermere-Lake [sic for Winandermere Lake, No. Select views in Great Britain |
Museum number: 1870,1008.21 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel MiddimanAfter:George Barret (the elder) |
Production date: 1784 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: A View of Barege taken from beyond the Torrent |
Museum number: 1912,0319.89 |
Producer name: Print made by:Archibald RobertsonAfter:Archibald Robertson |
Production date: 1787 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: A View of the Vocleuse near Avignon |
Museum number: 1912,0319.86 |
Producer name: Print made by:Archibald RobertsonAfter:Archibald Robertson |
Production date: 1787 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1877,0609.1686 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas HearneAfter:George Barret (the elder) |
Production date: 1759-1817 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Ulleswater Select views in Great Britain |
Museum number: 1870,1008.23 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel MiddimanAfter:George Barret (the elder) |
Production date: 1784 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Tempest, Ferdinand and Miranda |
Museum number: Ee,6.145 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel MiddimanPrint made by:Francesco Bartolozzi |
Production date: 1787 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: View in Llangollen Vale Select views in Great Britain |
Museum number: 1870,1008.18 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel MiddimanPrint made by:Thomas Tagg |
Production date: 1787 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: View on Shanklin Chine Select views in Great Britain |
Museum number: 1870,1008.14 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel MiddimanAfter:George Barret (the elder) |
Production date: 1788 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: View of the Ruins of a Roman Arch at Aix in Savoy |
Museum number: 1912,0319.83 |
Producer name: Print made by:Archibald RobertsonAfter:Archibald Robertson |
Production date: 1785 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: A park scene |
Museum number: 1869,0213.27 |
Producer name: Print made by:Letitia ByrneAfter:George Barret (the elder) |
Production date: 1805 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: A View looking down the Valley of Bareges |
Museum number: 1912,0319.80 |
Producer name: Print made by:Archibald RobertsonAfter:Archibald Robertson |
Production date: 1783 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Tempest, Ferdinand and Miranda |
Museum number: 1868,0822.1687 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel MiddimanPrint made by:Francesco Bartolozzi |
Production date: 1787 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Luz in the Pyrenees |
Museum number: 1912,0319.78 |
Producer name: Print made by:Archibald RobertsonAfter:Archibald Robertson |
Production date: 1783 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Southall |
Museum number: 1849,1208.394 |
Producer name: BIOG18530 Print made by:George Barret (the elder) |
Production date: 1762-1784

print

Title: The Chearful Voyagers |
Museum number: 1872,1012.4763 |
Producer name: After:George Barret (the elder)Print made by:Elizabeth Ellis |
Production date: 1785 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Bareges in the Pyranees |
Museum number: 1912,0319.79 |
Producer name: Print made by:Archibald RobertsonAfter:Archibald Robertson |
Production date: 1783 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: A park scene |
Museum number: 1871,0812.2902 |
Producer name: Print made by:Letitia ByrneAfter:George Barret (the elder) |
Production date: 1805 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Cabin near Beggars-Bush |
Museum number: 1912,0319.69 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francis JukesAfter:George Barret (the elder) |
Production date: 1800s |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: As You Like It, Act IV |
Museum number: X,8.28 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel MiddimanPrint made by:Francesco Bartolozzi |
Production date: 1787 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: As You Like It, Act IV |
Museum number: 1868,0822.1686 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel MiddimanPrint made by:Francesco Bartolozzi |
Production date: 1787 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Select views in Great Britain |
Museum number: 1972,U.346.1-53 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel MiddimanPrint made by:William Watts |
Production date: 1784-1814 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: A View of Hawarden Castle in Flintshire |
Museum number: 1866,1208.338 |
Producer name: Print made by:George Barret (the elder)Published by:John Boydell |
Production date: 1762-1784

print

Title: Imitations of Modern Drawings |
Museum number: M,40.9 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas RowlandsonAfter:George Barret (the elder) |
Production date: 1784-1788

print

Museum number: 1852,0214.41 |
Producer name: BIOG18530 Print made by:George Barret (the elder) |
Production date: 1762-1784

print

Museum number: 1852,0214.43 |
Producer name: BIOG18530 Print made by:George Barret (the elder) |
Production date: 1762-1784

print

Title: The Tempest, Ferdinand and Miranda |
Museum number: X,8.27 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel MiddimanPrint made by:Francesco Bartolozzi |
Production date: 1787 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Sun-Rising |
Museum number: 2010,7081.2587 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert LaurieAfter:George Barret (the elder) |
Production date: 1774 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical; illustrated book; frontispiece; title-page

Museum number: 2005,0429.47 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThompsonPrint made by:Henry Robinson |
Production date: 1829 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: A View representing the Peasant's Mills, near the Valley of Bareges |
Museum number: 1912,0319.87 |
Producer name: Print made by:Archibald RobertsonAfter:Archibald Robertson |
Production date: 1787 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: View of the West Front of the Wonderful Natural Bridge of Veja |
Museum number: 1912,0319.88 |
Producer name: Print made by:Archibald RobertsonAfter:Archibald Robertson |
Production date: 1787 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: A park scene |
Museum number: 1875,0710.4159 |
Producer name: Print made by:Letitia ByrneAfter:George Barret (the elder) |
Production date: 1805 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: As You Like It, Act IV |
Museum number: Ee,6.147 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel MiddimanPrint made by:Francesco Bartolozzi |
Production date: 1787 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Going out on the Morning on Fox Hunting |
Museum number: 1875,0710.559 |
Producer name: After:Sawrey GilpinAfter:George Barret (the elder) |
Production date: 1785 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Llanberis Lake, North Wales Délices de la Grande Bretagne |
Museum number: 1877,0609.27 |
Producer name: After:George Barret (the elder)After:Sawrey Gilpin |
Production date: 1788 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Fox Hunting Going out in the Morning on |
Museum number: 1877,0811.566 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas MorrisPrint made by:Francesco Bartolozzi |
Production date: 1783 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: A View of Recoaro |
Museum number: 1912,0319.82 |
Producer name: Print made by:Archibald RobertsonAfter:Archibald Robertson |
Production date: 1785 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Morning |
Museum number: 1877,0609.1687 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel MiddimanAfter:George Barret (the elder) |
Production date: 1788 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: A View of the Lake of Wallenstat |
Museum number: 1912,0319.84 |
Producer name: Print made by:Archibald RobertsonAfter:Archibald Robertson |
Production date: 1785 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Falls of the Gava |
Museum number: 1912,0319.81 |
Producer name: Print made by:Archibald RobertsonAfter:George Barret (the elder) |
Production date: 1783 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: View of a waterfall at Rydal Select views in Great Britain |
Museum number: 1870,1008.17 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel MiddimanAfter:George Barret (the elder) |
Production date: 1785 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Chearful Voyagers |
Museum number: 1872,0511.113 |
Producer name: Print made by:Elizabeth EllisAfter:George Barret (the elder) |
Production date: 1785 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1867,0309.420 |
Producer name: BIOG18530 Print made by:George Barret (the elder) |
Production date: 1762-1784

print; album

Museum number: 1931,0413.240 |
Producer name: BIOG18530 Print made by:George Barret (the elder) |
Production date: 1762-1784

print

Museum number: 1917,1208.2490 |
Producer name: Print made by:James WatsonAfter:George Barret (the elder) |
Production date: 1768

print

Museum number: 1848,0708.204 |
Producer name: After:Johan Joseph ZoffanyPublished by:Robert Sayer |
Production date: 1773

print

Title: Imitations of Modern Drawings |
Museum number: 1955,0325.31 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas RowlandsonAfter:Sawrey Gilpin |
Production date: 1784-1788

print

Title: Imitations of Modern Drawings |
Museum number: M,40.10 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas RowlandsonAfter:George Barret (the elder) |
Production date: 1784-1788

print

Title: Imitations of Modern Drawings |
Museum number: M,40.34 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas RowlandsonAfter:George Barret (the elder) |
Production date: 1784-1788

print

Title: Norbury Park |
Museum number: 1854,0812.72 |
Producer name: BIOG18530 Print made by:George Barret (the elder) |
Production date: 1780-1784

print

Title: View of the East front of the wonderful natural Bridge of Veja |
Museum number: 1912,0319.85 |
Producer name: Print made by:Archibald RobertsonAfter:Archibald Robertson |
Production date: 1785 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1857,0110.10 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas HearneAfter:George Barret (the elder) |
Production date: 1759-1817 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1869,0410.1039 |
Producer name: After:George Barret (the elder)Print made by:Thomas Hearne |
Production date: 1774 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Dysart |
Museum number: 1912,0319.70 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francis JukesAfter:George Barret (the elder) |
Production date: 1804 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: View near Caernarvon Select views in Great Britain |
Museum number: 1870,1008.20 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel MiddimanAfter:George Barret (the elder) |
Production date: 1786 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Southall |
Museum number: 1852,0214.42 |
Producer name: BIOG18530 Print made by:George Barret (the elder) |
Production date: 1762-1784

print; book-illustration

Title: View of Beeston Castle, Cheshire |
Museum number: 1859,1210.293 |
Producer name: BIOG18530 After:George Barret (the elder) |
Production date: 1821 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: A View of part of Hawarden Castle in Flintshire |
Museum number: 1866,1208.339 |
Producer name: Print made by:George Barret (the elder)Published by:John Boydell |
Production date: 1762-1784

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