Thomas’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Two School Boys
Thomas Jones Barker (English, 1815-1882) or Thomas Barker (English, 1769-1847)

Young Woman Carrying Baby
Thomas Jones Barker (English, 1815-1882) or Thomas Barker (English, 1769-1847)

Seated Boy, Half-Length
Thomas Jones Barker (English, 1815-1882) or Thomas Barker (English, 1769-1847)

Seated Boy, Looking Sideways
Thomas Jones Barker (English, 1815-1882) or Thomas Barker (English, 1769-1847)

Boy Turning Sideways, Half-Length
Thomas Jones Barker (English, 1815-1882) or Thomas Barker (English, 1769-1847)

Young Woman Holding Baby
Thomas Jones Barker (English, 1815-1882) or Thomas Barker (English, 1769-1847)

Boy Writing or Sketching
Thomas Jones Barker (English, 1815-1882) or Thomas Barker (English, 1769-1847)

Huckster Cart
Thomas Barker (English, 1769-1847) or Thomas Jones Barker (English, 1815-1882)

Two Girls Playing on Combs (recto); Sketch of Seated Woman with Fragment of Another Figure (verso)
Thomas Barker (English, 1769-1847) or Thomas Jones Barker (English, 1815-1882)

Child with Musical Instrument
Attributed to Thomas Barker (English, 1769-1847) or Thomas Jones Barker (English, 1815-1882)

Seated Man Pointing Downwards (recto and verso)
Recto by Thomas Barter (English, 1769-1847) Verso by Thomas Jones Barker (English, 1815-1882)

Large Tree with Lake and Mountains in Background
Attributed to Thomas Barker (English, 1769-1847) or Thomas Jones Barker (English, 1815-1882)

Bust of a Woman (recto); Draped Figure, Three-Quarter Length (verso)
Thomas Barker (English, 1769-1847) or Thomas Jones Barker (English, 1815-1882)

Near Tivoli
Thomas Jones Welsh, 1742-1803

Stoke, near Bath
Joseph Barker English, 1782-1809

Distant View of Niagara Falls
Thomas Cole (American, born England, 1801–1848)

The Shoe Shop
Elizabeth Sparhawk-Jones (American, 1885–1968)

Starry Night and the Astronauts
Alma Thomas American, 1891–1978

Unite (AfriCOBRA)
Barbara Jones-Hogu American, 1938-2017

Panel (Furnishing Fabric)
After etchings by Nicolaes Berchem (Dutch, 1620–1683), after an engraving by Josephus Sympson (English, 1710–1750), after a painting by Marmaduke Craduck (English, 1660–1717), after a drawing by Francis Barlow (English, 1626–1702) Manufactured by Robert Jones and Company Old Ford, Middlesex, England