Cavalier Troops Mustering outside the Guildhall, Exeter
‘Cavalier Troops Mustering outside the Guildhall, Exeter’ by John Joseph Barker, 1886. This oil on canvas depicts Cavalier troops (Royalists supporting King Charles I during the English Civil War 1642-1648) in what is quite a dark image outside the Exeter Guildhall, a building still highly recognisable today on the High Street.
Barker (1824-1904) was a British artist who painted historical landscape scenes.
Barker (1824-1904) was a British artist who painted historical landscape scenes.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 93/1978x
- Category
- Fine Art
- Collection Class
- Paintings
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Common Name
- Cavalier Troops Mustering outside the Guildhall, Exeter
- Simple Name
- painting
- Period Classification
- Victorian (1837-1901)
- Production Town
- Production Country
- United Kingdom: England
- Production Date
- 1886
- Production Person Initials
- John Joseph
- Production Person Surname
- Barker
- Production Year Low
- Production Year High
