James Barry was an Irish painter, best remembered for his six-part series of paintings entitled The Progress of Human Culture in the Great Room of the Royal Society of Arts in London. Because of his d
Barry, Self-portrait, c. 1775
Barry, Self-portrait, 1803, oil on canvas. National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin.
King Lear mourns Cordelia's death, 1786–88
The Temptation of Adam, 1767–70
James Barry was a military surgeon in the British Army. Originally from the city of Cork in Ireland, Barry obtained a medical degree from the University of Edinburgh Medical School, then served first
James Barry (painter)
…and his companions escaping from Polyphemus (1776) King Lear Weeping over the Dead Body of Cordelia (1788) Movement Neoclassicism, Romanticism Family James Barry (surgeon) James Barry (11 October 1741 – 22 February 1806) was an Irish painter, best remembered for his six-part series of paintings entitled The Progress of…
Portrait claimed to be of Barry, c. 1820s
Portrait of James Barry, painted c. 1813–1816
Barry (left) with John, a servant, and Barry's dog, Psyche, c. 1862, Jamaica