Thomas Jones Barker was an English historical, military, and portrait painter.
Self-Portrait, 1848 National Portrait Gallery, London
The Bride of Death, 1839, Victoria Art Gallery.
Parisina, 1842, private collection.
Ford Madox Brown's painting of Parisina is lost, but a few studies exist.
The Salon of 1841 was an art exhibition staged at the Louvre in Paris. Held during the July Monarchy it was the annual edition of the Salon, the country's premier art exhibition. Overseen by the Acadé
Thomas Jones Barker
…was for the king's daughter, Princess Marie; the painting La fiancée de la mort (The Bride of Death) was completed in 1839 and was shown at Paris Salon of 1841. Princess Marie, an artist in her own right, declared it "to be a revival of the intellectual" in art. The contemporary French poet J-F. Destigny…
The Shipwreck of Don Juan by Eugène Delacroix
Jewish Wedding in Morocco by Eugène Delacroix
Entry of the Crusaders in Constantinople by Eugène Delacroix
Andromeda Chained to the Rock by the Nereids by Théodore Chassériau