Anderdon's biographical notes on James Barry

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Reference code

AND/5/83

Title

Anderdon's biographical notes on James Barry

Date

[c.1870]

Level

Item

Extent & medium

1 piece

Content Description

Barry was elected Professor of Painting at the Royal Academy in 1782. Records a remark of Barry's reputedly uttered when being sought for portraits, "Oh don't come to me, go to that fellow in Leicester Sq."