Thomas Baker (1809-1869)

Thomas Baker was a Midlands landscape painter and water colourist, known as Baker of Leamington. He was the best known, and probably the most accomplished, artist of the extensive Baker family of artists. He painted mainly landscapes in Warwickshire and the Midlands, often with sheep and cattle. Baker kept comprehensive records of his work. He usually signed each picture "T Baker" and numbered it on the back. His diaries and notes, which contain a complete painting list of his pictures, are held in the Birmingham City Art Gallery.

He exhibited paintings at the Royal Academy between 1831 and 1858, but more frequently at the British Institution and the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists

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