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Bath artist John Joseph Barker has made the subject more wholesome than it would actually have been. The family, although ragged and barefoot, looks well-fed and healthy. The artist may have used his own children as models rather than real emigrants.
Victoria Art Gallery
Bath
Title
Irish Immigrants
Date
c.1847
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 255 x W 185.2 cm
Accession number
BATVG : P : 1909.18
Acquisition method
gift from Alfred Jones, 1909
Work type
Painting
Victoria Art Gallery
Bridge Street, Bath, Somerset BA2 4AT England
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