George Barret produced a notable series of paintings of scenery in Wales, some of which have considerable similarity to views by Richard Wilson.
A few of these paintings may have been completed shortly after his arrival in England.
An oil-painting of Hawarden Castle in Flintshire was exhibited by Barret at the Society of Artists in Great Britain in 1765.
However, it seems likely that most of Barret’s Welsh paintings were produced towards the end of his life.
In the mid-1770s Wales was becoming an increasingly popular destination for wealthy tourists.
In the summer of 1777 Henry Penruddocke Wyndham made his second tour through Wales accompanied by the Swiss artist Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, who is very likely to have known Barret.
  Wyndham’s Tour through Monmouthshire and Wales published in 1781, started with at the Severn and worked round the Welsh coast to Snowdonia before returning along the Welsh borders.
This was a route followed by many tourists and Wyndham’s book was the first published guidebook with illustrations of the scenery.
Surviving oil-paintings by Barret suggest that he must have made a similar tour, starting in the south and many of his oil paintings are taken from similar viewpoints to those used by Grimm.
The Government Art Collection has oil-paintings by Barret of both the Severn and Wye confluence and Cilgerran Castle on the borders of Cardiganshire and Pembrokeshire.
There are a number of paintings which may portray scenery in Merionethshire and in Snowdonia Barret produced a number of paintings of Snowdon from Llyn Nantle and Llyn Padarn.
Unlike Richard Wilson he did not paint Caernarfon Castle, but he did produce at least five different versions of a painting of Conway Castle.
George Barret produced a notable series of paintings of scenery in Wales, some of which have considerable similarity to views by Richard Wilson. A few of these paintings may have been completed shortly after his arrival in England. An oil-painting of Hawarden Castle in Flintshire was exhibited by Barret at the Society of Artists in Great Britain in 1765. However, it seems likely that most of Barret’s Welsh paintings were produced towards the end of his life. In the mid-1770s Wales was becoming an increasingly popular destination for wealthy tourists. In the summer of 1777 Henry Penruddocke Wyndham made his second tour through Wales accompanied by the Swiss artist Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, who is very likely to have known Barret.   Wyndham’s Tour through Monmouthshire and Wales published in 1781, started with at the Severn and worked round the Welsh coast to Snowdonia before returning along the Welsh borders. This was a route followed by many tourists and Wyndham’s book was the first published guidebook with illustrations of the scenery. Surviving oil-paintings by Barret suggest that he must have made a similar tour, starting in the south and many of his oil paintings are taken from similar viewpoints to those used by Grimm. The Government Art Collection has oil-paintings by Barret of both the Severn and Wye confluence and Cilgerran Castle on the borders of Cardiganshire and Pembrokeshire. There are a number of paintings which may portray scenery in Merionethshire and in Snowdonia Barret produced a number of paintings of Snowdon from Llyn Nantle and Llyn Padarn. Unlike Richard Wilson he did not paint Caernarfon Castle, but he did produce at least five different versions of a painting of Conway Castle.
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