in 1754 as a member of the Whig party and held office under the Marquess of Rockingham. However, his financial speculations led to his downfall and he was declared bankrupt in 1777. Sir George Colebrook had commissioned Capability Brown in 1762 to landscape Gatton and a painting by Barret, sold at Sotheby?ÇÖs in 2013, shows workmen completing the landscaping. This painting was exhibited at the Royal Academy with its counterpart, a view from the house overlooking the lake and the newly landscaped parkland This painting shows Barret being influenced by Richard Wilson and moving towards a picturesque scene centred around a lake. William Lock of Norbury Park. William Lock, a connoisseur and art critic, commissioned Thomas Sandby in 1774 to build a new house for him at Norbury Park near Mickleham in Surrey. Lock was in correspondence with William Gilpin and the house was sited to take full advantage of the picturesque qualities of the area. Inside, the house in the Painted Room Barret was assisted by Giovanni Battista Cipriani, Pastorini and Gilpin, with Cipriani doing the figures, Gilpin the cattle and Pastorini the sky. Eight painted pilasters appear to support a leafy arbour of trellis work, open to the sky: and on the walls of the room are views of distant countryside. Three are painted as a pastiche of scenes in Cumberland. One is natural, the view to the south towards Box Hill. At sunset, the light from the setting sun coincides on the western wall with the direction of light from a painted sunset so all the landscapes appear to be illumined by the same source. Barret also supplied an oil paintings of the tree lined drive at Norbury Park to William Lock. This is now in Norwich Castle Museum. Philip Medows and Views of Richmond and the Thames Another patron of Barret was Philip Medows, who was married to Lady Frances Pierrepont, sister of Evelyn Pierrepont, Duke of Kingston. Medows was the deputy ranger of Richmond Park, a position he held under Sir Robert Walpole, who had been the Ranger of the Park. A print engraved of 1779 by William Watts shows the Richmond Lodge, the residence of William Medows, which suggests that Barret had painted a picture of the building, which is now greatly altered and is known as Thatched House Lodge. Barret also painted numerous views of the river Thames in the area of the Terrace on Richmond Hill, some of which might have been commissioned by Medows. It should also be noted that Sir Joshua Reynolds had a house built for himself close to the Terrace. William Constable of Burton Constable Hall Documents in the Burton Constable archives record the payment in August 1776 of ?ú63 to Mr Barret the Lansdcape Painter for a Journey from London making drawings and in March 1777 of ?ú63 on account of three Landscape Paintings, Views of Burton Constable. These are still at Burton Constable, one showing the house with parkland in front. There is also a portrait of William Constable by Barret in the house. Work in Hampshire and the
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