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Frontispiece to The Works of James Barry, 1809

The original can be seen at the National Portrait Gallery

James Barry produced many etchings and engravings of his works. It is believed that the numerous prints of the Great Room Paintings were presented to the Society by James Barry. It is unknown whether he also presented the prints of his other works.

This is a revised detail of the group of legislators that James Barry painted in the 'Elysium and Tartarus' painting in the Soicety's Great Room. In this version Barry substitutes Cecilius Calvert, second Lord Baltimore for William Penn. Barry also introduced other figures, including Benjamin Franklin, into the print surrounding Pope Adrian in the upper left of the drawing.

Detail from the 'Crowning of the Victors at Olympia' by James Barry in the Society's Great Room. This shows Diagoras, a former champion, being carried on the shoulders of his two victorious sons. The print is dated 1 May 1795 but the version with the inscription at the bottom was not produced until 1800.

Detail from the 'Crowning of the Victors at Olympia' by James Barry in the Society's Great Room. This shows Diagoras, a former champion, being carried on the shoulders of his two victorious sons. The print is dated 1 May 1795 but the version with the inscription at the bottom was not produced until 1800.

This is a print of the 'Crowning of the Victors at Olympia' painted by James Barry in the Society's Great Room. The date on teh print is given as 1 May 1791 but they were not actually published until 23 April 1792.

Print of King Lear and Cordelia by James Barry. Although the print is given the publication date 1776 this is thought to be a later version. It reproduced Barry's painting first exhibited in 1774. This version does not have the Shakespearean quote that was on the first print which was published in 1776.

Print of Elysium and Tartarus painted by James Barry in the Society's Great Room. The print is dated 1 May 1791 but it was not actually published until 23 April 1792

Detail from the 'Crowning of the Victors at Olympia' by James Barry in the Society's Great Room. This shows Diagoras, a former champion, being carried on the shoulders of his two victorious sons. The print is dated 1 May 1795 but the version with the inscription at the bottom was not produced until 1800.

This is a revised detail of the group of legislators that James Barry painted in the 'Elysium and Tartarus' painting in the Soicety's Great Room. In this version Barry substitutes Cecilius Calvert, second Lord Baltimore for William Penn. Barry also introduced other figures, including Benjamin Franklin, into the print surrounding Pope Adrian in the upper left of the drawing.

This is a revised detail of the group of legislators that James Barry painted in the 'Elysium and Tartarus' painting in the Soicety's Great Room. In this version Barry substitutes Cecilius Calvert, second Lord Baltimore for William Penn. Barry also introduced other figures, including Benjamin Franklin, into the print surrounding Pope Adrian in the upper left of the drawing.

This is a revised detail of the group of legislators that James Barry painted in the 'Elysium and Tartarus' painting in the Soicety's Great Room. In this version Barry substitutes Cecilius Calvert, second Lord Baltimore for William Penn. Barry also introduced other figures, including Benjamin Franklin, into the print surrounding Pope Adrian in the upper left of the drawing.

This is a revised detail of the group of legislators that James Barry painted in the 'Elysium and Tartarus' painting in the Soicety's Great Room. In this version Barry substitutes Cecilius Calvert, second Lord Baltimore for William Penn. Barry also introduced other figures, including Benjamin Franklin, into the print surrounding Pope Adrian in the upper left of the drawing.

This print shows Queen Isabella, Magellan and Las Casas who were not originally shown in the James Barry 'Elysium and Tartarus' painting in the Society's Great Room. The print should be viewed as being positioned between 'Reserved Knowledge' and 'The Glorious Sextumvirate'. Las Casa was painted into the Great Room painting in 1801.

This is a revised detail of the group of legislators that James Barry painted in the 'Elysium and Tartarus' painting in the Soicety's Great Room. In this version Barry substitutes Cecilius Calvert, second Lord Baltimore for William Penn. Barry also introduced other figures, including Benjamin Franklin, into the print surrounding Pope Adrian in the upper left of the drawing.

Detail from the 'Crowning of the Victors at Olympia' by James Barry in the Society's Great Room. This shows Diagoras, a former champion, being carried on the shoulders of his two victorious sons. The print is dated 1 May 1795 but the version with the inscription at the bottom was not produced until 1800.

This is a revised detail of the group of legislators that James Barry painted in the 'Elysium and Tartarus' painting in the Soicety's Great Room. In this version Barry substitutes Cecilius Calvert, second Lord Baltimore for William Penn. Barry also introduced other figures, including Benjamin Franklin, into the print surrounding Pope Adrian in the upper left of the drawing.

This print shows a revision of the Glorius Sextumvirate shown in James Barry's original 'Elysium and Tartarus' painted in the Society's Great Room. The print gives a date of 1 May 1795 but when first published they did not have any lettering (the Society does hold one of these prints). The version which included the inscription was not ready until 1800. Comparison of the 1795 and 1800 versions shows the changes Barry made.

Detail from the 'Crowning of the Victors at Olympia' by James Barry in the Society's Great Room. This shows Diagoras, a former champion, being carried on the shoulders of his two victorious sons. The print is dated 1 May 1795 but the version with the inscription at the bottom was not produced until 1800.