James Barry RA was an Irish painter, best remembered for his six-part series of paintings entitled The Progress of Human Culture in the Great Room of the Royal Society of Arts in London. Wikipedia
Born: October 11, 1741, Cork, Ireland
Died: February 22, 1806 (age 64 years), London, United Kingdom
Periods: Neoclassicism and Romanticism
Education: John Butts
Family: James Barry (surgeon)
Known for: Painting, drawing, portraits and landscapes and for being a patron of Edmund Burke