Lot 442

Overall in Good Condition
- sheet buckle top left edge
- minor sheet discolouration consistent with light exposure / acid burn
- frame loss bottom right corner



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Michael John Decorative Arts Ltd, London
Acquired from the above on 12 June 1984

The handsome and finely worked drawing "Portrait of a Woman" reflects the strong influence of the second wave Pre-Raphaelite movement which dominated artistic thought in London from the 1860s through to the 1890s. The model, reputed to be Dorothy Dene, represents an ideal of beauty parallel to that espoused by Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
Little is known of Barber's career, though he is regarded as a portrait and genre painter. He studied at the Royal Academy Schools in London, where he was awarded a silver medal at the age of 19, before moving to Manchester. He became the vice-president of the Manchester Academy of Fine Arts and between 1898 and 1930 gave private art lessons to L S Lowry.