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Lot Essay
This atmospheric watercolour of the Houses of Parliament from Westminster Bridge through the drissle of a December evening is a fine illustration of Barton's feelings towards London. She wrote that the city 'has always taught me to feel so strongly - how little and feeble each one of us is'. She describes a day in December when she wandered around Westminster 'it had been raining heavily all day, and the sky which had just cleared, flooded with a golden light...A string of hansom cabs coming along, reflected in the wet streets....I gazed at it entranced, and then walked home feeling as if I had had a glimpse of fairyland' (Barton, op.cit, p. 4).
Barton, born in Ireland, accompanied Mildred Anne Butler (1858-1941) to London to study under Paul Naftel (1817-1891). She was particularly noted for her atmospheric effects and became well known in Dublin and London, becoming a full member of the Royal Watercolours Society in 1911.
A similar watercolour by the artist of Emanuel Hospital, Westminster was sold at Christie's London, 11 June 1993, lot 33 (8,970).
Barton, born in Ireland, accompanied Mildred Anne Butler (1858-1941) to London to study under Paul Naftel (1817-1891). She was particularly noted for her atmospheric effects and became well known in Dublin and London, becoming a full member of the Royal Watercolours Society in 1911.
A similar watercolour by the artist of Emanuel Hospital, Westminster was sold at Christie's London, 11 June 1993, lot 33 (8,970).