Barnes, R. W.
Gender:
Male
Date and place of birth:
Unknown
Date and place of death:
Unknown
Worked:
(fl) 1842
Known places of work:
Unknown
Known techniques:
Cut paper
Known materials:
Paper
Frames:
Stained wood
Signature:
Recorded
Introduction:
McKechnie records two cut silhouettes signed ‘R.W. Barnes’ and dated 1842. They are bust-length, simply cut and roughly embellished in gold. She suggests that this Barnes may have been the Edward Barnes recorded as an artist of painted silhouettes of a similar period. However, there is no evidence to support this, or indeed to tell anything of R W Barnes’ life or career.
Additional research about R. W. Barnes:
Source: McKechnie (Author of, British Silhouette Artists and their Work 1760-1860)
Barnes, R. W. (McKechnie Section 1)