The sisters Hannah Bolton Barlow (born 2 November 1851 in Church End House, Little Hadham, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England;[1] died 15 November 1916[1]) and Florence Elizabeth Barlow (born Bishop's Stortford) were artists who painted pottery for Doulton & Co. at their newly-established art pottery studio in Lambeth, London.[2] Doulton's Lambeth studio allowed the decorators to sign or monogram their work, which allows many pieces to be attributed to individuals, though often more than one person worked on a piece.
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Their parents were bank manager Benjamin Barlow (1813–1866) and his wife Hannah (1816–1882).[2] They had seven siblings, two of whom also worked for Doulton,[2] Arthur (1845–1879) who died young[1] and Lucy, who worked in the lesser role of a relief border decorator[1]
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Hannah, after studying at Lambeth School of Art,[3] worked for Doulton from 1871,[2] becoming the first female artist to work there.[3] Florence followed, from 1873–1909.[4] By mutual agreement, Florence specialised in painting flowers and birds, and Hannah in horses and other animals,[2] which were often incised with a blade, the lines being then coloured and often paint added elsewhere. They sometimes worked together on individual pieces.[5][6]
Hannah died on 15 November 1916 at 46 Binfield Road, Clapham, London.[1] She was buried in Norwood cemetery on 20 November.[1] Her sketchbooks are in the Sir Henry Doulton Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent.[1]
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Alice, Frances, Lucy and Florence Barlow, 1867 -
Doulton flask, Arthur B. and Hannah Barlow, 1875, salt-glazed stoneware -
Incised and painted Doulton vase by Hannah Barlow, now in the V&A Museum -
Doulton vase by Hannah Barlow and others
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Further reading
edit- Rose, P. Hannah Barlow: a Doulton artist (1985) [exhibition catalogue, Christies, 6–10 Aug 1985]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g McKeown, Julie (2004). "Barlow, Hannah Bolton (1851–1916)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
- ^ a b c d e "Doultons Florence Barlow". Retrieved 21 January 2013.
- ^ a b "Vase - Barlow, Hannah". V&A Museum. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
- ^ "Florence Barlow". Doulton Artist. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
- ^ "Hannah and Florence Barlow for Doulton Lambeth a Good Pair of Vases with Lions and Cubs, 1877". Bonhams. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
- ^ "Hannah and Florence Barlow for Doulton Lambeth a Jug with Owl, Deer and Elk, circa 1895". Bonhams. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
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