The Barnacle Girl
Artist
Walter Richard Sickert
(Munich, Germany, 1860 - 1942)
Mediumetching on paper
ClassificationsPrints
DimensionsPlate Size: Height: 17.5 cm
Overall: Width: 12.3 cm
Frame: Height: 38.1 cm, Width: 27.1 cm
Overall: Width: 12.3 cm
Frame: Height: 38.1 cm, Width: 27.1 cm
AcquisitionPresented in 1947 by The Sickert Trust.
CopyrightOut of copyright - CC0
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG006965
About MeThis print depicts a woman taking tea at the Café Royal in London. She wears fashionable attire of the first deacde of the 20th century, a 'hobble' skirt and elaborate hat.The "barnacle" reference is ambiguous. It could refer to the feathers on her hat which come from a barnacle (a type of wild goose). Alternatively, "barnacle" may mean that the woman is difficult to get rid of.
Georges Capon
Walter Richard Sickert
William Dyce
Ruskin Spear
Thérèse Lessore
