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The sisters Hannah Bolton Barlow (born 2 November 1851 in Church End House, Little Hadham, 
Hannah, after studying at Lambeth School of Art, worked for Doulton from 1871, becoming the first female artist to work there. Florence followed, from 1873–1909. By mutual agreement, Florence specialised in painting flowers and birds, and Hannah in horses and other animals, which were often incised with a blade, the lines being then coloured and often paint added elsewhere. They sometimes worked together on individual pieces.
Hannah died on 15 November 1916 at 46 Binfield Road, Clapham, London. She was buried in Norwood cemetery on 20 November. Her sketchbooks are in the Sir Henry Doulton Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent.
File:Alice, Frances, Lucy and Florence Barlow 1867.jpg, Alice, Frances, Lucy and Florence Barlow, 1867
File:Flask with Squirrels LACMA M.2001.97.2 (cropped).jpg, Doulton flask, Arthur B. and Hannah Barlow, 1875, salt-glazed stoneware
File:Doulton.jpg, Incised and painted Doulton vase by Hannah Barlow, now in the
Work by Hannah Barlow in the V&A Museum
Work by Florence Barlow in the V&A Museum
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Bishop's Stortford
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, Hertfordshire, England; died 15 November 1916) 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
Lambeth () is a district in South London, England, in the London Borough of Lambeth, historically in the County of Surrey. It is situated south of Charing Cross. The population of the London Borough of Lambeth was 303,086 in 2011. The area expe ...
, London. 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.
Their parents were bank manager Benjamin Barlow (1813–1866) and his wife Hannah (1816–1882). They had seven siblings, two of whom also worked for Doulton, Arthur (1845–1879) who died young and Lucy, who worked in the lesser role of a relief border decorator
Hannah, after studying at Lambeth School of Art, worked for Doulton from 1871, becoming the first female artist to work there. Florence followed, from 1873–1909. By mutual agreement, Florence specialised in painting flowers and birds, and Hannah in horses and other animals, which were often incised with a blade, the lines being then coloured and often paint added elsewhere. They sometimes worked together on individual pieces.
Hannah died on 15 November 1916 at 46 Binfield Road, Clapham, London. She was buried in Norwood cemetery on 20 November. Her sketchbooks are in the Sir Henry Doulton Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent.
V&A Museum
The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.27 million objects. It was founded in 1852 and nam ...
File:Hannah barlow, elise simmance e w. baron per doulton & co. ltd., coppia di vasi, 1877, 02 uccelli.jpg, Doulton vase by Hannah Barlow and others
Further reading
* Rose, P. ''Hannah Barlow: a Doulton artist'' (1985) xhibition catalogue, Christies, 6–10 Aug 1985References
External links
Work by Hannah Barlow in the V&A Museum
Work by Florence Barlow in the V&A Museum
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