The Free Hand Paintress          by Robert Lewis Booth 

        Hand Paintress 

Date 2006

Oil on canvas panel        

Size 17” x 15”  432 x 380




 




The figurines were decorated using colours made up from metal oxides; the pigments were then mixed with fat oil and oil of cloves

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Enlarged detail from main painting

 

 



 
The paintresses, whose artistic skills and keen eye for detail made them the crème de la crème among the workforce.

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A Free Hand Paintress decorating Royal Doulton figurines.
This particular figurine is called “Buttercup” modelled by Peggy Davies