Going to the Levée at Dublin Castle – Rose Barton

Elegant carriages file through the Cork Hill gate of Dublin Castle beneath the statue of Lady Justice, watched by a crowd that runs from brightly dressed children and soldiers to shadowy figures in the cold. Rose Barton paints the levée as a misty winter afternoon — and, quietly, as a study of the class divisions of Victorian Dublin.

Critics have called the work a "funereal depiction of a social class and an empire," drawing a line between Barton's eye and George Moore's novel A Drama in Muslin. One of the finest Irish watercolourists of her generation, Barton made city life her subject, worked in a delicate, atmospheric style, and became the second Irishwoman elected to the Royal Watercolour Society.

Sizes & Format

• 30 × 40 cm / 12 × 16″
• 45 × 60 cm / 18 × 24″
• 60 × 80 cm / 24 × 32″
• Available unframed

Print & Frame Details

Archival matte paper, 250gsm (110lb), acid-free and FSC-certified — off-white, uncoated. Unframed prints up to A4 ship flat; larger sizes ship rolled in a protective tube.

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