it is my belief that this is a canvas print...that has had acrylic paint..applied to make it look like its oil on canvas.
That's what i meant when i said Oilette. Originally term used on postcards by Tuck And Sons with an embossed effect to make them resemble paintings and used in auction house catalogue descriptions. Also, sometimes referred to as a print with heightened white or body colour.
Still no lead on this Baroness. What did the A stand for in her name ? Absolutely nothing online about her so far.
And the signature / date is still worrying.
A few years ago i was helping to catalogue an auction and the paintings was split between myself and the auctioneer. Some of the prints and lesser works were placed in a more general auction. Whilst looking at these, i was taken by a painting bearing the name S Barling-Clarke. The auctioneer had catalogued it as an oilette / print on canvas. I looked at it. The canvas was old and with the original stretcher. The work was incredible smooth and hardly a brush stroke in sight. I came to the conclusion it was an original oil on canvas. Everything about it was consistent, authentic and after a little research i found that this was how Barling-Clarke painted. You need a wonderful hand to paint in this manner.
The above painting is not like this as there are areas which concern me.
This was the Barling Clarke oil on canvas and it sold for £1,700.