art student, (presumably the daughter of architect James Barnet , along with Miss A. ( Amy ), Louisa ( Lilia ?) and his son James ) exhibited student work at the NSW Academy of Art’s fifth annual exhibition in 1876: 'Pupils in the NSW Academy of Art – Miss R. Barnet – no.208 Head of Decius – crayons – study from cast’. At the Academy of Art’s sixth annual exhibition in 1877 'Art Students, Pupils in the NSW Academy of Art’ included 'Barnet, Miss R. – copies, no.179 Study – oil; no.180 Head – oil; no.181 Study – oil’. 'Prizes – To art students, pupils of the Academy … Certificates of Merit: Miss R. Barnet, Study, no.179’.
At the 1879 Sydney International Exhibition in the NSW section of the Ladies Court, Miss Rosa Barnet of Braeside, Ross Street (Sydney) showed: no.1268 Two oil paintings, Sybil of Cuma , copy; Head after Gainsborough , copy. At the following Melbourne International Exhibition in 1880 the Official List of Awards included: Ladies Court NSW – Barnet, Miss Rosa, Sydney – Two Oil Paintings – 2nd award.
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