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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