Trust by Charles Burton Barber, Saint Bernard Dog Ceramic Tree Decoration

Trust (1888) by Charles Burton Barber is a vintage Victorian Era fine art animal portrait painting. A young girl is balancing a sugar cube on the nose of her pet Saint Bernard dog. She is one of nine children of Charles Churchill, a city timber broker. The Saint Bernard is a working dog from the Swiss Alps originally bred for rescue. About the Artist: Charles Burton Barber (1845-1894) was an English painter who achieved success with his paintings of children and their pets. During his lifetime Barber was regarded as one of England's finest animal painters.