Circe
Oil on canvas
Signed in on the bench and dated 1904-12
Ornate gold-painted wooden frame

Sight H. 46 1/2in x W. 68 1/4in (118.1cm x 173.3cm)
Frame (Pillar to Pillar) H. 59 1/2in x W. 82 3/4in (151.1cm x 210.2cm)
Frame (Including Frieze) H. 59 1/2in W. 85 3/4in (151.1cm x 217.8cm)

Excerpt from "The Odyssey" Book X painted onto the frame: "The palace in a woody vale they found, / High raised of stone; a shaded space around, / Where mountain wolves and brindled lions roam, / (By magic tam'd) familiar to the dome".

Note: A similar work by Barker also entitled "Circe" is held in the Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Bradford UK, dated 1889.