Reginald Barratt was a painter of landscapes and architectural subjects. He trained in architecture with Norman Shaw and then studied in Paris under Lefebvre and Bouguereau. He was an illustrator for 'The Graphic' and 'The Daily Graphic' and was commissioned by Queen Victoria to paint her favourite view of Florence. Venice was his great love as a subject, and he wrote about his time there in the Magazine of Art in 1903.