Background
The tenth recorded child of William Francis Barraud and his wife, Sophia Hull, Charles was born in Camberwell, Surrey, England on 9 May 1822.
The tenth recorded child of William Francis Barraud and his wife, Sophia Hull, Charles was born in Camberwell, Surrey, England on 9 May 1822.
Charles Barraud refers to the Swiss painter
He emigrated with his family to New Zealand, arriving in Wellington in August 1849. Barraud quickly set up shop in Lambton Quay as a pharmacist. At the same time he soon gained recognition as an artist, at this point regarded as an "enthusiastic amateur", and working mostly in watercolours.
There is a chemist here who has lately turned artist, and who has perpetrated a few likenesses, very like, but very bad.
If it were likely to be tolerable I should so like to have Arthur done, but I am afraid it would be only a disappointment. Barraud married Sarah Maria Style on 17 March 1849 at Street Lawrence"s Church, Southampton.