The London beginnings Caroline Elizabeth Wright, known to many as Ethel, began her time with art by walking through the National Gallery, copying the works of others. Her early training took place in the studio of John Seymour Lucas before she moved to Paris. There, at the Académie Julian, she studied under Rodolphe Julian. It was during these years that she developed a steady hand for portraiture and illustration. Her life in London was marked by shifts in name and circumstance. She married Bernard Armiger Barczinsky in Liverpool in 1897, briefly exhibiting as Mrs. Armiger Barclay. After her…