Framed litho of Charles Burton Barbers The Broken String. Subject depicts a young girl with a violin with a broken string under her chin and bow in her other hand. Besides her is a howling dog and a cat paying with the broken string. Framed in ornate gold toned wooden frame with double mating, a marble blue mat board with gold leafed inner board. Approximately 12.5 x 10.5 inches, window measures 6.25 x 4.25 inches Minor wearing to frame edges. Charles Barber litho, framed litho, Framed art, artwork, wall art, art, home decor, fine art, ornate framed art, dog, cat, the broken string, classical litho, classical art.12 art wall. Charles Burton Barber was a British painter who attained great success with his paintings of children and their pets. Barber was born in Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, and studied from the age of 18 at the Royal Academy, London - receiving a silver medal for drawing in 1864, and first exhibiting there in 1866.