Rose Dempster Bonnor: A Victorian Portraitist of Dogs and Dignitaries Rose Dempster Bonnor (1875-1967) remains a quietly significant figure in 19th and early 20th-century British art, an artist whose talent was often overshadowed by the prevailing male dominance of the Royal Academy. Born in Callander, Perthshire, Scotland, into a family with artistic roots – her great-great grandfather was a renowned engraver – Bonnor’s journey to becoming a respected portrait painter was one marked by both perseverance and personal tragedy. Her early life instilled within her a deep appreciation for visual…