Charles Burton Barber (1845–1894) 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.

During his lifetime Barber was regarded as one of Britain's finest animal painters and received commissions from Queen Victoria to do paintings of her with grandchildren and dogs,[1] and also the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) and his pets.

Barber became a very popular sporting and animal painter, specialising particularly in sentimental portraits of dogs, often with children.

Barber received his final commission in 1894 to paint Queen Victoria, with her grandchildren, in her pony-carriage.