Note: there are three ‘Sabine/Tusculum’ paintings by Annie known. A distant view of the Sabines (exhibited Manchester 1923 and Royal Academy 1933), The Sabine mountains from Tusculum (this work) and The view from Tusculum towards Rome (no image known, exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1927).
Images: Rosebery’s, London.
- Title(s): A Distant View of the Sabines (posthumous studio sale catalogue, 1934); Distant View of the Sabines (Rosebery’s, 2018).
- Description: A landscape, foreground primarily orange, increasingly mountainous in the distance. No figures or buildings.
- Media: “oil on canvas laid down on board” (Rosebery’s, 2018).
- Dimensions: 59.0 x 70.2 cm (average); “22¾ in. by 27¼ in.” [57.8 x 69.2 cm] (Posthumous studio sale catalogue, 1934); “60.1×71.2cm (unframed)” (Rosebery’s, 2018).
- Date/signature/other text: “inscribed in pencil to the reverse of the board: ‘* * Swynnerton’ and ‘Distant View of the Sabines’, scored stamp inscribed ‘100209 – 5055’ to the reverse of the board” (Rosebery’s, 2018).
- History:
- Date? – “Exhibited at Huddersfield” (Posthumous studio sale catalogue).
- 1934 Feb 9 – Auctioned Messrs. Christie, Manson and Woods, lot 70, “Exhibited at Huddersfield”.
- 2018 Nov 15 – Auctioned Rosebery’s, London, lot 50, “Attributed to Annie Louisa Swynnerton ARA, British 1844-1933- Distant View of the Sabines; oil on canvas laid down on board, 60.1×71.2cm (unframed) / sold: hammer £280, premium £364.
- Location: ?
Page last updated 23 Sep 2025.
ANNIE LOUISA SWYNNERTON (1844-1933) 