Consider this the "June 1st" post. I'm posting it early because I know there are others actively researching at this moment and wanted to get the information 'out there.' Thank you to everyone who has provided source material and helped interpret/clarify matters, not just recently, but over the past few years - Emma, Elizabeth, Grant, …
Author: Jonathan Russell
Site continuation / ‘Thoughts’ and ‘The Unrelenting Past’ are the same work
THANK YOU to all the people who have contacted me since I stated I was winding down the web site. I feel really quite humbled by how many have said they value the site and information. I still feel that researchers based in academic institutions are better placed to further explore Annie's life and works, …
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Ending site maintainance.
Having studied Annie's works closely for five years, very intensively at times, I have decided to cease maintaining the site. I am very pleased to have had a part in raising Annie's profile, but others must continue that journey now. The site will not disappear, it will become a set of static pages. Additions to …
Portrait of Millicent Garrett Fawcett set to join Parliament’s Art Collection (official announcement).
Following on from yesterday's posting, here is a link to the Speakers Advisory Committee on works of art article on the matter. https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/301/speakers-advisory-committee-on-works-of-art/news/186395/portrait-of-millicent-garrett-fawcett-set-to-join-parliaments-art-collection-during-womens-history-month/
Article by Elizabeth Crawford – includes six ‘new’ portraits and news that Annie’s portrait of Millicent Garrett has been acquired by the Palace of Westminster.
A fascinating article has been written by Elizabeth Crawford on her Woman and her Sphere web site, giving new biographical information on Annie and includes five prebiously unrecorded portraits. At Elizabeth's suggestion, the Palace of Westminster has acquired Annie's Portrait of Millicent Garrett Fawcett that recently had passed through the hands of Richard Taylor Fine …
Portrait of Isabel Dacre by Francis Dodd at auction.
Following on from recent posts about Annie's close friend Isabel Dacre, a fine full-length portrait of her by Francis Dodd had appeared for auction at Domanic Winter on 8 March. An etching, this appears to be a proof copy, i.e. one of the first off the press, and shows Dodd's great skill in the medium. …
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A ‘new’ Susan Isabel Dacre painting and portraits by Francis Dodd.
Received today an email which included photos of a previously unrecorded work by Susan Isabel Dacre, From a balcony at Perugia and a portrait of Isabel by her long-time friend Francis Dodd. My sincere thanks to the correspondent for sharing these and also for pointing out an image at ArtUK of a painting by Dodd …
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View Along a Garden Path for sale.
Annie's View Along a Garden Path, titled by the vendor Early Spring Landscape, is now for sale at Surrey Fine Arts.
Armour in Joan of Arc identified / Mountains image
Had an email from Dr Nicolas P. Baptiste of the University of Savoy, south-east France, enquiring whether I had any other information on Annie's Joan of Arc - no, unfortunately, it has remained untraced since being offered for auction in 2007 and everything I know is on the web page - but he identifies the …
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View along a garden path sold at auction.
ANNIE’s View along a garden path was sold today by auction at Woolley & Wallis, Salisbury.
ANNIE LOUISA SWYNNERTON (1844-1933) 