All the works of these artists for which images can be found.
THREE WORKS BY FREDERICK SWYNNERTON, Annie's brother-in-law who lived in India, were sold by auction at Sheffield Auction Gallery on 27th March. They are his Portrait of the Reverand Charles Swynnerton, Portrait of Charles Swynnerton, and Portrait of a boy dressed as a page. The works are detailed on the Frederick Swynnerton page. Also included …
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Have received much new information recently, but rather a slow job getting it online as I try to limit the amount of time I spend at the keyboard, plus other projects on the go, as well as working full time. Have faith, if you've sent me something it will appear eventually. Came across an image …
Continue reading WEB SITE ADDITIONS / NEW WORK BY ANNIE: “GROUP OF CHILDREN AN PLAY”.
THIS SHORT STORY featuring Susan Isabel Dacre as a character has been discovered by Mike Stewart. The earliest copy of it is from an 1898 South American newspaper1, and it later appears in Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper, 11 Jul 1907. Isabel would have been fifty-four at the time of the earlier publication, not quite the 'girl' …
JUST A NOTE to say that the Susan Isabel Dacre section of the web site is being given more prominence. Annie will always be the driving force behind the site because of her artistic significance - her Royal Academy membership and symbolist work - but so much information has come forward about Susan Isabel Dacre …
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I've been made aware of four works previously unknown to me, and have been kindly sent images. Click on links below for full details. Particularly delighted with The Rain it Raineth Every Day, a title I'd come across before and which sounded intriguing. Fruit with shrimp.Portrait of a young woman with lace cuff.Portrait of a …
Have been kindly contacted by Mike Stewart, who has a wealth of knowledge about Susan Isabel Dacre (Annie's lifelong friend) and her artistic career. More on this in due course - personal matters mean I can only spend a limited amounts of time working on the net at the moment. Mike has sent a photo …
Thank to J_ W_ for emailing, querying whether the items in the bowl by the feet of the subject in Mater Triumphalis were pomegranate seeds. I had assumed, for no reason other than the subject appeared to be standing on a sea shore, that the items in the bowl were shells, although I could think …
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Unattributed image reproduced various locations on the web, c. 1932. I am gradually going through all the source material I hold to (1) create a reasonable catalogue raisonné, and (2) make sure the material presented on this web site is referenced as well as possible. Have just reviewed some newspaper articles from the early 1930s. …
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A previously unrecorded and early work by Susan Isabel Dacre, dated 1875, is for sale by auction at Von Zengen Kunstauktionen, Bonn, Germany, 22 November 2025. It is titled "Portrait einer Frau mit Ohrringen" or 'Portrait of a Woman with Earrings'. For this web site I'm using the title 'Portrait of an Italian woman', on …
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The owner of Portrait of a child wearing a sash has kindly provided further images and details, but it has to remain an 'attributed' work with no identifiable signature or sound provenance. The general style looks late 1800s. How one would love to know something of the subject and their history. Had a go at …
Continue reading PORTRAIT OF A CHILD WEARING A SASH IMAGE IMPROVED.
ANNIE LOUISA SWYNNERTON and SUSAN ISABEL DACRE (1844-1933) 