The oil sketch for the Equestrian Portrait of Elizabeth Williamson, at auction today at Keys, Aylsham, did not sell. Full details of the work on the Elizabeth Williamson page.
Author: Jonathan
Dacre’s Choir of Children sold
Susan Isabel Dacre's Choir of Children, dated 1888, sold at auction today in North Yorkshire for £7,000 (between £10,080 and £10,580 with fees and VAT, depending on location of buyer). Interesting to see that Susan, like Annie (they were close friends), use a monogram rather than signature for this work, a practice they both dropped …
The Sense of Sight I and II; pages for new images created.
I'D NOTICED BEFORE that two versions of The Sense of Sight appear on the web, the Liverpool Art Gallery work and another that appears under the same title or other names, such as The Gift of Sight or The Angel of the Annunciation. I'd assumed the latter was a copy, but it is, I now …
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Another sketch for the Elizabeth Williamson portrait at auction.
An oil sketch for the Equestrian Portrait of Elizabeth Williamson has appeared for auction at Keys, Aylsham, 29 November. It is stated to be by Annie, although no provenancial information given. Full details on the Elizabeth Williamson page.
Four more ‘new’ images.
Have unearthed three more images of paintings by Annie plus another 'attributed' work. The images come from a copyrighted database, so I've downgraded the quality, but hopefully left enough detail to give a good idea of the original images. As can be seen all are portrait-style works. Where dates are known they are from Annie's …
The Bluebell Wood is now ‘attributed’
On studying the auction web sites closer, now find The Bluebell Wood to be an unevidenced 'Annie,' and a picture offered for auction in 2008 with this title and of similar size is described as 'style of Annie Swynnerton.' An attractive work - a shame that no clearer web image can be found - it …
A new work by Susan Isabel Dacre.
A rare as Annie's works are in the auction rooms, the works of her life-long friend and companion Susan Isabel Dacre are rarer. I've only ever found twenty-six images of her paintings, whereas there are just over one-hundred for Annie. A new piece has appeared for auction at Tennants, Leyburn, North Yorkshire, 'Choir of Children,' …
