The tidying of the web site is complete. Only significant changes are ... PORTRAIT OF A LADY (title as used in The Illustrated London News) is no longer 'attributed.' After studying the paper I'm happy that the painting is correctly identified. There is an improved image on the web page. The PORTRAIT OF HENRY JAMES, …
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A new attributed work …
A new 'attributed to Annie Swynnerton' portrait has appeared for sale by auction at Mallham's, Oxford, on 23 June, "Portrait of a lady wearing a fur trimmed maroon dress and with distant hills beyond," a title which I've shortened to 'Portrait of a lady wearing a fur-trimmed garment' for this web site.
St. Martin’s Summer.
A visitor to the National Gallery of Canada kindly forwarded me a black-and-white image of St. Martin's Summer from the gallery's 'curatorial files.' I'm uncertain about how happy or not the gallery would be to have the image reproduced online, so, in order to give an idea of the work, I have published a pixelized …
Italian Mother and Maternité similarities
Web site 'polishing' should all be finished by end of this week and content fully restored. Noticed similarities between An Italian Mother and Child and the attributed work Maternité - the same building in the background plus other similarities. Anyone know Italy (Rome?) well enough to identify the building? Jonathan Russell
Dacre’s ‘A Young Violinist,’ sold for £1000.
Susan Dacre's 'A Young Violinist,' sold this afternoon for £1000 (not including fees) at Gorringe's, Lewes, East Sussex. Image: http://www.gorringes.co.uk. Jonathan Russell
‘A Young Violinist,’ by Susan Isabel Dacre, for sale.
'A Young Violonist', a work by Annie's life-long friend, Susan Isabel Dacre, is for sale by auction at Gorringes, Lewes, East Sussex on 1 October, estimated value £600-£800. The painting is signed and dated 1904, which, if the information is correct, means Susan painted it when she was 59. Image: composited from images at gorringes.co.uk.
Improved images for Mater Triumphalis and Summer Idyll
Discovered some improved images on the web of Mater Triumphalis and Summer Idyll. MATER TRIUMPHALIS The images of Mater Triumphalis shows, I think, wings in the background and Annie's rainbow motif, but still unclear about the contents of the dish at her feet. SUMMER IDYLL Only has a very low resolution image of Summer Idyll …
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