This is not a formal biography, but a collection of contemporaneous accounts of Annie Louisa Swynnerton (née Robinson), her friend Susan Isabel Dacre, husband Joseph William Swynnerton and other family members, arranged chronologically

• 1844-1869 – Earliest records / Annie’s father bankrupt.
• 1870-1897 – Art school / Society of Women Painters.
• 1880-1889 – Society exhibitions / In Italy / Marriage / Rome.
• 1890-1899 – Annie regularly exhibiting / Chicago.
• 1900-1909 – Annie and Joseph in Rome.
• 1910-1919 – Death of Joseph.
• 1920-1929 – Elected to Royal Academy / Isabel and The Attic Club.
• 1930-1939 – Hayling Island / Obituataries / Posthumous studio sale / Legacies.

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Page last updated 24 Aug 2025.