
This is list of all Annie Louisa Swynnerton’s works, confirmed or attributed, compiled from lists of works in public and private collections, auction records, vendor web sites, exhibition catalogues, newspaper mentions and other sources.
This ‘catalogue raisonné‘ is very much a ‘work in progress’, begun September 2025, and will take several months to reach some stability. Note that some entries may be accidental duplicates of others where the same painting is known by different names at different times or in different sources, other ‘single’ entries may represent two or more items with the same name (e.g., Annie probably painted several ‘Mother and Child’ works).
Note: there are many other works referenced in the posthumous studio sale catalogue and other sources, but the titles are too generalised – e.g., ‘Portrait of a woman’, ‘Coastal scene’, etc. – or have no or too little supporting information to reliably identify them as referring to existing or newly traced works.
ALL RECORDED WORKS, WITH OR WITHOUT IMAGES KNOWN.
- 1922 PHOTOGRAPH.
- A BOY IN A BLUE DRESS WITH WHITE COLLAR. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- Dimensions: “20 in. by 15¾ in.” (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- History: 1934 Feb 9 – Auctioned Christie, Manson and Woods, lot 115, “Unfinished and Unstretched”. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue).
- A BOY IN A NIGHTDRESS. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- Dimensions: “16½ in. by 13¼ in.” (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- History: 1934 Feb 9 – Auctioned Christie, Manson and Woods, lot 145, “Unfinished and Unstretched”. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue).
- A BREATH OF SPRING.
- A CHILD AT A FOUNTAIN. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- History: 1934 Feb 9 – Auctioned Christie, Manson and Woods, lot 145, “Unfinished and Unstretched”. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue).
- A CHILD IN A WHITE FROCK. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- Dimensions: “16½ in. by 13¼ in.” (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- History: 1934 Feb 9 – Auctioned Christie, Manson and Woods, lot 18, “Unframed”. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- A CHILD WITH FRUIT. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- History: 1934 Feb 9 – Auctioned Christie, Manson and Woods, lot 120, “Unframed”. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- A CHILD WITH RED HAIR.
- A DAUGHTER OF EVE.
- Title(s): A Daughter of Eve (Grosvenor Notes, 1886, p42).
- Description: “Little girl in blue pinafore and pink sun bonnet” (Grosvenor Notes, 1886, p42).
- History: 1886 – Exhibited Grosvenor Gallery, London, no. 156 (Grosvenor Notes, 1886, p42).
- A DISTANT VIEW OF THE SABINES.
- A DREAM OF ITALY (‘mountains‘ and ‘clouds’ versions).
- A DRYAD.
- A FISHERGIRL. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- History: 1934 Feb 9 – Auctioned Christie, Manson and Woods, lot 118, “Unframed”. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- A FISHERMAN, PORT D’ANZIO. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- Description: “on panel”. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- History: 1934 Feb 9 – Auctioned Christie, Manson and Woods, lot 146, “Unfinished and Unstretched”. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- A GARDEN AT HILL, ESSEX. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- History: 1934 Feb 9 – Auctioned Christie, Manson and Woods, lot 87, “Unframed”. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- A GARDEN OF OLIVES.
- A GIRL IN STRIPED FROCK, SEATED. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- Dimensions: “19 in. by 15½ in.” (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- History:
- “1878” – Posthumous studio sale catalogue.
- 1934 Feb 9 – Auctioned Christie, Manson and Woods, lot 154, “FRAMED / Unfinished”. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- A HEAD OF A BACCHANTE.
- A HILLY STREAM. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- History: 1934 Feb 9 – Auctioned Christie, Manson and Woods, lot 61, “Unfinished and Unstretched”. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- A LADY WITH HER CHILDREN, IN A FIELD. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- Note: not The Baring Family, which is 92½ x 86½.
- Dimensions: “39 in. by 34 in.” (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- History: 1934 Feb 9 – Auctioned Christie, Manson and Woods, lot 61, “Unframed”. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- A MAN IN ARMOUR. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- History: 1934 Feb 9 – Auctioned Christie, Manson and Woods, lot 99, “Unfinished and Unstretched”. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- AMOR AND PSYCHE.
- A MOUNTAINOUS LANDSCAPE AT FRASCATTI. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- History: 1934 Feb 9 – Auctioned Christie, Manson and Woods, lot 77, framed. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- AN ANGEL OF MERCY. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- Dimensions: “155 in. by 107 in.” (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- History: 1934 Feb 9 – Auctioned Christie, Manson and Woods, lot 89, “Unfinished and Unstretched … Arched top”. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- AN ANGEL OF MERCY, A STUDY FOR. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- History: 1934 Feb 9 – Auctioned Christie, Manson and Woods, lot 136, “Unfinished and Unstretched”. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- AN EXTENSIVE LANDSCAPE, WITH HILLS IN THE DISTANCE. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- Dimensions: “18½ in. by 24¾ in.” (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- History:
- Date? – Exhibited Manchester. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- 1934 Feb 9 – Auctioned Christie, Manson and Woods, lot 72. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- AN ARMOURED ANGEL WITH A BOY.
- AN IMAGE OF DESIRE / DESIRE.
- A PONY IN A FIELD AT BROOKLANDS.
- Dimensions: “68½ in. by 56 in.” (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- History: 1934 Feb 9 – Auctioned Christie, Manson and Woods, lot 72, “Unfinished and Unstretched”. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- APPLE BLOSSOMS (possibly Blossom Time, but assumed to be a different work here).
- APRIL’S LADY.
- A ROMAN MOTHER. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- Description: “Unfinished and Unstretched … Arched top”. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- Dimensions: “124 in. by 84 in.” (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- History: 1934 Feb 9 – Auctioned Christie, Manson and Woods, lot 110. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- A ROSE FROM MY GARDEN.
- A SCENE IN THE ISLE OF MAN. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- Description: “with pheasant and two geese”. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- History: 1934 Feb 9 – Auctioned Christie, Manson and Woods, lot 119. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- A SIDE CANAL, VENICE. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- History: 1934 Feb 9 – Auctioned Christie, Manson and Woods, lot 155, “FRAMED / Unfinished”. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- A STORM-TOSSED WILLOW FEELS THE SPRING.
- A STORM-TOSSED WILLOW FEELS THE SPRING, STUDY FOR.
- History: 1934 Feb 9 – Auctioned Christie, Manson and Woods, lot 139 (Posthumous studio sale catalogue). Titled ‘A study for storm swept willow’, assumed here to be ‘A Storm-tossed Willow Feels the Spring’.
- A STREAM WITH SHEEP.
- History: 1934 Feb 9 – Auctioned Christie, Manson and Woods, lot 138, “Unfinished and Unstretched”. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- A STUDY OF A MODEL WITH A STAFF (DRAWING). (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- History: 1934 Feb 9 – Auctioned Christie, Manson and Woods, lot 56, “charcol”. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- A SWELL ON THE WATER.
- A TERRIER.
- History: 1934 Feb 9 – Auctioned Christie, Manson and Woods, lot 84, “unfinished and unstretched”. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- A THIRSTY CHILD.
- AT THE FOUNTAIN, EARLY MORNING, CARRARA. (New Gallery catalogue, 1892.)
- Title(s): At the fountain, early morning, Carrara (this web site); “At the fountain – early morning, Carrara“. (New Gallery catalogue, 1892.)
- Description: “Barefooted and red-skirted girl drawing water”. (New Gallery catalogue, 1892.)
- History: 1892 – Exhibited New Gallery, no. 102; name mis-spelled “Annie I. Swynnerton” in the catalogue (New Gallery catalogue, 1892).
- A TUSCANY GIRL (Posthumous studio sale catalogue).
- Dimensions: “23¼ in. by 17¾ in.” (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- History: 1934 Feb 9 – Auctioned Christie, Manson and Woods, lot 84, “unframed”. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- A VENETIAN COLONADE.
- History: 1934 Feb 9 – Auctioned Christie, Manson and Woods, lot 156, “FRAMED / Unfinished”. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- A VIEW FROM TUSCANY, TOWARDS ROME. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- Dimensions: “13¼ in. by 19 in.” (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- History:
- 1931 – Exhibited Doncaster. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- 1934 Feb 9 – Auctioned Christie, Manson and Woods, lot 75. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- A VIEW OF THE COAST, ISLE OF MAN. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- Dimensions: “19½ in. by 37 in.” (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- History: 1934 Feb 9 – Auctioned Christie, Manson and Woods, lot 83, “unframed”. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- A WATER CARRIER. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- History: 1934 Feb 9 – Auctioned Christie, Manson and Woods, lot 117. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- A WISE VIRGIN. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- Dimensions: “52 in. by 37 in.” (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- History: 1934 Feb 9 – Auctioned Christie, Manson and Woods, lot 60. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- A WOMAN AMONGST FOLIAGE [ATTRIBUTED].
- A WOMAN LYING ON THE GRASS. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- Description: “Unfinished and Unstretched”. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- History: 1934 Feb 9 – Auctioned Christie, Manson and Woods, lot 92. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- A WOMAN WITH A LAMB.
- BACCHANTE.
- Title(s): Bacchante. (1888 catalogue.)
- Description: ‘with a goat … Deep red and blue garments; background of woods’. (1888 catalogue.)
- History: 1888 – Exhibited New Gallery, Summer Exhibition, “No. 103. “Bacchante … MRS A. L. SWYNNERTON”. (1888 catalogue.)#
- BEATRICE.
- BILLY AND TOMMY.
- BILLY AND TOMMY, SKETCH FOR.
- BLOSSOM TIME (possibly = Apple Blossoms, but that assumed to be a different work here).
- BLUE SEASCAPE.
- BRITOMART.
- History: 1923 Jul – Exhibited Manchester Art Gallery – Paintings by Mrs Swynnerton, no. 18, “Our heritage still lives in its ancient splendour, / Arrayed in green, and garnished with gold. / Painted in Sussex”. (Exhibition catalogue.)
- CAPRI.
- CHRISTMAS EVE, SIENA. (Only poor quality image known.)
- CROSSING THE STREAM.
- CUPID AND PSYCHE.
- CUPID AND PSYCHE (1934 AUCTION CATALOGUE). (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- Note: Annie Louisa Swynnerton’s other ‘Cupid and Psyche‘ in Gallery Oldham, acquired by the gallery in 1892, is 58 x 36 inches.
- Dimensions: “60 in. by 43 in.” (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- History: 1934 Feb 9 – Auctioned Christie, Manson and Woods, lot 57. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- DANAË.
- DOROTHY AND GWENDOLYN. (New Gallery catalogue, 1889.)
- Title(s): Dorothy and Gwendolyn. (New Gallery catalogue, 1889.)
- History: 1889 – Exhibited New Gallery, “No. 178. “Dorothy and Gwendolyn.” MRS A. L. SWYNNERTON”. (New Gallery catalogue, 1889.)
- EARTH’S AWAKENING.
- ELIZABETH FEEDING THE PEACOCK.
- EVENING LANDSCAPE.
- History: “[Exhibited is a work by’ the unjustly forgotton Annie Swynnerton with a fine “Evening Landscape” in the Campagna” (International Herald Tribune, 5 Apr 1975).
- EVENING LANDSCAPE. EVENING, CARRIKEY BAY / THE CARRICKY BAY (separately referenced but assumed to be the same work).
- History: 1923 Jul – Exhibited Manchester Art Gallery – Paintings by Mrs Swynnerton, no. 10, “The Carricky Bay / Painted in the Isle of Man / Lent by Mrs. Charles Hunter“. (Exhibition catalogue.)
- ELIZABETH WILLIAMSON PORTRAITS – ELIZABETH AT WEMMERGILL.
- ELIZABETH WILLIAMSON PORTRAITS – ELIZABETH AT WEMMERGILL, SKETCH FOR.
- ELIZABETH WILLIAMSON PORTRAITS – PORTRAIT OF ELIZABETH WILLIAMSON (the ‘Elizabeth‘ of 1923 is assumed to be this work).
- EQUESTRIAN PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG GIRL (PAINTED AT PORLOCK) (this, Portrait of Lady Mary Lindsay and Mary are all assumed to be the same work here).
- EQUESTRIAN PORTRAIT OF LADY MERCY GREVILLE.
- EQUESTRIAN PORTRAIT OF LADY MERCY GREVILLE, SKETCH FOR.
- FAUN.
- History: 1923 Jul – Exhibited Manchester Art Gallery – Paintings by Mrs Swynnerton, no. 20, “Painted at Ravello”. (Exhibition catalogue.)
- FIELD OF WILD ANEMONES.
- FLORENTINE MOTHER AND CHILD / A FLORENTINE MADONNA.
- FRA SILVESTRO, FLORENCE.
- Description: “No. 801. ‘ Fra Silvestro,’ by ANNIE L. ROBINSON. ‘An old friar in brown and white robe. Somewhat of a disappointment to those who recollect the remarkable portrait with which Miss Robinson astonished visitors to Burlington House two years ago” (The Art Journal, 1883, p256).
- History: 1883 – Exhibited Royal Academy.
- GATHERING TULIPS.
- Description: Unframed (posthumous studio sale catalogue).
- Dimensions: “24½ in. by 30 in.” (posthumous studio sale catalogue).
- History: 1934 Feb 9 – Auctioned Christie, Manson and Woods, lot 81 (posthumous studio sale catalogue).
- GIPSY GIRL.
- GREEN APPLE HARVEST.
- GREEN SUMMER.
- HARMONY: PINK AND GOLD.
- HEBE.
- History: 1933 – Mentioned in letter by Hugh Lane (National Library of Ireland).
- HIDE AND SEEK.
- History: 1885 – Exhibited Grosvenor Gallery, no. 144 (Grosvenor Notes, 1885, p32).
- HOME ONCE MORE.
- Description: “portrait of a general … an officer of high rank in uniform gazing at a glorious glimpse of Kentish scenery … a general officer, a famous man”. (Description given by Annie in newspaper articles.)
- History: 1933 – Mentioned in newspaper articles.
- IL FRATE (THE BROTHER).
- ILLUSIONS.
- IN MY GARDEN.
- IN THE GARDEN OF BARBEREINI (DRAWING).
- History: 1934 Feb 9 – Auctioned Christie, Manson and Woods (posthumous studio sale catalogue), lot 56, “charcol”.
- IN THE STUDIO.
- IRISH BEGGAR GIRL.
- ITALIAN MOTHER AND CHILD.
- JEBSA.
- JOAN OF ARC / FAITH.
- JOAN OF ARC, A STUDY FOR (Posthumous studio sale catalogue).
- History: 1934 Feb 9 – Auctioned Christie, Manson and Woods, lot 152, “Unfinished and Unstretched”. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- JOHN AND NANCY.
- History: 1923 Jul – Exhibited Manchester Art Gallery – Paintings by Mrs Swynnerton, no. 39, “John and Nancy / Painted at Newmarket”. (Exhibition catalogue.)
- JOIE DE VIVRE.
- JULY.
- LAKE NEMI.
- LOVE BIRDS.
- MANX MAID.
- MASTER AND MAN (PORTRAIT OF MR SWYNNERTON).
- MATERNAL LOVE.
- MATER TRIUMPHALIS.
- MEZZO GIORNO.
- MID-SUMMER. (New Gallery catalogue, 1892.)
- Title(s): “Mid-summer” (New Gallery catalogue, 1892).
- Description: “Rustic girl in a field; rich red hair, in reddish-brown print frock and dark shawl, with necklace of buttercups. An elder-tree in flower and strip of ripe dock-seed form accessories” (New Gallery catalogue, 1892); “a chubby little country lass, leaning with erossed [typo as in publication] arms upon a kind of stile, in the background being a cornfield” (The Magazine of Art, 1892, p295).
- History:
- 1892 – Exhibited New Gallery, no. 47. (New Gallery catalogue, 1892.)
- 1923 Jul – Exhibited Manchester Art Gallery – Paintings by Mrs Swynnerton, no. 7, “Painted in Sussex”. (Exhibition catalogue.)
- MONTAGNA MIA.
- MOONLIGHT.
- MRS CHARLES HUNTER – A STUDY FOR THE COSTUME OF “QUEEN ELIZABETH”.
- MRS CHARLES HUNTER – A STUDY FOR.
- Dimensions: “26 in. by 36 in.” (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- History: 1934 Feb 9 – Auctioned Christie, Manson and Woods, lot 113, “Unfinsihed and Unstretched”. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- MRS CHARLES HUNTER – PORTRAIT OF MRS CHARLES HUNTER AS “QUEEN ELIZABETH”. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- Dimensions: “113 in. by 75 in.” (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- History: 1934 Feb 9 – Auctioned Christie, Manson and Woods, lot 91, “Unframed”. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- MRS CHARLES HUNTER – PORTRAIT OF MRS CHARLES HUNTER AS “QUEEN ELIZABETH, A STUDY FOR THE LARGE PICTURE”. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- Dimensions: “35 in. 25 in.” (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- History: 1934 Feb 9 – auctioned Christie, Manson and Woods, lot 114, “Unfinished and Unstretched”. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- MRS CHARLES HUNTER – PORTRAIT OF MRS CHARLES HUNTER SEATED IN A LANDSCAPE. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- Title(s): Portrait of Mrs Charles Hunter seated in a landscape (this web site); Portrait of Mrs Charles Hunter, seated in a landscape (posthumous studio sale catalogue). Dimensions: “35½ in. by 31 in.” (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- History:
- Date? – Exhibited Doncaster. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- 1934 Feb 9 – Auctioned Christie, Manson and Woods, lot 62, “Unframed”. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- MY LADY BARBARA.
- NEW-RISEN HOPE (MELBOURNE).
- NEW-RISEN HOPE (TATE).
- NUDE IN LANDSCAPE.
- OCEANID / SEA NYMPH.
- OIL SKETCH OF A PONY (assumed to be Billy, although that may be a separate work).
- OLEANDER.
- ON A TERRACE [ATTRIBUTED].
- ON HIS MOTHER’S KNEE.
- ON LAKE ALBANO (Lake Albano and On Lake Albano are assumed to be the same; possibly The Barren Figtree is the same work).
- ON THE ARNO, FLORENCE.
- OREADS.
- PAMELA, LEONORA AND VIVIAN, THE DAUGHTERS OF SIR EDGAR SPEYER, ESQ.
- PARCÆ.
- Title(s): Parcæ.
- Description: “Three Cornish girls, with skein of wool, one in bright red dress; half length, nearly life-size.” (New Gallery catalogue, 1888, p33); “… three fisher girls winding wool at a quayside … against a mass of houses darkly purpling up against an evening sky (The Queen, 5 Mar 1890).
- History: 1888 – Exhibited New Gallery, Summer Exhibition, “No. 84. “Parcæ.” MRS A. L. SWYNNERTON”. (New Gallery catalogue, 1888).
- PETER ON GREY DAWN / PORTRAIT OF PETER, SON OF JOHN GRANT LAWSON, BT.
- Description: ; “an equestrian portrait of a boy … painted with her [Mrs. Swynnerton] usual forcefulness” (The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, 17 May 1913).
- History: 1923 Jul – Exhibited Manchester Art Gallery – Paintings by Mrs Swynnerton, no. 19, “Painted in York / Lent by Lady Grant Lawson” (catalogue).
- PHRYNE.
- PORTRAIT GROUP, CHARLETON, FIFE.
- PORTRAIT OF A BOY (SURROUNDED BY GOLD) [ATTRIBUTED] (possibly Portrait of a boy exhibited 1893).
- PORTRAIT OF A BOY WEARING A BROAD COLLARED SHIRT.
- PORTRAIT OF A CHILD WEARING A SASH [ATTRIBUTED].
- PORTRAIT OF A CHILD WITH CURLY HAIR.
- PORTRAIT OF AGATHONIKE SABINA CRAIES.
- PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN IN A BROWN COAT AND VEST (no known image).
- Title(s): Portrait of a gentleman in a brown coat and vest (this web site); Portrait of a gentleman, in a brown coat and vest (posthumous studio sale catalogue).
- Dimensions: “29½ in. by 24½ in.” (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- History: 1934 Feb 9 – Auctioned Christie, Manson and Woods, lot 60. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- PORTRAIT OF A GIRL IN RED [ATTRIBUTED].
- PORTRAIT OF A GIRL ON A SWING.
- PORTRAIT OF A GIRL WITH A MUFF.
- PORTRAIT OF A LADY HOLDING A FLOWER (and 1932 PHOTOGRAPH).
- PORTRAIT OF A LADY HOLDING A LETTER.
- Title(s): Portrait of a lady holding a letter (this web site); “Portrait of a lady, holding a letter” (posthumous studio sale catalogue).
- Description: “a lady, holding a letter” (posthumous studio sale catalogue).
- History: 1934 Feb 9 – Auctioned Christie, Manson and Woods, lot 88 (posthumous studio sale catalogue).
- PORTRAIT OF A LADY IN A WHITE DRESS WITH RED BOWS.
- Title(s): Portrait of a lady in a white dress with red bows (this web site); “Portrait of a lady, in a white dress with red bows” (posthumous studio sale catalogue).
- Description: “in a white dress with red bows” (posthumous studio sale catalogue).
- History: 1934 Feb 9 – Auctioned Christie, Manson and Woods, lot 88 (posthumous studio sale catalogue).
- PORTRAIT OF A LADY WEARING A BEAD NECKLACE.
- Title(s): Portrait of a lady wearing a bead necklace (this web site); “Portrait of a lady, wearing a bead necklace” (posthumous studio sale catalogue).
- Description: “unframed … wearing a bead necklace” (posthumous studio sale catalogue).
- Dimensions: “21½ in. by 17¼ in.” (posthumous studio sale catalogue).
- History:
- 1909 – “1909” (posthumous studio sale catalogue).
- 1934 Feb 9 – Auctioned Christie, Manson and Woods, lot 85 (posthumous studio sale catalogue).
- PORTRAIT OF A LADY WEARING A FEATHER BOA.
- PORTRAIT OF A LADY WEARING A FUR-TRIMMED GARMENT [ATTRIBUTED].
- PORTRAIT OF ALICE WOODS.
- PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN HOLDING A DOVE.
- PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG ITALIAN MAN.
- PORTRAIT OF BESSIE, WIFE OF COLONEL MASSY.
- PORTRAIT OF COLWYN E. A. PHILLIPS.
- PORTRAIT OF COUNT ZOUBOFF.
- PORTRAIT OF DAME MILLICENT GARRETT FAWCETT (TATE).
- PORTRAIT OF DAME MILLICENT GARRETT FAWCETT (WESTMINSTER).
- PORTRAIT OF EMMA WOODS.
- PORTRAIT OF EVELYN, DAUGHTER OF VERNON BELLHOUSE, ESQ.
- PORTRAIT OF FLORENCE H. MUSGRAVE.
- PORTRAIT OF GEOFFREY AND CHRISTOPHER HERRINGHAM / THE YOUNG GARDENERS.
- PORTRAIT OF GEORGE LEWIS.
- PORTRAIT OF HENRY JAMES.
- PORTRAIT OF JOHN LAMBTON (only poor quality image known).
- PORTRAIT OF LILLIE, DAUGHTER OF W. MCGRATH, ESQ.
- PORTRAIT OF LORNA, DAUGHTER OF HENRY MARTIN, ESQ.
- PORTRAIT OF MARGARET AND CHRYSTIAN GUTHRIE.
- PORTRAIT OF MAURICE, SON OF EDMUND POWELL, ESQ.
- Title(s): Portrait of Maurice, son on Edmund Powell, Esq. (this web site); Maurice, son on Edmund Powell, Esq. (New Gallery catalogue, 1891).
- Description: “A fair-haired child with dark eyes; dressed in bluish green velvet, and seated by a piano” (New Gallery catalogue, 1891).
- History: 1891 – Exhibited New Gallery (New Gallery catalogue, 1891).
- PORTRAIT OF MAY, DAUGHTER OF H. WORSLEY, ESQ.
- PORTRAIT OF MISS AGNES GARRETT / LADY STANDING BY FLOWERING IVY.
- PORTRAIT OF MISS CRAIES (only poor quality image known).
- PORTRAIT OF MISS JANE ATKINSON.
- Title(s): Portrait of Miss Jane Atkinson (Grosvenor Notes, 1887, p60).
- History: 1887 – Exhibited Grosvenor Gallery, no. 322 (Grosvenor Notes, 1887, p60).
- PORTRAIT OF MISS LOUISA GARRETT ANDERSON C.B.E., SEATED AT A TABLE READING A BOOK.
- Dimensions: “31 in. by 32 in.” (posthumous studio sale catalogue).
- History: 1934 Feb 9 – Auctioned Christie, Manson and Woods, lot 80, “unframed”. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- PORTRAIT OF MISS MARY GILBERT.
- PORTRAIT OF MRS A. M. WARREN AS A CHILD.
- PORTRAIT OF MRS CHARLES GUTHRIE.
- History: 1923 Jul – Exhibited Manchester Art Gallery – Paintings by Mrs Swynnerton, no. 36, “Lent by Mrs. Charles Guthrie“. (Exhibition catalogue.)
- PORTRAIT OR MRS CHRISTOPHER TONKS. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- Description: “in dark dress, seated, her right hand to her head”. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- Dimensions: “15½ in. by 12¾ in.” (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- History: 1934 Feb 9 – Auctioned Christie, Manson and Woods, lot 76, framed. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- PORTRAIT OF MRS GEORGE GARRETT.
- History: 1923 – Exhibited Manchester Art Gallery, no. 58, “Painted in London / Lent by Mrs. George Garrett“. (1923 catalogue).
- PORTRAIT OF MR STANLEY BALDWIN (UNCLE OF THE PREMIER).
- PORTRAIT OF MYFANWY CRANE / MYFANWY.
- PORTRAIT OF SUSAN ISABEL DACRE / MON AMIE.
- PORTRAIT OF THE LAMBTON CHILDREN, A STUDY FOR. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- Title(s): Portrait of the Lambton Children, A study for (this web site); A study for the Lambton children (Posthumous studio sale catalogue).
- Dimensions: “80 in. by 59½ in” (posthumous studio sale catalogue).
- PORTRAIT OF THE LATE HON. MRS. BARING. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- History: 1934 Feb 9 – Auctioned Christie, Manson and Woods, lot 143, “unfinished and unstretched”. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- PORTRAIT OF THE REVERAND WILLIAM GASKELL.
- PROSPERINE.
- PULPIT, SAN MINIATO, FLORENCE.
- RAIN CLOUDS, MONTE GENNARO.
- RED ROSE IN A WHITE ROSE GARDEN.
- REFLECTIONS.
- ROME FROM THE PALATINE.
- SAINT MARTIN’S SUMMER.
- SAINT THOMAS’S SHURCH TRIPTYCH / CHERUBS ABOVE THE SEA.
- SAND DUNES.
- History: 1934 Feb 9 – Auctioned Chritie, Manson and Woods, lot 87, “unframed”. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- SAN MINIATO – INTERIOR OF SAN MINIATO, FLORENCE.
- SANTE CROCE – PIAZZA, SANTA CROCE, FLORENCE. (Different work from Sante Croce, Florence).
- SANTE CROCE – SANTE CROCE, FLORENCE (different work from Piazza, Sante Croce, Florence).
- SHELTERING FROM THE RAIN.
- SIENA, LOOKING TOWARDS THE TORRE DEL MANGIA.
- SIENA, LOOKING UP TO THE CATHEDERAL (DUOMO DI SIENA) / THE TOWN OF SIENA.
- SISTERS.
- Description: “unframed” (posthumous studio sale catalogue).
- Dimensions: “20 in. by 15¾ in.” (posthumous studio sale catalogue).
- History: 1934 Feb 9 – Auctioned Christie, Manson and Woods, lot 86 (posthumous studio sale catalogue).
- SPRING (assumed to = A METAPHORE OF SPRING AND YOUTH AND MORNING, A VISION OF INCARNATE APRIL).
- SPRINGTIME NEAR SPEZIA. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- Dimensions: “38 in. by 19½ in.” (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- History: 1934 Feb 9 – Auctioned Christie, Manson and Woods, lot 112, “Unfinished and unstretched”. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- “SPRINGTIME, THE ONLY PRETTY RINGTIME“.
- History: 1923 – Exhibited Manchester Art Gallery, no. 56, “Painted in London / Lent by Mrs Marc”. (1923 catalogue).
- STARING OUT TO SEA, BAY OF NAPLES / THE BAY OF NAPLES.
- Note: Assumed to be the same work because of similar sizes, titles and identical dates.
- Title(s): Staring Out to Sea, Bay of Naples (Sotheby’s, 1996) / The Bay of Naples (posthumous studio sale catalogue).
- Description: “unframed … 79 THE BAY OF NAPLES, 1883, a woman and a child looking over a stone wall on the Bay” (posthumous studio sale catalogue).
- Media: “oil painting” (www.invaluable.com [no image]).
- Dimensions: “49.4 by 125.5 cm.; 19½ by 48½in” (Sotheby’s 1996 catalogue); “49x19in” (www.invaluable.com [no image]); “20 in. by 50 in.” (posthumous studio sale catalogue).
- Signature/date/other text: “Anne L. Robinson 1883 l.r., inscribed Bay of Naples on stretcher””s.d.1883 i.stretcher … Annie Louisa Swynnerton” (www.invaluable.com [no image]).
- History:
- 1883 – Dated (www.invaluable.com [no image]); “1883” (posthumous studio sale catalogue).
- 1996 Oct 23 – Auctioned Sotheby’s, Billinghurst, lot 322, “Anne Louisa Robinson (Mrs. J. W. Swynnerton A.R.A.). Note: text entry only in catalogue, no image.
- STUDY FOR THE SOUL’S JOURNEY / THE SOUL’S AWAKENING.
- STUDY OF A GOAT. (Christie’s 1993 auction catalogue.)
- Title(s): Study of a goat. (Christie’s 1993 auction catalogue.)
- Media: “on board” (Christie’s 1993 auction catalogue).
- Dimensions: 15¼ x 17½ in. / 38.6 x 44.5cm. (Christie’s 1993 auction catalogue).
- History: 1993 Apr 22 – Auctioned Christie’s, lot 132, “PROVENANCE / Alan Beeton, A.R.A.“, sold: £60. (Christie’s 1993 auction catalogue).
- STUDY OF BOYS BATHING.
- STUDY OF FLOWERS IN A MEADOW.
- STUDY OF HANDS.
- SUMMER MUSIC (assumed to be Music of Annie’s 1923 exhibition).
- Title(s): Music (1923 catalogue).
- History: 1923 – Exhibited Manchester Art Gallery, no. 3, “Painted at Rome / Lent by Mrs Marc”. (1923 catalogue).
- SUNSET, CASTLEGOLDOLFO.
- SUNSHINE.
- SUVIACO FROM SCHOLASTICA (assumed to be Subiaco of Annie’s 1923 catalogue).
- THE ADORATION OF THE INFANT CHRIST (AFTER PERUGINO).
- THE BARING FAMILY / SUMMER IDYLL.
- THE BARREN FIGTREE.
- THE BLUEBELL WOOD [ATTRIBUTED].
- THE BROTHERS. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- THE CHARMER. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- Dimensions: “120 in. by 85 in.” (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- History: 1934 Feb 9 – Auctioned Christie, Manson and Woods, lot 108, “Unfinished and Unstretched”. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- THE CONVALESCENT.
- THE CRUEL SEA.
- THE CUMEAN SIBYL GUARDING THE SECRET OF THE TOMB (only poor quality image known).
- THE CUP-BEARER.
- THE FAUN.
- THE DEBUTANTE.
- THE DREAMER.
- THE FENWICK PORTRAITS – PORTRAIT OF CHARLES FENWICK.
- THE FENWICK PORTRAITS – PORTRAIT OF DAVID AND JONATHAN FENWICK.
- THE FENWICK PORTRAITS – PORTRAIT OF VIOLET EDITH FENWICK / ON THE TERRACE.
- THE FORSAKEN WIFE. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- Dimensions: “51½ in. by 21¼ in.” (Posthumous studio sale.)
- History: 1934 Feb 9 – Auctioned Christie, Manson and Woods, lot 62, “Unframed”. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- THE GULF OF SPEZIA, SEEN FORM CARRARA / LANDSCAPE WITH TREES.
- THE HARPSICHORD RECITAL [ATTRIBUTED].
- THE HEAD OF A WOMAN.
- THE HEAD OF A YOUNG MAN (DRAWING).
- THE HOPTON PORTRAITS – PORTRAIT OF EDWARD MICHAEL HOPTON.
- THE HOPTON PORTRAITS – PORTRAIT OF GUY WILLIAM HOPTON.
- THE INTRUDER.
- History: 1923 – Exhibited Manchester Art Gallery, no. 55, “Painted in Sussex / Lent by Mrs. George Garrett“. (1923 catalogue).
- THE LADY IN WHITE.
- THE LANE.
- THE LETTER / THE READING GIRL.
- THE LITTLE SENTINEL.
- THE LIZARD.
- Dimensions: “25½ in. by 29 in.” (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- History:
- 1874 – Posthumous studio sale catalogue.
- 1934 Feb 9 – Auctioned Christie, Manson and Woods, lot 69. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- THE MARCHIONESS OF TAVISTOCK.
- Note: no record of the work at Woburn Abbey (the sitters former home; personal information).
- Title(s): The Marchioness of Tavistock (Grosvenor Notes, 1882).
- History: 1882 – Exhibited Grosvenor Gallery, no. 243, “Miss A. L. Robinson” (Grosvenor Notes, 1882).
- THE OLIVE GATHERERS / THE PLAIN OF LOMBARDY.
- THE PASSING OF RAIN.
- THE REAPER AND THE ANGEL. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- THE RESTIVE HORSE.
- History: 1923 Jul – Exhibited Manchester Art Gallery – Paintings by Mrs Swynnerton, no. 4, “Painted in the Isle of Man / Lent by Mrs. Charles Hunter“. (Exhibition catalogue.)
- THE REVERIE.
- THE RIPPLE.
- THE ROCK POOL, CAPRI. (Only poor quality image known.)
- THE SABINE MOUNTAINS FROM TUSCULUM.
- THE SCOTT-ELLIOT PORTRAITS – PORTRAIT OF ISABEL, DAUGHTER OF COL. A SCOTT-ELLIOT.
- THE SCOTT-ELLIOT PORTRAITS – PORTRAIT OF MRS A. SCOTT-ELLIOT.
- Note: This may be the same work as the portrait of “Miss Marjory Evans” (who became Mrs Scott-Elliot), mentioned in The Illustrated London News, 23 Apr 1904, p624.
- THE SCOTT-ELLIOT PORTRAITS – PORTRAIT OF MRS A. SCOTT-ELLIOT AND CHILDREN.
- THE SENSE OF SIGHT (1895).
- THE SENSE OF SIGHT (1898).
- THE SISTERS: DAUGHTERS OF LORD PONSONBURY. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- Dimensions: “26 in. by 26 in.”. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- History: 1934 Feb 9 – auctioned Christie, Manson and Woods, lot 71. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- THE SKIPPING ROPE.
- THE SOUTHING OF THE SUN.
- THE STORY OF A PRINCESS.
- Title(s): The Story of a Princess. (New Gallery catalogue 1889.)
- History: “No. 118. “The Story of a Princess.” MRS A. L. SWYNNERTON”. (New Gallery catalogue 1889.)
- THE STRIPED PINAFORE.
- THE TEMPLE OF LOVE.
- Note: title known from reference in posthumous studio sale catalogue, 1934, to two “STUDIES FOR “THE TEMPLE OF LOVE””, under lot 156, no other record or evidence the work was completed.
- THE TRYST / THE SALFORD LASS.
- THE UNRELENTING PAST / THOU UNRELENTING PAST / THE INEXORABLE PAST / THOUGHTS.
- THE VAGRANT.
- THE VISIT / LITTLE VISITORS.
- THE VOLSCIANS FROM TUSCULUM.
- THE WEAVER. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- History: 1934 Feb 9 – auctioned Christie, Manson and Woods, lot 127, “Unfinished and Unstretched”. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- THE WHITE PINAFORE.
- THE WILKINSON PORTRAITS – PORTRAIT OF FANNY WILKINSON HOLDING PEACOCK FEATHERS.
- THE WILKINSON PORTRAITS – PORTRAIT OF GLADYS AND JEAN WILKINSON.
- THE WILKINSON PORTRAITS – PORTRAIT OF LOUISA WILKINSON (SENIOR) IN A WHITE DRESS.
- THE WILKINSON PORTRAITS – PORTRAIT OF LOUISA WILKINSON (THE YOUNGER) WEARING A BONNET.
- THE WILKINSON PORTRAITS – PORTRAIT OF LOUISA WILKINSON (THE YOUNGER) HOLDING A BOOK.
- THE WILKINSON PORTRAITS – PORTRAIT OF LOUISA WILKINSON (THE YOUNGER) HOLDING A FAN.
- THE YELLOW FAN. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- History: 1934 Feb 9 – auctioned Christie, Manson and Woods, lot 93, “Unfinished and Unstretched”. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- THROUGH THE ORCHARD / THE YOUNG MOTHER.
- TRYING ON HER MOTHER’S HAT.
- TWILIGHT: A NEOPOLITAN WOMAN.
- History:
- 1876 – full title in auction catalogue: “Twilight: a Neopolitan Woman – 1876″. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- 1934 Feb 9 – auctioned Christie, Manson and Woods, lot 78, framed. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- History:
- UNWINDING THE SKEIN.
- VALLEY OF THE ANIENE.
- Title(s): Valley of the Aniene; The Valley of the Aniene (National Library of Ireland).
- History: c. 1900-1910 – Mentioned in letter by Annie to Hugh Lane (National Library of Ireland).
- VENUS RISING FROM THE SEA.
- Dimensions: “64 in. by 50¼ in.” (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- History: 1934 Feb 9 – auctioned Christie, Manson and Woods, lot 93, “Unfinished and Unstretched”. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- VENUS RISING FROM THE SEA, STUDY FOR. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- History: 1934 Feb 9 – auctioned Christie, Manson and Woods, lot 126, “Unfinished and Unstretched”. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- VENUS RISING FROM THE SEA, STUDY FOR. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- History: 1934 Feb 9 – auctioned Christie, Manson and Woods, lot 128, “Unfinished and Unstretched”. (Posthumous studio sale catalogue.)
- VIEW ALONG A GARDEN PATH.
- WHERE SHATTERED MOUNTAINS LIE.
- WHERE TIDES OF GRASS BREAK INTO FOAM OF FLOWERS (SWINBURNE).
- WOMAN WITH AN INFANT AND YOUNG GIRL / MATERNITÉ / A MOTHER AND CHILD.
- WOODLAND MAIDEN / VICTORIAN WOODLAND MAIDEN.
- WORLD’S COLUMBIAN EXHIBITION – MOTHER AND CHILD / FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE / YOUTH TENDING AGE (three separately painted works, but displayed as a tryptich).
- Description:
- MOTHER AND CHILD – “a handsome, robust young mother with a lusty child upon her knee” (exhibition catalogue); “a madonna-like figure with a young child on her knee” (The Englishwoman’s Review of Social and Industrial Questions, v24,15 Apr 1893, p132-3).
- FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE – see Biographical Notes; “The interest centres on the tall, slender figure of Florence Nightingale, as, candle in hand, she makes the round of her wards in the Crimean Hospital, the wounded soldiers in rows to the right and to the left” (The Englishwoman’s Review of Social and Industrial Questions, v24,15 Apr 1893, p132-3, p132-3); “It is more a sketch than a picture, and it is one of the strongest ever painted by a woman – a vigorous sketch, 14ft high – and shows how strongg a woman’s art can be in colour, design, and sentiment” (Samoa Weekly Herald, vol. 1, issue 52, 25 Nov 1893).
- YOUTH TENDING AGE – “the figure of an aged woman; beside her sits her young granddaughter” (exhibition catalogue); “a sweet graceful girl looking up with deferential affection to a gentle, yet stately old lady, seated amid rose trees” (The Englishwoman’s Review of Social and Industrial Questions, v24,15 Apr 1893, p132-3).
- Dimensions: central work (Florence Nightingale) “14ft high“, (Samoa Weekly Herald, 25 Nov 1893); side works smaller (exhibition catalogue).
- History: 1893 – Painted Feb 3 to Mar 31, packed for shipping to Chicago 31 Mar (The Englishwoman’s Review of Social and Industrial Questions, v24,15 Apr 1893, p132-3); 1893 May 1 – Oct 30 – On display at the World’s Columbian Exposition, Chicago.
- Description:
LIST ‘B’ – “STYLE OF / FOLLOWER OF” (i.e., not considered attributable to Annie Louisa Swynnerton, but with potential connection).
- PORTRAIT OF A GIRL READING A BOOK.
- Title(s): Portrait of a girl reading a book (this web site); Portrait of a girl (Lawrence’s).
- Description: Three-quarter bust of a young girl with a blue ribbon in her hair holding and looking at an open book; painted oval frame, dark background.
- Media: oil on board; “Some paint separation and craquelure; needs a light clean” (Lawrence’s).
- Dimensions: 52 x 42.5 cm (Lawrence’s).
- Date/signature/other text: none apparent in online auction image.
- History: 2024 Dec 18 – Auctioned Lawrence’s Auctioneers, Crewkerne, “Annie Louisa Swynnerton … follower of”, sold: hammer £110.
- Location: ?
- PORTRAIT STUDY OF A YOUNG GIRL.
- Title(s): Portrait study of a young girl (Bonhams, 2012).
- Description: head portrait of a child with bushy red hair, facing the viewer, dark background, oval frame.
- Media: “oil on canvas laid down (oval)” (Bonhams, 2012).
- Dimensions: “36 x 28cm (14 3/16 x 11in)” (Bonhams, 2012).
- Date/signature/other text: none apparent (Bonhams, 2012).
- History: 2012 May 16 – Auctioned Bonhams, lot 73, “Follower of Anna Louisa Robinson Swynnerton”, sold: premium £62.50.
- Location: ?
LIST ‘C’ – MIS-ATTRIBUTED.
- COASTAL SCENE.
- THE GLOW WORM.
- Note: Although listed in different sources as being by or attributed to Annie Louisa Swynnerton, there is no supporting information and in my (web site author) opinion it is not by her.
- Title(s): The Glow Worm (www.mkelleyart.com).
- Description: A young woman in a gold/orange off-the-shoulder dress with voluminous skirt looks down at a bright glow held in her left palm, dark background, but with an illuminated area of landscape top left and open flowers..
- Media: “Oil on Canvas” (www.mkelleyart.com).
- Dimensions: “30” x 25″” (www.mkelleyart.com).
- Date/signature/other text: ?
- History:
- 1900 – Unevidenced date (www.mkelleyart.com).
- 2002 Mar – 2009 Dec – Listed at The Kelly Gallery, Pasadena, U.S.A., “Anne Louisa Swynnerton A.R.A. (Attr. To) / The Glow Worm / 30″ x 25″ / Oil on canvas”, but with no supporting information or provenancial history.
- 2018 – Included in Susan Thompson (2018) The Life and Works of Annie Louisa Swynnerton, Manchester Art Press Limited, as being by Annie Louisa Swynnerton, but with no evidence.
- c. 2020 onwards – Image appears on commercial art reporduction web sites (e.g., wahooart.com, www.myartprints.co.uk), with the unevidenced statement that it is by Annie Louisa Swynnerton.
- Location: ?
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