WORK IN PROGRESS.

This is list of all Susan Isabel Dacre’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.

1. A FOREST NYMPH.
2. A GATEWAY IN SIENA.
3. A VIEW IN VENACE.
4. A YOUNG GIRL PLAYING THE VIOLIN.
   • History:
     • Exhibited “at the fall Manchester Fine Arts Academy at the City art gallery in 1898. It was the central picture of the show” [1].
5. A YOUNG ITALIAN GIRL WITH RED CUFFS / ITALIAN CHILD.
6. AN INTERIOR WITH FOUR CHILDREN.
7. AN ITALIAN BOY (attributed).
8. AN ITALIAN GIRL WITH A NECKLACE.
9. ASSISI CATHEDERAL (CATTEDRALE DI ASSISI).
10. ASSISI FROM PERUGIA.
11. ASSISI FROM THE CITY WALLS.
12. A VIEW FROM A WINDOW.
    • History: “In 1925 a view from a window shown by Manchester Society of Women Painters” [1].
13. BORGHESE GARDENS.
    • History: “exhibited in 1882 by the Manchester Society of Women Painters.  Conveys first vivid impressions of sunshine and cloud rather than the multitude of facts, which the eye discovers after a long examination but conveys them with a vigour and directness which do not fail to charm. (Same painting as An Avenue in the Borgeshe Gardens: Rome?) “The Borghese Gardens”- A landscape shown at the Annual Exhibition in the old Town Hall.” [1].
14. COLLEPARDO / COLLEPARDO FROM THE VALLEY (assumed to be the same work).
    • “… panorama of hill beyond hill and the city in the near distance … in which the town is piled on its hillside with the great church crowning it …” (The Manchester Guardian, 28 March, 1913) [1].
    • 1927 – Exhibited Manchester Art Gallery.
15. COURT HILL, CLOVELLY.
    • History: “exhibited in 1883 by the Manchester Society of Women Painters. A clever landscape study of the gorse-clad.” [1]. Note: ‘Courth Hill’ in original message assumed to be an error for ‘Court Hill’, referring to the vicinity of Clovelly Court.
16. DOROTHY.
    • History. “exhibited in 1883 by the Manchester Society of Women Painters where it was sold.” [1].
17. FACADE OF SAN FRANCESCO.
18. FLORENTINE MOTHER AND CHILD.
    • Note: A work of similar title and date, Annie Louisa Swynnerton’s Florentine Mother and Child, is also known. These may be the same work with the authorship being wrongly ascribed.
    • History: “exhibited in 1882 by the Manchester Society of Women Painters.  A composition shown at the Annual Exhibition in the old Town Hall” [1].
19. FLOWERS.
    • Title(s): Flowers (title used in private correspondence).
    • Description: “The work included a bumble bee, 2 flies and 2 ants, and possibly a butterfly” (private correspondence).
    • Media: “was done in chalk” (private correspondence).
    • Date/signature/other text: “dated 1856 or 1866 (hard to read) and was signed “S Dacre”” (private correspondence).
    • History:
      • “a copy of [a] work in the Louvre” (private correspondence).
      • A sticker on the back “Rowley’s, fine art dealers, framing, rebuilding and restoring. 5, Bargin Sq., St Ann’s Square, Manchester” (private corrensponence).
    • Location: private collection.
20. FOUNTAIN.
    • History: “exhibited in 1882 by the Manchester Society of Women Painters. A sketch form Italy or Brittany, Coveys first vivid impressions of sunshine and cloud rather than the multitude of facts, which the eye discovers after a long examination but conveys them with a vigour and directness which do not fail to charm” [1].
21. FROM A BALCONY AT PERUGIA.
22. FRUIT WITH SHRIMP (chalk).
23. IL FRATRE.
    • Note: A work of similar title and date, Annie Louisa Swynnerton’s Il Frate (The Brother), is also known. These may be the same work with the authorship being wrongly ascribed.
    • History: “exhibited in 1882 by the Manchester Society of Women Painters. A composition shown at the Annual Exhibition in the old Town Hall.” [1].
24. ITALIAN WOMEN IN CHURCH.
25. LANDSCAPE WITH FIGURES AND DONKEYS.
26. LANDSCAPE WITH TREES AND STONE WALL.
27. LANDSCAPE WITH WINDING ROAD.
28. LA REVEUSE (THE DREAMER).
    • History: “A seated figure in white, harmonious and delicate in colour exhibited in 1883 by the Manchester Society of Women Painters.” [1].
29. LITTLE ANNIE ROONEY.
30. LORETTO.
    • Description: “A portrait of a little girl in an old fashioned chair, with a charming childish face bent a little forward and feet tucked almost out of sight. This was exhibited in 1882 by the Manchester Society of Women Painters / A portrait of a lady is not only full of life and character but displays technical qualities of a very exceptional kind. The painting of the child’s velvet dress is a skillful and delicate piece of work, needing only a rather brighter light on its lower portion to give the full play of light and shade on the material This was exhibited in 1882 by the Manchester Society of Women Painters.” [1].
    • History: “exhibited in 1882 by the Manchester Society of Women Painters.  Sold in 1882 for £15 15s.” [1].
31. LUDLOW CASTLE.
32. MARIETTA.
    • History:
      • 1880 – Previously exhibited in 1880 at the Royal Academy in London. [1]
      • 1883 – “exhibited … by the Manchester Society of Women Painters where it was sold”. [1]
      • 1978 – “Sold … Sotheby in Amsterdam for £350”. [1]
33. PORTRAIT OF A GIRL IN A PINK DRESS.
    • Media: oil on canvas.
    • Dimensions: 32 x 26 in. / 81.3 cm × 66.0 cm.
    • History: 1985 – Auctioned Phillips, 18 Jun, lot 76, “signed”, sold: hammer £450.
34. PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG WOMAN WEARING A BONNET.
35. PORTRAIT OF A SEATED CHILD.
36. PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG GIRL.
37. PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG GIRL IN A SATIN CAP [drawing].
38. PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG GIRL IN A WHITE DRESS.
39. PORTRAIT OF ALDERMAN SIR THOMAS BAKER (MANCHESTER ART GALLERY).
40. PORTRAIT OF ALDERMAN SIR THOMAS BAKER (MANCHESTER TOWN HALL).
41. PORTRAIT OF AN ITALIAN WOMAN.
42. PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG WOMAN SEATED AT A ROUND TABLE.
43. PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG WOMAN WITH LACE CUFF.
44. PORTRAIT OF BERTHA EDGAR / PORTRAIT OF A GIRL IN A RED DRESS.
45. PORTRAIT OF COLONEL VOLBERT.
46. PORTRAIT OF HELEN.
47. PORTRAIT OF LOUISA FICHET.
48. PORTRAIT OF LYDIA BECKER.
49. PORTRAIT OF M. GUILLAUX / A FRENCH OFFICER (assumed to be the same work).
    • History: 1927 – Exhibited Manchester Art Gallery; “Painted with sympathy and understanding illustrates her unfailing instinct for the right use of her medium. A lively little portrait illustrates her unfailing instinct for the right use of her medium” (source?); “a French artillery officer, in which the drawing and colouring are very powerful” (The Manchester Evening News, 23 Nov 1883, p2) [1].
50. PORTRAIT OF MARAGERT AND DOROTHY, THE DAUGHTERS OF LAWRENCE PILKINGTON, ESQ.
51. PORTRAIT OF MRS. E. E. HOUGHTON.
52. PORTRAIT OF MR SWINNERTON.
    • History: Exhibited in 1882 by the Manchester Society of Women Painters [1].
53. PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST’S MOTHER.
54. PORTRAIT OF WINIFRED.
55. SAN ETENE.
    • History: “exhibited in 1880 by the Manchester Society of Women Painters, # 4 There is light and luster and shimmer” [1].
56. SAN MICHELE.
    • History: “exhibited in 1880 by the Manchester Society of Women Painters, # 4 There is light and luster and shimmer” [1].
57. SANTA MARIA DEI MONTI, PERUGIA.
58. SCENE WITH HAYSTACK.
59. SIENA, LOOKING TOWARDS THE CATHEDERAL (DUOMO DIE SIENA).
60. SINGING CHILDREN.
61. SWANS.
62. THE COURTYARD, ROME.
    • History: “exhibited in 1882 by the Manchester Society of Women Painters. A landscape shown at the Annual Exhibition in the old Town Hall.” [1].
63. THE PAGLIA FROM ORVIETO.
64. THE RAIN IT RAINETH EVERY DAY / A RAINY DAY.
65. THE ROOFS OF PERUGIA.
66. THE WALLS OF SIENA.
67. THE YOUNG VIOLINIST.
68. TWO GIRLS WITH YELLOW FLOWERS (PORTRAIT OF SALLY AND KITTY DACRE).
    • Title(s): “Two girls with yellow flowers” (title used in private correspondence).
    • Description: two young girls seated, one in a yellow dress, the other in a green dress, several large yellow flowers blooming above their heads, surrounded by broad, heart-shaped green leaves.
    • Media: “painting” (private correspondence).
    • Date/signature/other text: 1888?
    • Location: private collection.
69. WATCHING THE SWANS.
    • Description: “A large and ambitious picture, which has brilliant and charming passages but fails somewhat as a whole. The canvas perhaps is unnecessarily large and the picture lacks unity. Is this the same as a picture described as Children gazing at swans on a lake? / A large painting painted with sympathy and understanding illustrates her unfailing instinct for the right use of her medium. “The Swans” – a good study of children”. [1]
    • History:
      • “exhibited in 1883 by the Manchester Society of Women Painters”. [1]
      • “annual exhibition of the Manchester Academy in 1887”. [1]
      • “exhibited in the Manchester Art Gallery, on Mosley street in 1927”. [1]
70. WETHERLAM FROM LITTLE LANGDALE.

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[1] Information courtsey of Mike Stewart.

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