LANDSCAPES, OTHER SCENIC WORKS (INCLUDING ANIMAL STUDIES) AND WORKS OF GENERA UNKNOWN.

Note that many works fall into multiple catagories. Some ‘figurative’ works would be ‘named portraits’, but the identity of the sitter is lost, others are as much landscape studies, but are classed ‘figurative’ because that is the focus point of the piece. Some nominally figurative or scenic works have symbolist elements in them.

A DISTANT VIEW OF THE SABINES.

  • Title(s): A Distant View of the Sabines (posthumous studio sale catalogue, 1934); Distant View of the Sabines (Rosebery’s, 2018).
  • Description: a landscape, foreground primarily orange, increasingly mountainous in the distance. No figures or buildings.
  • Media: “oil on canvas laid down on board” (Rosebery’s, 2018).
  • Dimensions: 59.0 x 70.2 cm (average); “22¾ in. by 27¼ in.” [57.8 x 69.2 cm] (Posthumous studio sale catalogue, 1934); “60.1×71.2cm (unframed)” (Rosebery’s, 2018).
  • Date/signature/other text: “inscribed in pencil to the reverse of the board: ‘* * Swynnerton’ and ‘Distant View of the Sabines’, scored stamp inscribed ‘100209 – 5055’ to the reverse of the board” (Rosebery’s, 2018).
  • History:
  • Location: ?

A STORM-TOSSED WILLOW FEELS THE SPRING.

BLUE SEASCAPE.

  • Title(s): Blue Seascape (Mallams, 2021).
  • Description: Seascape oil sketch, sand with pebbles or shells indicated in the foreground.
  • Media: Oil on canvas (Mallams, 2021).
  • Dimensions: “39.8 x 50cm” (Mallams, 2021).
  • Signature/date/other text: None visible on exposed canvas.
  • History:
    • Date? – One of three works by Annie known to have been in the undated “A Painter’s Choice” exhibition, the others being Study of hands and Gipsy Girl.
    • 2021 May 26 – Auctioned Mallams, Oxford, lot 169, “This came to Mallams from a deceased estate, having originally been owned by Sir Gerald Kelly and then the Grafton Gallery in London … thence by descent”, sold: £10,000.
  • Location: Private collection.

CAPRI.

  • Title(s): Capri (notice by work while on display Manchester, 2018-2019).
  • Description: Oil sketch, Impressionist-style, of Marina Grande harbour, rocks foreground, rippled water surface occupying most of the lower half of the painting, with settlement buildings backed by vegetation and a mountain behind (the eastern end of the Monte Solaro ridge).
  • Media: Oil on canvas (notice by work while on display Manchester, 2018-2019).
  • Dimensions: 60.0 x 28.5 cm (reference?).
  • Signature/date/other text: None on exposed canvas.
  • History:
    • c. 1900-1910 – Painted c. 1900-1910 according to note by painting when on display in Manchester Art Gallery, 2018-2019).
    • 1923 – Exhibited Manchester Art Gallery (visible in exhibition photos).
    • 2018-2019 – Exhibited Manchester Art Gallery, 23 Feb 2018 to 6 Jan 2019.
  • Location: private collection.

GREEN SUMMER.

  • Title(s): Green Summer (Royal Academy catalogue, 1931; Royal Academy Illustrated, 1931).
  • Description: Only known from black-and-white image in Royal Academy Illustrated, 1931; a parkland scene with several well-grown tree mid-distance.
  • Media: oil (1931 catalogue).
  • Dimensions: “24 x 20” inches (Royal Academy Illustrated, 1931).
  • Signature/date/other text: None visible in Royal Academy Illustrated, 1931, image.
  • History:
    • 1931 – Exhibited Royal Academy (1931 catalogue; Royal Academy Illustrated, 1931).
  • Location: ?

INTERIOR OF SAN MINIATO.

JULY.

  • Note: May be a figurative work. Placed in ‘landscape/scenic’ section pending further information or discover of full image.
  • Title(s): July (1923 exhibition catalogue).
  • Description: Only known from partial image visible in a 1923 exhibition photograph; painted arched top.
  • Media: ?
  • Dimensions: canvas c. 230 x ??170 cm (estimated from 1923 exhibition photo).
  • Date/signature/other text: ?
  • History:
    • 1923 Jul – Exhibited Manchester Art Gallery – Paintings by Mrs Swynnerton, no. 16, “Painted at Chigwell, Essex / Lent by the Hon. Cecil Baring“. (Exhibition catalogue.)
  • Location: ?

OIL SKETCH OF A PONY.

  • Title(s): Oil Sketch of a Pony (artuk.org).
  • Description: Oil sketch of a Shetland pony turned three-quarters away from the viewer.
  • Media: Oil on canvas (artuk.org).
  • Dimensions: “H 49.5 x W 39.2 cm” (artuk.org).
  • Signature/date/other text: None apparent con canvas.
  • History:
    • 1922 or earlier? – by similarity to 1922 photograph figure.
    • 1944 – “gift [to The Wilson] from Mrs M. Taylor, 1944” (artuk.org).
  • Location: The Wilson, Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum (artuk.org).

RAIN CLOUDS, MONTE GENNARO.

  • Title(s): Rain-clouds, Monte Gennaro (Manchester Art Gallery).
  • Description: “Landscape painting of Italian rural scene with a view across a wide plain observed from a hillside, with mountainous regions in the background and heavy rainclouds overhead. The landscape is coloured in vibrant tones with the hills represented in oranges and yellows, with a bright blue sky above” (Manchester Art Gallery).
  • Media: Oil on canvas (Manchester Art Gallery).
  • Dimensions: “framed: 8 cm (depth); 45.7 cm (height); 77.7 cm (width) / unframed: 30.6 cm (height); 63 cm (width)” (Manchester Art Gallery).
  • Signature/date/other text: “artist’s inscription : : brc : artist’s nmae, date : Annie L. Swynnerton / 1904” (Manchester Art Gallery).
  • History:
  • Location: Manchester Art Gallery.

SIENA, LOOKING UP TO THE DUOMO DI SIENA / THE TOWN OF SIENA.

  • Title(s): Siena, looking up to the cathederal (Duomo di Diena) (this web site); The Town of Siena (Manchester Art Gallery).
  • Description: “View of the hill town of Siena, looking up toward the clustered, haphazard buildings around central church which marks the pinnacle of the hill. The houses are coloured in rustic tones orange, white and red, a road runs up the side of the hill lined with houses. A second spire is visible in the distant background” (Manchester Art Gallery).
  • Media: Oil on canvas (Manchester Art Gallery).
  • Dimensions: “framed: 8 cm (depth); 56.5 cm (height); 68.7 cm (width) / unframed: 37.8 cm (height); 51 cm (width)” (Manchester Art Gallery).
  • Signature/date/other text: “artist’s inscription : : brc : artist’s name : Annie L Swynnerton” (Manchester Art Gallery).
  • History:
    • 1880s?/1901 – According to notice by painting while on display at Manchester Art Gallery 2018-2019, butt very similar to S. Isabel Dacre’s version which is dated 1901.
    • 1936 – “Louisa Mary Garrett bequest, 1936” [sister-in-law of Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett] (Manchester Art Gallery).
    • 2018-2019 – Exhibited Manchester Art Gallery, 23 Feb 2018 to 6 Jan 2019.
  • Location: Manchester Art Gallery.

SIENA, LOOKING TOWARDS THE TORRE DEL MANGIA.

  • Title(s): Siena, looking towards the Torre del Mangia (this web site); Sienna/Siena (Birmingham Art Gallery); Siena (artuk.org).
  • Description: Oil sketch of a view in Siena, Italy, looking towards the Torre del Mangia.
  • Media: “oil on canvas stretched on cork” (artuk.org).
  • Dimensions: “Height: / 426, 573”, “Width: / 327, 473”, “Depth: / 5,20” (Birmingham Art Gallery); “H 42.6 x W 32.7 cm” (artuk.org).
  • Signature/date/other text: none visible on front of exposed canvas.
  • History:
  • Location: Birmingham Art Gallery.

STUDY OF FLOWERS IN A MEADOW.

SUVIACO FROM SCHOLASTICA.

  • Title(s): Suviaco from Scholastica (Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 1932 – Exhibited Royal Academy, Summer Exhibition, no. 607 (catalogue); Image in Royal Academy Illustrated, 1932., 1932; Royal Academy Illustrated, 1932); Italian Landscape (Manchester Art Gallery; artuk.org); Subiaco from Scholastica (The Observer, 1 May 1932)..
  • Description: a landscape with high mountains in the background.
  • Media: oil on canvas (Manchester Art Gallery).
  • Dimensions: canvas 84.3 x 119.1 cm; frame 104.6 x 139.8 x 11.4 cm (Manchester Art Gallery).
  • Signature/date/other text: signed “Annie L S..ynn..t..” bottom right (photos).
  • History:
    • 1932 – Exhibited Royal Academy, Summer Exhibition, no. 607 (catalogue); Image in Royal Academy Illustrated, 1932.
    • 1939 – Bequeathed to Manchester Art Gallery by Dr. Jane Walker, CH, LLD (artuk.org).
    • 2018-2019 – Exhibited Manchester Art Gallery – Painting Light and Hope, 23 Feb 2018 to 6 Jan 2019.
  • Location: Manchester Art Gallery.

THE BARREN FIGTREE.

  • Title(s): The Barren Figtree (1923 exhibition catalogue); The Barren Fig Tree (Cheffin’s, 2010); The Barren Fig (title given at Painting Light and Hope exhibition, Manchester Art Gallery, 2018-2019).
  • Description:
  • Media: oil on canvas.
  • Dimensions: 29 x 50 cm.
  • Signature/date/other text:
  • History:
    • c. 1900-c. 1910 – Notice by picture when on display at in Manchester Art Gallery, 2018-2019.
    • 1920 – Auctioned Christie’s, London, 9 Jul, lot 162, “The Property of Mrs Charles Hunter, 31 Portland Place, London, W1” (Cheffin’s, 2010).
    • 1923 – Exhibited Manchester Art Gallery – Paintings by Mrs. Swynnerton, no. 29, “The Barren Figtree / Painted at Lake Albano. / Lent by Mrs. Charles Hunter”.
    • 2010 – Auctioned Cheffin’s, Cambridge, 25 Mar, lot 712, “signed lower right “Anna Swynnerton” / oil on canvas, in a tortoiseshell frame / h: 29cm w: 50cm d: cm Provenance: Christie’s, London, sale, lot 162, 9 July 1920, The Property of Mrs Charles Hunter, 31 Portland Place, London, W1. / Condition Report / Canvas slightly bowing in frame. Original tortoiseshell frame has one corner missing and cracks.”, sold: £1,000.
    • 2018-2019 – Exhibited Manchester Art Gallery, 23 Feb 2018 to 6 Jan 2019, “Lent by the Executors of Christine Brownlie Allen (1954-2014)” (Painting Light and Hope exhibition, Manchester Art Gallery, 2018-2019).
  • Location: private collection.

THE BLUEBELL WOOD [ATTRIBUTED].

  • Title(s): The Bluebell Wood (Michael J. Bowman, 2008).
  • Description: Woodland interior scene with bluebell ground cover (sketch/Impressionist style).
  • Media: oil on canvas (multiple sources).
  • Dimensions: 15 x 23 in (Michael J, Bowmann, 2007); 17 x 24 inches (Michael J, Bowmann, 2008).
  • Signature/date/other text: “label verso and numbered stretcher” (Michael J. Bowman, 2008); unsigned (Michael J. Bowman, 2007).
  • History:
    • 2007-2008 – Placed at least four times (18 Aug 2007, 1 Dec 2007, 15 Mar 2008, 19 Sep 2008) at Michael J. Bowman, Newton Abbot, but withdrawn on each occasion. A work, “Bluebell Wood,” was also placed and then withdrawn at auction twice, 28 Jun 2008 and 22 Aug 2008, described as “Style of Annie Swynnerton – oil on canvas, Bluebell Wood, 17″ x 24″, bearing label verso and numbered stretcher.” Although the given size is larger, presumed to be the same work.
  • Location: ?

THE GULF OF SPEZIA, SEEN FROM CARRARA.

THE OLIVE GATHERERS / THE PLAIN OF LOMBARDY.

  • Title(s): The Olive Gatherers (Manchester Art Gallery; 1923 exhibition catalogue); “also known as The Plain of Lombardy” (notice by painting while on display Manchester Art Gallery, 2018-2019); Olive Gatherers – Siena (Women’s Exhibition, Earl’s Court, 1900).
  • Description: “Wide panoramic view across the plains of Lombardy towards a hazy mountain range on the horizon. Olive groves extend in the foreground to the left and right, small figures of olive gatherers at work in foreground to left of centre. The landscape is lilac, blue and purple with a white mist lying low across the mountains in the background” (Manchester Art Gallery).
  • Media: Oil on canvas (Manchester Art Gallery).
  • Dimensions: “frame: 6.5 cm (depth); 49 cm (height); 82.2 cm (width) / canvas: 38.5 cm (height); 71 cm (width)” Oil on canvas (Manchester Art Gallery).
  • Signature/date/other text: “artist’s inscription : : brc : artist’s name, date : Annie L. Swynnerton 1889” according to Manchester Art Gallery and artuk.org, but not visible on exposed canvas while on display.
  • History:
    • 1889 – Signed and dated “Annie L. Swynnerton 1889” according to Manchester Art Gallery and artuk.org, but not visible on exposed canvas while on display.
    • 1900 – Exhibited Woman’s Exhibition, Earl’s Court, no. 1453, “25 0 0” (catalogue).
    • 1910 – Exhibited Manchester Art Gallery – Autumn Exhibition (Manchester Art Gallery).
    • 1923 – Exhibited Manchester Art Gallery – Paintings by Mrs. Swynnerton, A.R.A., no. 21, “Painted at Siena. / Lent by Mrs George Garrett” (catalogue).
    • 1936 – “Gift of Fanny Rollo Wilkinson 1936” (notice by painting while on display Manchester Art Gallery, 2018-2019; Manchester Art Gallery).
    • 2018-2019 – Exhibited Manchester Art Gallery, 23 Feb 2018 to 6 Jan 2019; also known as ‘The Plain of Lombardy.’
  • Location: Manchester Art Gallery.

THE PASSING OF RAIN.

  • Title(s): The Passing of Rain (Royal Academy catalogue, 1928; Royal Academy Illustrated, 1928).
  • Description: Oil sketch of a landscape with rolling hills and trees, a rainbow arching centrally across the picture.
  • Media: In “OIL PAINTINGS” section of Royal Academy catalogue, 1928.
  • Dimensions: ?
  • Signature/date/other text: None apparent on canvas as shown in Royal Academy Illustrated, 1928.
  • History:
  • Location: ?

THE SABINE MOUNTAINS FROM TUSCULUM.

  • Title(s): The Sabine Mountains from Tusculum (this web site; 1923 catalogue); Sabines from Tusculum (Royal Academy catalogue, 1933); The Sabines from Tusculum (Royal Academy Illustrated, 1933).
  • Description: Known only from black-and-white image in Royal Academy Illustrated, 1933; broad, open landscape with mountains in distance, a possible small human figure in left foreground.
  • Media: In “OIL PAINTI|NGS” section of Royal Academy catalogue, 1933.
  • Dimensions: ?
  • Signature/date/other text: Signed bottom right, and ‘S’ visible along with other obscure lettering in the Royal Academy Illustrated, 1933, image, presumably ‘Annie L. Swynnerton’.
  • History:
    • 1923 – Exhibited Manchester Art Gallery – Paintings by Mrs. Swynnerton, A.R.A., no. 25, “Lent by Mrs. George Garrett” (catalogue).
    • 1933 – Exhibited Royal Academy – Summer Exhibition, no. 174 (catalogue).
  • Location: ?

VIEW ALONG A GARDEN PATH.

  • Title(s): View along a garden path (this web site); View along a garden path with a mountain in the distance (Woolley and Wallace, May & Dec 2022).
  • Description: Rough oil sketch of a garden with pink flowers bordering a green path which leads to an open gateway with small trees either side, a broad hill descending steeply to the left indicated behind.
  • Media: Oil on canvas (Woolley and Wallace, Dec 2022).
  • Dimensions: 41 x 51 cm (Woolley and Wallace, Dec 2022).
  • Signature/date/other text: “Indistinctly signed and inscribed To Lady L**rs from An S****ton (to stretcher)” (Woolley and Wallace, Dec 2022).
  • History:
    • 2022 – Auctioned Woolley and Wallace, Salisbury, 31 May, lot 108, “View along a garden path with a mountain in the distance”, passed.
    • 2022 – Auctioned Woolley and Wallace, Salisbury, 14 Dec [dead link; archive.org], lot 161, “41 x 51 cm / Attributed to Annie Swynnerton (1844-1933) / View along a garden path with a mountain in the distance / Indistinctly signed and inscribed To Lady L**rs from An S****ton (to stretcher)”, sold: hammer £220.
  • Location: ?

WHERE SHATTERED MOUNTAINS LIE.

  • Title(s): Where Shattered Mountains lie (Royal Academy, 1930; 1930 catalogue); Where Sheltered Mountains Lie (1991 & 1994 auctions).
  • Description: a mountain scene (Sprone Maraoni, 40 mi/60 km SE of Rome, Italy).
  • Media: oil on canvas (1991 & 1994 auctions).
  • Dimensions: “25 in by 49 in” (1930 catalogue); 66 x 126 cm (Phillip’s 1991); “64.8 x 125.6 cm. (25.5 x 49.4 in.)” (1991 & 1994 auctions).
  • Signature/date/other text: “Oil/canvas / 66 x 126 cm / Title / verso” (Phillip’s, 1991); “signed, dated, inscribed” (Christie’s, 1994).
  • History:
    • 1930 – Exhibited Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, no. 267 (1930 catalogue).
    • 1931 – Exhibited Aberdeen (1930 catalogue).
    • Date? – Exhibited Manchester (1930 catalogue).
    • 1934 – Auctioned Christie, Mason and Woods, 9 Feb, lot 66, “”WHERE SHATTERED MOUNTAINS LIE” / 25 in. by 49 in. / Exhibited in Aberdeen, 1931 / Exhibited in Manchester” (1930 catalogue).
    • 1991 – Auctioned Phillip’s, London, 6 Mar, lot 91, “Oil/canvas / 66 x 126 cm / Title / verso”, sold: hammer £364.
    • 1991 – Auctioned 14 Jun, “WHERE SHELTERED MOUNTAINS LIE, 1930 … 64.8 x 125.6 cm. (25.5 x 49.4 in.)”.
    • 1994 – Auctioned 3 Jun, “Where sheltered Mountains Lie, 1930 / 64.8 x 125.6 cm. (25.5 x 49.4 in.)”.
    • 1994 – Auctioned 11 Aug, “Where sheltered Mountains Lie, 1930 / 64.8 x 125.6 cm. (25.5 x 49.4 in.”.
    • 1994 – Auctioned Christie’s, South Kensington, 20 Oct, lot 133, “Where Sheltered Mountains Lie / 1930 / Oil on canvas / 64.8 x 125.6 cm. (25.5 x 49.4 in.) / signed, dated, inscribed”, sold: £360.
  • Location: ?

WHERE TIDES OF GRASS BREAK INTO FOAM OF FLOWERS (SWINBURNE).

  • Title(s): “Where tides of grass break into foam of flowers” Swinburne (1923 exhibition catalogue).
  • Description: Landscape with river, distant hills and many yellow flowers. two crudely sketched figures at water’s edge on left.
  • Media: oil on canvas (private communication).
  • Dimensions: 47.0 x 73.5 cm (reference?).
  • Signature/date/other text: “The name “Annie Swynnerton” is written on the back of the frame (does not appear to be Annie’s own handwriting)” (private communication).
  • History:
  • Location: private collection (private communication).

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