OCEANID.

Photos: Jonathan Russell (taken while on display during Painting Light and Hope exhibition, Manchester Art Gallery, 2018-2019).

  • Title(s): Oceanid ([1]; artuk.org); Sea Nymph (letter by Annie to Hugh Lane, 11 Oct 1904, National Library of Ireland).
  • Description: A woman submerged to her waist in the sea, mountains in the distance. She has long, dark hair.
  • Media: oil on canvas ([1]; artuk.org).
  • Dimensions: “45 in. x 41 in.” ([1]); “H 170 x W 180 cm” (artuk.org).
  • Signature/date/other text: “Annie L Swynnerton / 1904” (visible on canvas).
  • History:
    • 1904 – signed and dated (visible on canvas).
    • 1904 Oct 11 – Mentioned in letter by Annie to Hugh Lane (National Library of Ireland).
    • 1908 – “Presented by Mrs. C. J. Herringham, 1908” ([1]); “Purchased” [by Bradford Art Gallery] (artuk.org).
    • 1922 – Exhibited Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto.
    • 2018-2019 – Exhibited Manchester Art Gallery, 23 Feb 2018 to 6 Jan 2019.
  • Location: Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Bradford. (artuk.org).

[1] Illustrated Catalogue of the Permanent Collection of Pictures and other works of art (1908) City of Bradford Corporation Art Gallery, Cartwright Memorial Hall.

Overlaying an image from 1909 (from the Gallery Catalogue of the Permanent Collection), areas of possible reworking are visible under the breasts and around the waistline.

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