Images: Lawrence’s Auctioneers.
- Title(s): Portrait of a girl [auction page]; Portrait of a girl reading a book [this web site].
- 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”.
- Dimensions: 52 x 42.5 cm.
- Date/signature/other text: none apparent in online images.
- History:
- 2024 Dec 18 – Auctioned Lawrence’s Auctioneers, Crewkerne, sold: hammer £110.
Heading on auction web page is “ANNIE LOUISA SWYNNERTON, ARA (1844-1933). Follower of”.
Personal comment: doesn’t immediately strike me as being by Annie, especially with the lack of definition about the eyes, an area which Annie usually gave great attention to. Jonathan Russell (web site author).
Page last updated 22 Sep 2025.
ANNIE LOUISA SWYNNERTON (1844-1933) 