Images: unattributed source.

• Title(s): Portrait of Lilie, daughter of W. McGrath Esq. (this web site); Lilie, daughter of W. McGrath Esq. (Lawrence’s, 2011 & 2019); Portrait of Lilie, daughter of Mr McGrath (Sotheby’s 1994); Lilie, daughter of Wm B. McGrath, Esq. (1897 exhibition catalogue).
• Description: “Seated three quarter length, wearing a blue dress and holding a rosebud, inscribed label on the frame” (Lawrences, 2019); Portrait of a young girl, sitting, in a blue dress with lace trim, holding a red flower (a rose?) on her lap, background dark.
• Media: Oil on canvas (Sotheby’s, 1994; Lawrence’s, 2011 & 2019).
• Dimensions: 75 x 62 cm (Sotheby’s, 1994; Lawrences, 2011 & 2019).
• Signature/date/other text: “signed “Annie Robinson”” (Sotheby’s, 1994); “inscribed label to the frame” (Lawrences, 2011 & 2019).
• History:
  • 1897 – Exhibited Earls Court, no. 200, “Lilie, daughter of Wm B. McGrath, Esq. Lent by Mrs Wm McGrath. Mrs. Annie L. Swynnerton” (catalogue).
  • 1994 May 25 – Auctioned Sotheby’s, Billinghurst, lot 382, “75 x 62 cm / signed “Annie Robinson” / Illustrated on page 114 of the catalog”, sold: £1,350, premium £1,552.
  • 2011 Jul 8 – Auctioned Lawrences, Crewkerne [dead link] (archive.org), lot 1520, “75.01 cm × 62 cm / signed and inscribed label to the frame / Some craquelure; needs a clean”, passed.
  • 2019 Jul 5 – Auctioned Lawrences, Crewkerne [dead link], lot 1548, “ANNIE LOUISA ROBINSON, ARA (1844-1933) PORTRAIT OF LILIE, DAUGHTER OF W. McGRATH Seated three quarter length, wearing a blue dress and holding a rosebud, inscribed label on the frame, oil on canvas 75 x 62cm. * The artist is better known by her married name, Swynnerton”, sold: hammer £750.
• Location: ?

Computer-accentuated image to show detail obscured by age-related darkening.

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