SUSAN ISABEL DACRE.

FIGURATIVE WORKS.

A FOREST NYMPH.

  • Title(s): A Forest Nymph (th)is web site, translated from 2015 Spanish auction title, ‘Ninfa del bosque’; Ninfa del bosque (auction, Spain, 2015).
  • Description: Three-quarter pastel portrait, head and shoulders, young woman with ivy leaves in her hair, clothed/drapes to neck line.
  • Media: Pastel on paper (reference?).
  • Dimensions: “81.3 x 66.0 cm” (reference?).
  • Signature/date/other text: signed (Isbilya Subastas, Seville, 2014).
  • History:
  • Location: ?

AN INTERIOR WITH FOUR CHILDREN.

  • Media: oil on canvas.
  • Dimensions: 65.6 x 98.4 cm.
  • History:
    • 1880 – Signed and sated 1880.
    • 2018 – Auctioned John Nicholson’s, Haslemere, 23 May, lot 370, “A Drawing Room Interior with Four Young Girls playing, Oil on Canvas, Signed and Dated 1880, 20″ x 30″”, sold: £1,000.
    • Date? – Richard Taylor Fine Art, “Provenance Sussex auction. / Medium Oil on Canvas / Size 30 x 20 inches / Frame Housed in a complimentary gilt frame, 30 inches by 40 inches also in good condition”, sold sometime before Dec 2022.
  • Location: ?

AN ITALIAN BOY [ATTRIBUTED].

  • Media: oil on canvas.
  • Dimensions: 62.5 x 49.5 cm.
  • History:
    • 2008 – Auctioned Ketterer, Hamburg, Germany, 5 Apr and 25 Oct, “Zugeschrieben – Italienischer Junge. Um 1900 Oil on canvas … remains of a signature in red in lower left … Good overall impression. Right cheek and chin retouched”, passed.
  • Location: ?

AN ITALIAN GIRL WITH A NECKLACE.

  • Media: oil on canvas.
  • Dimensions: 38.7 x 27.5 cm.
  • History:
    • 1884 – Gifted to Manchester Art Gallery by Henry Boddington.
  • Location: Manchester Art Gallery.

A YOUNG ITALIAN GIRL WITH RED CUFFS / ITALIAN CHILD.

  • Media: oil on panel.
  • Dimensions: 32.1 x 23.9 cm.
  • History:
    • 1884 – Gift from Henry Boddington, 1884.
  • Location: Manchester Art Gallery.

ITALIAN WOMEN IN CHURCH.

  • Media: oil on canvas.
  • Dimensions: canvas 76.0 x 61.0 cm, frame 98.0 x 82.8 cm.
  • History:
    • 1927 – The Times, 8 Feb 1927: “Manchester Academy of Fine Arts. 68th Annual Exhibition … a portrait study by Miss Isabel S. Dacre of “Italian Women in Church” …“.
    • 1927 – “Gift from Francis Dodd [to Manchester Art Gallery]” (artuk.org); “PRESENTED BY A GROUP OF SUBSCRIBERS TO THE CORPORATION OF MANCHESTER 1927” (plaque on frame); “presented to the gallery by a group of subscribers in the spring of this year” (Manchester Guardian, 30 Dec 1927, p. 11).
  • Location: Manchester Art Gallery.

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.
  • Location: ?

PORTRAIT OF A GIRL WEARING A BONNET.

  • Media: oil on canvas.
  • Dimensions: 67 x 56 cm.
  • History:
    • 1909 – Exhibited Manchester Academy of Arts Jubilee Exhibition, June
    • 2022 – Auctioned Ewbank’s (nr Guildford, Surrey), 22 Sep, lot 1426, “framed and glazed, bearing label to reverse of frame … Generally good condition overall, taking age into account. Extensive craquelure and areas of unevenness to the paint, especially around the sitter’s face. Some other surface marks.” provenance: a private collection, sold: hammer £1,700, premium £2,210.
  • Location: ?

PORTRAIT OF AN ITALIAN WOMAN.

  • Title(s): Portrait of an Italian woman (this web site); Portrait einer Frau mit Ohrringen [Portrait of a Woman with Earrings] (Von Zengen Kunstauktionen, 2025).
  • Description: Bust portrait of a woman, body turned to the viewer’s left, face to the viewer but eyes looking to the sitter’s left, wearing ornate, circular earrings, only the right hand visible carrying (unclear) rolled scrolls?
  • Media: Oil on canvas.
  • Dimensions: 57 x 40 cm.
  • Signature/date/other text: “S. Isabel Dacre. / Rome 1875”.
  • History:
    • 1875 – Signed and dated.
    • 1875 – Possibly the “cleverly-executed painting of an Italian girl” exhibited at the Yorkshire Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures, Leeds (The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 25 Sep 1875. p6.).
    • 2025 Nov 21-22 – Auctioned Von Zengen Kunstauktionen, lot 1677, “Portrait einer Frau mit Ohrringen”, Öl/Lwd., doubliert, 57 x 48, unten links signiert und datiert [Dacre, Susan Isabel (1844-1933), “Portrait of a Woman with Earrings”, oil on canvas, relined, 57 x 48 cm, signed and dated lower left]”.
  • Location: ?

PORTRAIT OF A SEATED CHILD.

PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG GIRL.

  • Media: oil on canvas.
  • Dimensions: 81 x 66 cm.
  • History:
    • Date? – Signed.
    • 1988 – Auctioned Sotheby’s, London, 7 Nov 1988, lot 313, “Portrait Of Young Girl / 81 cm × 66 cm / Illustrated on page 32 of the catalog”, sold: hammer £850, premium £935.
  • Location: ?

PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG GIRL IN A SATIN CAP.

PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG GIRL IN A WHITE DRESS.

SINGING CHILDREN.

  • Media: oil on canvas.
  • Dimensions: 64.5 x 107.5 cm.
  • History:
    • 1888 – Monogrammed and dated.
    • 1888 – Exhibited Manchester Society of Women Painters, Fifth Exhibition, “Singing Children”.
    • 1889 – Exhibited New Gallery, 121 Regent Street, Summer Exhibition, “Singing Children” (Birmingham Daily Post, 18 May 1889).
    • 1897 – Exhibited Earl’s Court Victorian Era Exhibition, “Lent by Hy. Boddington, Esq.” (contemporary catalogue).
    • 1901 – Exhibited Whitechapel Gallery, no. 224, “Singing Children / By Isabella Dacre / Lent by Henry Boddington, Esq”. (Exhibition catalogue.)
    • 2019 – Auctioned Tennants, Leyburn, N Yorks, 16 Nov, lot 538, “In restored and re-lined condition. Cleaned and re-varnished. There are two notable patches of over-painting/strengthening to the brow, cheek and neck of the young girl standing in profile to the left hand side and the tip of the chin of the girl standing next to her. There is an asymmetrical shaped area of essentially vertically and linear area of re-touching/over-painting (approx 10-12 cm in length) at the central figure’s right hand shoulder with a dense patch of over painting above the book that she is holding (approx 2 cm by 6 cm at its widest point). A patch of strengthening also to her left hand cheek. There are general and relatively significant areas of re-painting within the red of the young girl’s dress holding the book, partially to conceal very widely spaced craquelure. General strengthening to the far right hand side boys hand. It is possible that some areas of re-painting may not be detectable“, sold: £7,000.
  • Location: ?

THE YOUNG VIOLINIST.

  • Media: oil on canvas.
  • Dimensions: 81.3 x 66.0 cm.
  • History:
    • 1904 – “signed and dated 1904“.
    • 1985 – Auctioned Phillip’s, London, 18 June , “The Young Violinist … 81.28 cm × 66.04 cm”, lot 75, sold: hammer £500.
    • 2019 – Auctioned Gorringe’s, Lewes, 1 Oct , lot 650, “Oil on canvas with a rather shiny varnish, paint showing a pronounced craquelure which is starting to lift throughout to the point where it is getting close to flaking particularly through the skirt, but also in the flesh tones otherwise small fibres or hairs are stuck in the varnish most notably the brown area in front of her face, signed lower right, housed in an old an probably original ebonised frame which has a few small dents and losses, a paper label attached giving further details of the work such as title, date etc.”, provenance “A private collection in Sussex”, sold: £1,000.
    • 2020 onwards – for sale at John Robertson, Surrey, “Condition Excellent. The canvas has been conserved and relined … 32″ Tall x 26 Wide … Provenance A private collection in Sussex … Signed and dated 1904”.
  • Location: with vendor.

NAMED PORTRAITS.

LITTLE ANNIE ROONEY.

PORTRAIT OF ALDERMAN SIR THOMAS BAKER (MANCHESTER ART GALLERY).

  • Media: oil on canvas.
  • Dimensions: 63.9 x 49.1 cm.
  • History:
    • 1886 – Art.uk.
    • 1911 – Gifted to Manchester Art Gallery by Henry Boddington.
  • Location: Manchester Art Gallery.

PORTRAIT OF ALDERMAN SIR THOMAS BAKER (MANCHESTER TOWN HALL).

PORTRAIT OF BERTHA EDGAR / PORTRAIT OF A GIRL IN A RED DRESS.

PORTRAIT OF COLONEL VOLBERT.

PORTRAIT OF HELEN.

  • Media: oil on canvas.
  • Dimensions: 90 x 70 cm.
  • History:
    • 1882 – Signed and dated.
    • 2014 – Auctioned Nesbits Auctions Ltd., Southsea, 4 Jun 2014.
  • Location: ?

PORTRAIT OF LOUISE FICHET.

PORTRAIT OF LYDIA BECKER.

  • Media: oil on canvas.
  • Dimensions: canvas 66.5 x 52.3 cm, frame 84.1 x 69.6 x 6.5 cm.
  • History:
  • Location: Manchester Art Gallery.

PORTRAIT OF MARGARET AND DOROTHY, THE DAUGHTERS OF LAWRENCE PILKINGTON, ESQ.

PORTRAIT OF MRS E. E. HOUGHTON.

  • Media: ?
  • Dimensions: ?
  • History: exhibited 1894, no. 9 (location?).
  • Location: ?

PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST’S MOTHER.

PORTRAIT OF WINIFRED.

  • Media: oil on canvas.
  • Dimensions: ?
  • History:
    • 1882 – Signed and dated.
  • Location: private collection.

LANDSCAPES AND OTHER SCENIC STUDIES (INCLUDING ANIMAL STUDIES).

A GATEWAY IN SIENA.

  • Media: oil on canvas.
  • Dimensions: canvas 31.7 x 23.6 cm, frame 46.5 x 38.2 x 7.1 cm.
  • History:
    • 1927-1928 “Dacre, Dodd, Wood“.
    • 1942 – Gift from Miss Florence Chapman, 1942.
  • Location: Manchester Art Gallery.

A VIEW IN VENICE.

ASSISI FROM PERUGIA.

  • Media: oil on canvas.
  • Dimensions: canvas 30.6 x 38.1 cm, frame 48.3 x 56.0 x 6.5 cm.
  • History:
    • c. 1889 – artuk.org.
    • 1932 – “Bequeathed by Mr C. P. Scott”.
  • Location: Manchester Art Gallery.

ASSISI FROM THE CITY WALLS.

ASSISI CATHEDERAL (CATTEDRALE DI ASSISI).

FACADE OF SAN FRANCESCO.

  • Media: oil on canvas.
  • Dimensions: “45.8 x 35.7cm; 18 x 14in”.
  • History:
  • Location: ?

FROM A BALCONY AT PERUGIA.

  • Media: oil on canvas.
  • Dimensions: ?
  • History:
  • Location: private collection.

LANDSCAPE WITH FIGURES AND DONKEYS.

  • Media: oil on canvas.
  • Dimensions: canvas 28.0 x 38.0 cm, frame 45.7 x 55.9 cm.
  • History:
    • 1901 – Signed and dated.
    • 2011 – Auctioned Bonham’s, 12 Apr, lot 842, sold (with two other works): £300, premium £360.
    • After 2011 – With vendor, Richard Taylor Fine Art, “Signed and dated lower right / Provenance. Manchester Gallery label and number verso. / Harnell and Son London Art Dealers“, sold sometime before late Aug 2021.
  • Location: ?

LANDSCAPE WITH TREES AND STONE WALL.

  • Media: oil on canvas.
  • Dimensions: 30.5 x 45.5 cm.
  • History:
    • 2012 – Auctioned Wotton Auction Rooms, Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, England, 15 May, lot 577, “An early 20th century oil painting on canvas by Susan Isobel Dacre (friend of Lord Leighton), suffragette, etc showing a country landscape with trees and stonewall to the foreground, signed bottom left S Isabel Dacre, 28 x 44cm in silver coloured frame with linen slip”, passed.
    • 2020 – Auctioned Wotton Auction Rooms, 23 Sep, lot 2724, “signed,” provenance an anonymous “estate”, sold: hammer £300, premium £364.80.
  • Location: private collection.

LANDSCAPE WITH WINDING ROAD.

  • Media: oil on canvas.
  • Dimensions: 20.3 x 30.5 cm.
  • History:
    • 2011 – Auctioned Bonham’s, 12 Apr, lot 842, sold (with two other works): £300, premium £360.
    • 2011 onwards – With vendor Richard Taylor Fine Art, “Tuscan Village / Signed on the right. / Provenance. Manchester Gallery label and number verso. / Harnell and Son London Art Dealers.”
  • Location: Richard Taylor Fine Art [still listed May 2025].

LUDLOW CASTLE.

  • Media: oil on canvas.
  • Dimensions: 60.5 x 50.0 cm.
  • History:
    • 1908 – Signed and dated 1908.
    • Date? – Gifted to Southwark Art Collection, “GA0936”.*
  • Location: Southwark Art Collection, London.

SANTA MARIA DEI MONTI, PERUGIA.

  • Media: oil on canvas.
  • Dimensions: canvas 27.8 x 37.8 cm, frame 37.8 x 48.2 cm, glass cover.
  • History:
    • 1899 – Label on back. Signed lower right, “S. I. Dacre”*.
    • 2023 – Auctioned Gildings, Market Harborough, 26 Sep, lot 363, “labelled verso”, sold: hammer £300, premium £372.
  • Location: private collection.

SCENE WITH HAYSTACK.

  • Media: oil on canvas.
  • Dimensions: ?
  • History:
    • c. 2003 – Bought by current owner at auction.
  • Location: private collection.

SIENA, LOOKING TOWARDS THE CATHEDERAL (DUOMO DI SIENA).

  • Media: oil on canvas.
  • Dimensions: canvas 20 x 31 cm.
  • History:
    • 1901 – Signed and dated.
    • 2011 – Auctioned Bonham’s, 12 Apr, lot 842, sold (with two other works): £300, premium £360.
    • 2011 onwards – With vendor, Richard Taylor Fine Art, “Manchester Gallery label and number verso. Harnell and Son London Art Dealers. / Housed in an original 18 inches by 14 inches Harnell and Son London Gallery frame.”
  • Location: Richard Taylor Fine Art [still listed May 2025].

SWANS.

THE PAGLIA FROM ORVIETO.

THE ROOFS OF PERUGIA.

THE WALLS OF SIENA.

WETHERLAM FROM LITTLE LANGDALE.

  • Media: ?
  • Dimensions: ?
  • History:
    • 1925 – Illustrated in The Guardian, 21 Mar, “… by Miss S. Isabel Dacre, the president of the Attic Club, which holds its annual exhibition in Manchester next week.”
  • Location: ?

WORKS LISTED BY DATE.

WORKS LISTED BY LOCATION (PUBLIC COLLECTIONS).

MANCHESTER ART GALLERY.

MANCHESTER TOWN HALL.

SALFORD MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY.

LEEDS MUSEUM AND GALLERIES.

HERBERT ART GALLERY AND MUSEUM, COVENTRY.

SOUTHWARK HERITAGE CENTRE, LONDON.

WORKS KNOWN BY DESCRIPTION ONLY.

  • Collepardo.
    • “… 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].
  • Portrait of M. Guillaux.
    • “a French artillery officer, in which the drawing and colouring are very powerful [The Manchester Evening News, 23 Nov 1883, p2.
  • The Rain it Raineth Every Day.
    • “An ordinary, common-place, middle-class interior. A girl, wholesome, comely, but in nowise distinguished, in a brick-red dress, with a broad lace collar, her hand on the narrow window sill. Through the casement, dukk grey watery daylight … a steadfast and self-reliant face, and an admirably broad study of diffused light in an interior” [The Manchester City News, 22 Sep 1906, p2 col 6].

Page last updated 1 Jan 2026.

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