ILLUSIONS.

Around the time that Swynnerton painted her untraced work Joan of Arc, she depicted other anonymous symbolic female figures of various ages wearing armour. (Information from notice by the painting in Manchester Art Gallery in the 2018-2019 'Painting Light and Hope' retrospective of Annie’s works.) Photos: Jonathan Russell. Media: oil on canvas. Dimensions: 510 x …

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JOAN OF ARC (FAITH).

Images: http://www.sothebys.com (scanned from auction catalogue). The Illustrated London News, 23 April 1904, mentions a picture by Annie on display at the New Gallery called 'Faith' ... with the strong expression of the face - an expression without the aid of eyes, for they are closed - might also be a Joan of Arc; the …

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