Photos: Jonathan Russell.
- Title(s): The Debutante (Richard Taylor Fine Art).
- Description: portrait of a young woman wearing a black dress and long black gloves, a bouquet of yellow flowers on her left shoulder and more in her haur,
- Media: oil on canvas (Richard Taylor Fine Art).
- Dimensions: “48 x 29 inches” (Richard Taylor Fine Art).
- Signature/date/other text: signed “Annie L Swynnerton / 1891”.
- History:
- 1891 – Signed and dated.
- 2018-2019 – Exhibited Manchester Art Gallery, 23 Feb 2018 to 6 Jan 2019, on loan from Richard Taylor Fine Art, “It has been suggested that the sitter is Elsie Elizabeth Ebsworth later Mrs George Swinton … commissioned on her engagement to her future husband, Mr George Swinton … Never exhibited … Provenance: Coursham Court, Wiltshire.” (Richard Taylor Fine Art.)
- Location:
The identity of the subject is uncertain, but she may be Elizabeth ‘Elsie’ Ebsworth, who married, four years after this portrait was painted, Scottish-born army officer and Conservative politician George Swinton. In 1897, now a professional singer and society hostess, Elizabeth was painted by Annie’s friend and supporter, John Singer Sargent.
Elizabeth Ebsworth by John Singer Sargent, 1897 (image: Art Institute Chicago).
Page last updated to 17 Oct 2025.
