Note: there are three ‘Sabine/Tusculum’ paintings by Annie known. A distant view of the Sabines (posthumous auction catalogue 1934 and Rosebery’s 2018), The Sabine mountains from Tusculum (this work, exhibited Manchester 1923 and Royal Academy 1933) and The view from Tusculum towards Rome (no image known, exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1927).

Image: Royal Academy Illustrated, 1933.

• Title(s): The Sabine Mountains from Tusculum (this web site; 1923 catalogue); Sabines from Tusculum (Royal Academy catalogue, 1933); The Sabines from Tusculum (Royal Academy Illustrated, 1933).
• Description: Known only from black-and-white image in Royal Academy Illustrated, 1933; broad, open landscape with mountains in distance, a possible small human figure in left foreground.
• Media: In “OIL PAINTI|NGS” section of Royal Academy catalogue, 1933.
• Dimensions: ?
• Signature/date/other text: Signed bottom right, and ‘S’ visible along with other obscure lettering in the Royal Academy Illustrated, 1933, image, presumably ‘Annie L. Swynnerton’.
• History:
  • 1923 – Exhibited Manchester Art Gallery – Paintings by Mrs. Swynnerton, A.R.A., no. 25, “Lent by Mrs. George Garrett” (catalogue).
  • 1933 – Exhibited Royal Academy – Summer Exhibition, no. 174 (catalogue).
• Location: ?

Tusculum is a ruined Roman settlement on a hill twelve miles south-east of Rome. The view in the paiting is looking northwards from there, across the lowlands east of Rome, towards Monte Zappi (also known as Gennaro, 1,275m/4,173ft) in the Sabina region of Italy.

Image: adapted from Google Earth. Monte Zappi is the peak just right of centre in the picture.

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