WOODLAND MAIDEN.

Images: Richard Taylor Fine Art.

  • Title(s): Woodland Maiden (this web site); Victorian Woodland Maiden (Richard Taylor Fine Art); ‘Victorian’ omitted on this web site because otherwise numerous works could be considered to qualify for a similar prefix, also because as habitually an Italian citizen, work may be of an Italian subject.
  • Description: a young woman in red top resting on her elbows, hands cupping her face, eyes turned towards the upper right, background of trees against horizon, an single leafy spray crossing the frame diagonally obscuring the subjects elbows.
  • Media: oil on canvas (Richard Taylor Fine Art).
  • Dimensions: “Size 20 x 24 inches / Frame Housed in a very special leaf and berry gilt frame, 31 inches by 28 inches, in good condition” (Richard Taylor Fine Art).
  • Signature/date/other text: Swynnerton / 1887 or 1889 bottom right; Richard Taylor Fine Art has “1887”.
  • History:
    • 1887 or 1889 – Signed and dated; Richard Taylor Fine Art has “1887”.
    • 2024 Aug – With vendor Richard Taylor Fine Art, “Victorian Woodland Maiden … Provenance Italian estate / Medium Oil on Canvas / Size 20 x 24 inches / Frame Housed in a very special leaf and berry gilt frame, 31 inches by 28 inches, in good condition”.
  • Location: Richard Taylor Fine Art.

Page last updated 21 Oct 2025.