James Rannie Swinton
(1816-1888), Portrait painterArtist associated with 63 portraits
James Rannie Swinton studied art at Edinburgh's Trustee's Academy before moving to London in 1840 and enrolling at the Royal Academy schools. Later the same year he travelled to Italy, where he remained for the next three years. In Rome, he established himself as a popular portrait painter, specialising in the portrayal of fashionable society ladies. On returning to London Swinton soon became one of the most sought after portrait painters of the day. He painted many society ladies and eminent men including Louis Napoleon, later Napoleon III. He exhibited frequently at the Royal Academy from 1844 until 1874.
James Carnegie, 9th Earl of Southesk
by Richard James Lane, after James Rannie Swinton
lithograph, 1861
NPG D22418
Georgiana (née Lennox), Baroness de Ros
by Richard James Lane, printed by M & N Hanhart, after James Rannie Swinton
lithograph, circa 1865-1870 (1865)
NPG D22065
Angela Burdett-Coutts, Baroness Burdett-Coutts
by George Zobel, published by J. Hogarth & Sons, after James Rannie Swinton
mixed-method engraving, published 25 June 1874
NPG D49699
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