Anne Frances Byrne

Anne Frances Byrne (1775-1837) was a British flower-painter,

She was born in 1775 in London, and was the eldest daughter of William Byrne, engraver. Her sister was Letitia Byrne. She became one of her father's pupils and assistants, etching for him and preparing his work.

Roses and Grapes

She also had some proficiency in fruit-painting, and exhibited a fruit-piece at the Academy in her twenty-first year, 1796, after which date pictures of hers appeared there from time to time, and at the British Institute, and Suffolk Street, down to 1832. In 1805, Miss Byrne's father died. In 1806, she was elected associate-exhibitor at the Royal Watercolour Society, which was followed by her election to full membership in 1809.

Miss Byrne died 2 January 1837, aged 62.