Agnes Poynter

Agnes Poynter (MacDonald)

Agnes was a talented pianist and thought to be the best looking of the sisters. She and her sister Georgiana received attention from prospective suitors who were friends of her brother and members of the Birmingham Set. She eventually married the future president of the Royal Academy Edward Poynter during 1866 in a double wedding with her quieter sister Louisa. Poynter appeared to be a manic depressive and he would paint continuously until finally collapsing when a work was finished. He was unemotional and it was Agnes who supplied the affection in their household. Her husband later produced paintings of two of her sisters. She, Jane Morris and her sisters Louisa and Georgiana are thought to be the inspiration for figures of Burne-Jones' 1864 painting Green Summer. Agnes is thought to have died during 1906 from cancer despite an operation in 1903.