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Francis Swaine BIOGRAPHY
1725 London, England - 1782 London, England. Known for: Atmosphier sailing ship and seascape paintings.
Francis Swaine was baptized on 22nd June 1719 at St Botolph's, Aldgate, London, although his exact date of birth is unknown. However, by 1735 he was working as a messenger for the Navy Board as in... Read full biography
Francis Swaine was baptized on 22nd June 1719 at St Botolph's, Aldgate, London, although his exact date of birth is unknown. However, by 1735 he was working as a messenger for the Navy Board as in that year his name appears in a list of clerks and officers employed by the Treasurer and... Read full biography
Francis Swaine was baptized on 22nd June 1719 at St Botolph's, Aldgate, London, although his exact date of birth is unknown. However, by 1735 he was working as a messenger for the Navy Board as in that year his name appears in a list of clerks and officers employed by the Treasurer and Commissioners of His Majesty's Navy. It is not clear exactly how he came to be a marine painter, but time spent in the naval offices must have been an influence. Perhaps it was through these connections that he... Read full biography
Francis Swaine was baptized on 22nd June 1719 at St Botolph's, Aldgate, London, although his exact date of birth is unknown. However, by 1735 he was working as a messenger for the Navy Board as in that year his name appears in a list of clerks and officers employed by the Treasurer and Commissioners of His Majesty's Navy. It is not clear exactly how he came to be a marine painter, but time spent in the naval offices must have been an influence. Perhaps it was through these connections that he met Peter Monamy, whose eldest daughter, Mary, Swaine married in 1749. Like his father-in-law, Swaine's style was heavily influenced by Willem van de Velde II (1633-1707), and the work of his own contemporaries Charles Brooking (1723-1759) and,... Read full biography
Francis Swaine was baptized on 22nd June 1719 at St Botolph's, Aldgate, London, although his exact date of birth is unknown. However, by 1735 he was working as a messenger for the Navy Board as in that year his name appears in a list of clerks and officers employed by the Treasurer and Commissioners of His Majesty's Navy. It is not clear exactly how he came to be a marine painter, but time spent in the naval offices must have been an influence. Perhaps it was through these connections that he met Peter Monamy, whose eldest daughter, Mary, Swaine married in 1749. Like his father-in-law, Swaine's style was heavily influenced by Willem van de Velde II (1633-1707), and the work of his own contemporaries Charles Brooking (1723-1759) and, unsurprisingly, by Monamy (1681-1749) for whom he has often been mistaken.... Read full biography
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Francis Swaine was baptized on 22nd June 1719 at St Botolph's, Aldgate, London, although his exact date of birth is unknown. However, by 1735 he was working as a messenger for the Navy Board as in that year his name appears in a list of clerks and officers employed by the Treasurer and Commissioners of His Majesty's Navy.
It is not clear exactly how he came to be a marine painter, but time spent in the naval offices must have been an influence. Perhaps it was through these connections that he met Peter Monamy, whose eldest daughter, Mary, Swaine married in 1749.
Like his father-in-law, Swaine's style was heavily influenced by Willem van de Velde II (1633-1707), and the work of his own contemporaries Charles Brookin...But wait, there's more...
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