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John Macallan Swan

16 works

John Macallan Swan (1847-1910) was a painter, printmaker and draftsperson. Read more

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Dark painting of a sleeping lion on a grassy plain at dusk, with a hill and a glowing orange horizon behind it.

Sleeping Lion by Night

1870

Painting of two polar bears on snow with a dark sky and distant snowy hills, in pale white and grey tones.

Polar Bears

1870

Painting of a seated nude woman combing her hair by the sea, with mermaids in the misty waves around her.

De Sirenen

1870

Painting of a young woman in a red skirt resting her chin on her hand, seated on a rock in a meadow with trees.

Vluchtelinge

1870

Painting of a lioness and cubs beside a dead man in a leopard-skin loincloth on a dusky plain.

Een leeuwin met haar welpen bij een dode zwarte man, genaamd 'Nemesis

1870

Chalk drawing of a sleeping polar bear lying on its side, with a faint pencil study of the head above.

Studies of a Recumbent Polar Bear

1903

Study of an Elephant

c. 1867-1910

Lion

c. 1867-1910

Tiger

c. 1867-1910

Chalk study of a spotted jaguar standing on a rock against blue strokes, on brown paper.

Study of a Jaguar

1874-1910

Chalk drawing of a sleeping tiger lying on the ground with dark foliage behind it, on grey paper.

Tijgerin

1857

Charcoal study of a polar bear's head turned downward, with faint sketched body lines on brown paper.

Kop van een ijsbeer

1857

Charcoal sketch on brown paper of a polar bear's head and shoulder with loose hatched fur.

Kop van een ijsbeer

1885

Charcoal and white chalk study of a sleeping polar bear lying on grey paper, with faint preparatory sketch lines above.

Studies van een liggende ijsbeer

1903

Charcoal and white chalk sketch on blue-grey paper of a reclining female nude with loose construction lines above.

Andromeda (schets)

1857

Chalk study of a reclining young goat in brown and white on blue paper, with a faint second sketch above.

Studies of a young goat

19th-20th century

John Macallan Swan (1847-1910) was a painter, printmaker and draftsperson. John Macallan Swan was born in Brentford and died in Isle of Wight. Browse 16 works by John Macallan Swan from 3 museums, free to download in HD. Source: Wikidata