139:
122:
29:
337:
158:
Swain was one of the most prolific wood-engravers of the nineteenth century. His own work is not always signed, and the signature "Swain sc" must be taken to include the engraving of assistants working for his firm. In the later 19th century his wood-engravings were generally printed from
350:
446:
253:
In 1843 Swain married Martha Cooper. They had three daughters and a son, Joseph
Blomeley Swain, who carried on the printing and engraving establishment.
22:
310:
355:
294:
89:, was his grandfather. He was educated at private schools, first in Oxford, and then in London, where the family moved in 1829.
42:
436:
386:
441:
211:
431:
199:
195:
97:
92:
In 1834 Swain was apprenticed by his father, a printer with the firm of
Wertheimer & Co., to the wood-engraver
392:
125:
John Bull (Great
Britain) is dwarfed by a gigantic inflated American "Alabama Claim" cartoon by Joseph Swain in
288:
191:
112:
121:
104:, but in the following year set up in business for himself, retaining the whole of the engraving work for
226:
426:
421:
203:
405:
230:
82:
234:
93:
172:
382:
396:
207:
146:
70:
65:
37:
215:
138:
287:
370:
28:
21:
81:
Born in Oxford in 1820, he was second son of
Ebenezer Swain by his wife Harriet James;
60:
415:
377:
341:
219:
151:
176:
were engraved by Swain, and he also worked largely for other periodicals such as
160:
35:, political cartoon by John Tenniel engraved by Joseph Swain, 17 June 1876, for
346:
283:
182:
86:
56:
52:
340: This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
401:
137:
120:
100:. In 1843 he was appointed manager of the engraving department of
27:
20:
96:, and was transferred in 1837 to Thomas Williams, brother of
373:
A Clever Man': Joseph Swain as an
Engraver and Interpreter
59:) was an English wood-engraver. He is best known from his
222:, and other major illustrators, from 1860 onwards.
311:"William Harcourt Hooper (Biographical details)"
360:. Vol. 3. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
299:. Vol. 3. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
167:were printed from the original wood-blocks.
118:Swain died at Ealing in west London in 1909.
8:
145:, 1862 wood-engraving by Joseph Swain after
85:, pastor of East Street Baptist church,
262:
408:, with 4 library catalogue records
241:(1888–89), were incorporated in
41:magazine, just at the outbreak of the
278:
276:
274:
272:
270:
268:
266:
225:A series of articles on Fred Walker,
7:
170:Nearly all the illustrations in the
447:19th-century English businesspeople
383:Works by Joseph Swain (illustrator)
245:, edited by Henry C. Ewart (1891).
190:, and for the publications of the
14:
198:. He engraving extensively after
356:Dictionary of National Biography
335:
295:Dictionary of National Biography
393:Works by or about Joseph Swain
127:Punch--or the London Charivari
1:
463:
196:Baptist Missionary Society
237:, which Swain wrote for
69:magazine of cartoons by
192:Religious Tract Society
113:William Harcourt Hooper
437:English wood engravers
155:
149:, illustration to the
130:
108:from 1844 until 1900.
55:– 25 February 1909 in
45:
25:
289:"Swain, Joseph"
227:Charles Henry Bennett
163:; but those done for
141:
124:
51:(29 February 1820 in
31:
24:
16:English wood-engraver
204:John Everett Millais
442:Artists from Oxford
406:Library of Congress
231:George John Pinwell
156:
143:Valkyrie and Raven
131:
94:Nathaniel Whittock
46:
26:
432:English engravers
173:Cornhill Magazine
43:Serbo-Turkish War
454:
397:Internet Archive
361:
358:(2nd supplement)
339:
338:
326:
325:
323:
321:
307:
301:
300:
297:(2nd supplement)
291:
280:
208:Frederick Sandys
147:Frederick Sandys
71:Sir John Tenniel
462:
461:
457:
456:
455:
453:
452:
451:
412:
411:
367:
349:, ed. (1912). "
345:
336:
330:
329:
319:
317:
309:
308:
304:
282:
281:
264:
259:
251:
216:Richard Ansdell
136:
98:Samuel Williams
79:
61:wood-engravings
33:The Dogs of War
17:
12:
11:
5:
460:
458:
450:
449:
444:
439:
434:
429:
424:
414:
413:
410:
409:
399:
390:
380:
366:
365:External links
363:
328:
327:
315:British Museum
302:
286:, ed. (1912).
261:
260:
258:
255:
250:
247:
243:Toilers in Art
135:
132:
78:
75:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
459:
448:
445:
443:
440:
438:
435:
433:
430:
428:
425:
423:
420:
419:
417:
407:
403:
400:
398:
394:
391:
388:
384:
381:
379:
378:Victorian Web
375:
374:
369:
368:
364:
362:
359:
357:
352:
351:Swain, Joseph
348:
343:
342:public domain
334:
316:
312:
306:
303:
298:
296:
290:
285:
279:
277:
275:
273:
271:
269:
267:
263:
256:
254:
248:
246:
244:
240:
236:
232:
228:
223:
221:
217:
213:
212:Richard Doyle
209:
205:
201:
197:
193:
189:
185:
184:
179:
175:
174:
168:
166:
162:
154:
153:
148:
144:
140:
133:
128:
123:
119:
116:
114:
109:
107:
103:
99:
95:
90:
88:
84:
76:
74:
72:
68:
67:
62:
58:
54:
50:
44:
40:
39:
34:
30:
23:
19:
402:Joseph Swain
372:
354:
332:
331:
318:. Retrieved
314:
305:
293:
252:
242:
238:
224:
220:Fred Barnard
187:
181:
177:
171:
169:
164:
161:electrotypes
157:
150:
142:
129:22 Jan 1872.
126:
117:
110:
105:
101:
91:
83:Joseph Swain
80:
64:
49:Joseph Swain
48:
47:
36:
32:
18:
427:1909 deaths
422:1820 births
347:Lee, Sidney
333:Attribution
284:Lee, Sidney
235:Fritz Eltze
200:Fred Walker
178:Once a Week
416:Categories
387:Faded Page
239:Good Words
188:The Argosy
183:Good Words
111:He taught
320:4 October
152:Hrafnsmál
389:(Canada)
194:and the
87:Walworth
395:at the
344::
249:Family
233:, and
57:London
53:Oxford
257:Notes
165:Punch
134:Works
106:Punch
102:Punch
66:Punch
38:Punch
322:2014
77:Life
404:at
385:at
376:at
353:".
63:in
418::
313:.
292:.
265:^
229:,
218:,
214:,
210:,
206:,
202:,
186:,
180:,
115:.
73:.
371:'
324:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
