Francis Swaine
British (1720 - 1782)
Francis Swaine was a British painter.
From ArtValue.ca records, the highest price paid at auction for an oil painting work attributed to Francis Swaine (1720-1782) was C$7,500 - paid for "View of the Pierced Island, in the Gulf of the St. Lawrence" at Heffel in Vancouver on Thu, Nov 30, 2017.
ArtValue.ca has 2 auction art sale records for their oil painting results, with prices in the range of C$5,000 to C$10,000.
ArtValue.ca has 2 auction art sale records for their oil painting results, with prices in the range of C$5,000 to C$10,000.
Francis Swaine, an English marine painter, completed a number of paintings modelled on a set of engravings of Canadian views by Hervey Smyth in 1762 or 1763. Smyth, a topographer and Captain in the British army, was Lieut. Gen. James Wolfe's aide-de-camp, and fought alongside him during the Battle of Quebec in 1759. Smyth later returned to England with Wolfe's body.