Swan Collection

Daredevil Diver Leslie Gadsby, Shanklin Pier, Isle of Wight and his variety of crazy dives, including a 90ft dive in a sack, a 45ft long arm balance

Royal Ediswan, Edison and Swan United Electric Light Company 1919

Anna Pavlova dancing Swan Lake
Anna Pavlova (1881-1931) Russian ballet dancer photographed here in Swan Lake in 1920

RMS Carpathia, 1903
Photograph of the Cunard Lines RMS Carpathia, launched by the Swan Hunter Shipyard, in 1902. She was the first vessel built for the Cunard Line which was exclusively for second

Lohengrin Arrives
Lohengrin arrives in a boat drawn by Elsas brother Godfrey, who has been transformed by Ortruds witchcraft into a swan

A portrait of Anna Pavlova in her Swan Dance, 1923
A portrait of Anna Pavlova, the worlds greatest ballerina in her Swan Dance, 1923 Date: 1923

Swan Fountain Pens 1932
A selection of Swan pens for you to give your friends at Christmas, knowing that the pleasing hues give added charm to fine craftsmanship

Lohengrin and the Dove of the Holy Grail who will tow his boat (replacing the swan) to Monsalvat Date: first performed 1850

Anna Pavlova (1881 - 1931), Russian ballet dancer as the Dying Swan in a performance of Swan Lake'. Date: 1912

Irish gentleman in a whisky bar in Dublin prison, 1821
Irish gentleman in Croftons whisky and beer bar in Dublin prison, 1821. Bankrupt Brian Boru with his friends in the taproom drinking with criminals and debtors. The Tap in Sheriffs Prison

Cygnus atratus, black swan
Watercolour 351 by the Port Jackson Painter from the Watling Collection

Winter Circle by Vernon Ward
Swans and ducks swim together in a pond, watched by gulls who stand in the snow

Swan Lake ballet, Siegfried and Odette fall in love
Siegfried and Odette fall in love while the little swans dance. Because of an evil spell, they are swans by day, and only resume human shape at midnight

Three Swans
Three swans among the rushes on the banks of a river

Blunt / Cygnus & Lyra / Pl32
The constellation of Cygnus - a flying swan - and Lyra - that of an ancient Greek lyre

Hotel Buffalo, Buffalo, NY State, USA. To be found on the corner of Swan and Washington Streets. Renamed thus (from The Hotel Statler - built in 1907) in 1923, sadly in 1968 it was demolished

Swans in a punt at Henley
A punt load of swans, and two cygnets, about to be transported higher up the River Thames for their safety, in preparation for the annual Henley Regatta in early July

Mute Swan Swimming
Mute swan swimming (Cygnus olor)

Chinese Abacus 1814
A man uses a " swan-pen" - a Chinese version of the abacus

The Finish of the Race for Doggetts Coat and Badge, London
Engraving showing the finish of the Race for Thames Watermen for Doggetts Coat and Badge, Chelsea, 1869. This race, held on the River Thames, between the Old Swan, London Bridge, and the White Swan

Swan, Loves Miracle
LOVEs MIRACLE (Annies Swan) He was only a clerk Devoted to work, But his life became lyrical Thanks to loves miracle

Photograph of Swan With Two Necks PH, Whetstone, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Left Face on view of the pub

Title page, Grimm Brothers, collected tales
Title page, Childrens and Household Tales, collected by the Grimm Brothers. 19th century

Scene at a petrol station, with an attendant filling up a car

A Fountain Pen Repair Shop - Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
A Fountain Pen Repair Shop - The Pen Shop - at 112 Monument Circle, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA Date: 1940

Lockwood, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
A Policeman and two smartly-dressed messanger boys stand in the street at Lockwood, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. The Huddersfield Industrial Society Building is on the left (still standing)

Black Swan
A very stylised airbrush painting by Malcolm Greensmith depicting a mysterious-looking Black Swan (Cygnus atratus) serenly swimming across dark, still waters, dark

Gertrude Hermes - Sculptor, Designer, Engraver
Gertrude Hermes (1901-1983) - Sculptor, Designer, Engraver 1940

Swan Lake - Robert Helpmann as Prince Siegfried
Ballet dancer Robert Helpmann (1909-1986) in the role of Prince Siegfried in Swan Lake (Le Lac des Cygnes) at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London (Sadlers Wells Ballet). Date: 1946

Anna Pavlova, Russian ballerina, in Swan Lake. circa 1920s

Brechin Swan Street early 1900s

Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-avon, Warwickshire
Memorial Theatre (Swan Theatre) and Theatre Garden, RSC, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-avon, Warwickshire, England. Devastated by fire in 1926 Date: circa 1920

Swan Hotel, High Street, Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, with horse-drawn carriages and a car outside. Date: circa 1910

Harborne Road, Chad Valley, Birmingham, West Midlands, with The White Swan public house. Date: circa 1910s

Black swan, Cygnus stratus.. Handcolored copperplate zoological engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1792

HMS Monarch, British cable ship
The HMS Monarch, a British cable-laying ship. There were three cable ships of this name -- this is probably the third one, built by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson in 1916. Date: 20th century

Shipyard Apprentice
Apprentice at Swan Hunters Yard, Tyneside. Date: 1950s

Photograph of Swan PH, Hammersmith, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Face on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details: Trading Record 1934

Jews mallow, Corchorus olitorius
Nalta jute, tossa jute, Jews mallow, Corchorus olitorius. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Swan after an illustration by William Jackson Hooker from Samuel Curtis Botanical Magazine, London, 1828

Thames watermen at work during Swan Upping, when cygnets need to be rounded up on the Upper Thames River and distinguishing marks cut on their bills

Swan Lake - Robert Helpmann and Margot Fonteyn
Ballet dancers Robert Helpmann (1909-1986) in the role of Prince Siegfried and Margot Fonteyn (1919-1991) in the role of Odette in the finale of Swan Lake (Le Lac des Cygnes) at Royal Opera House

Various birds on a sheet of Victorian scraps. Date: circa 1890s

Life on a barge, Henley-on-Thames - early 1900s Date: early 1900s

The White Swan Tea House, Hamilton, Bermuda. Date: circa 1910s

Swan Among Reeds
A lovely study of a swan among the reeds at the edge of a river. Date: 1950s

Viola Meynell (author)
Portrait of Daisy Ashford from The Bookman. Date: 1919

Patrick MacGill (author)
Portrait of Patrick MacGill from The Bookman. Date: 1919

Moose(Elk) / Cuthbert Swan
A moose or elk (alces machlis)

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