Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria
Australian National Herbarium
Biographical Notes
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Glasgow. Engraver.
A Glasgow landscape engraver and publisher, Swan published illustrated books showing views of famous locations in Scotland. He worked for William Jackson Hooker engraving for his many publications until such time as Hooker moved to London, e.g. Exotic Flora 1821-1827) and Botanical Miscellany (1830-1833).
Source and References: A.M.Coates The Treasury of Flowers (1975); M.Rix
The Art of the Plant World (1981); H.Hewson Australia - 300 Years
of Botanical Illustration
(1999),
George, Alex (2011) A Banksia Album – two hundred years of botanical art, National Library of Australia, Canberra