Mary Alice Swan
Born 1887
Active: 1907 - 1912
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor, medallist
Born in London. Mary Anlice was the daughter of the painter and sculptor, John Macallan Swan and the daughter of Mary Ann (née Rankin born c.1855 in Ireland) who was a painter specialising in portraits of children who also made some sculpture.
Locations
Address 3 Acacia Road St John's Wood London NW | View on map
1888 (Circa) - 1911 (Circa)
She lived here with her parents
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1907 - 1911
Exhibited twice, three works (two animal statuettes and a medallion portrait of her late father)
Descriptions of Practice
Listed under Sculptors Biographical Dictionary of Medallists, Coin, Gem, and Seal-Engravers, Mint Masters, &c., Ancient and Modern with References to their Works, B.C. 500 - A.D. 1900, Volume V, 1912 Biographical Dictionary of Medallists
Listed as a contemporary sculptor and the 'author of a Portrait-medallion of the late J. M. Swan, R.A., her father'. See Forrer, vol. 5, (1912), p. 717.
Sources
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2005
RG13 piece 118 folio 16 page 24
Citing this record
'Mary Alice Swan', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib4_1239724248, accessed 30 May 2023]
