Monamy Swaine
{{Short description|British painter (c.1750–c.1800)}}
Monamy Swaine (c.1750–c.1800) was a British painter. His works are held in collections including the National Maritime Museum.{{cite web |title='Victory' leaving the Channel in 1793 |url=https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-15169 |website=www.rmg.co.uk |publisher=Royal Museums Greenwich |access-date=10 June 2022}} His father was the artist Francis Swaine (c.1715-1782) and his mother, Mary, was the daughter of the artist Peter Monamy (1681-1749).{{cite web |title=Peter Monamy (Jersey 1681-1749 Westminster) and Francis Swaine (London c.1715-1782) |url=https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5366902 |website=www.christies.com |publisher=Christies |access-date=10 June 2022 |language=en}}
Swaine specialised in still-life, genre paintings, and marine paintings. He exhibited at the Free Society of Artists from 1769 to 1774.{{Cite ODNB|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/26812|title=Swain, Francis}}
Gallery
Some of Swaine's paintings:
File:Monamy Swaine - The Wreck of HMS 'Gloucester' off Yarmouth, 6 May 1682 NMM BHC3370.jpg|The Wreck of HMS 'Gloucester' off Yarmouth, 6 May 1682
File:Monamy Swaine - A Whaling Scene NMM BHC1073.jpg|A Whaling Scene
File:Moonlight Scene - Ships Saluting NMM NMMG BHC1074.jpg|Moonlight Scene - Ships Saluting
File:Monamy Swaine - An English Flagship Saluting NMM BHC2234.jpg|An English Flagship Saluting
File:Monamy Swaine - The Thames at Battersea, London GAG 4189-001.jpg|The Thames at Battersea, London
File:Monamy Swaine (c.1750-c.1800) - The 'Victory' Leaving the Channel in 1793 - BHC3696 - Royal Museums Greenwich.jpg|The 'Victory' Leaving the Channel in 1793
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External links
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- {{cite web | url=https://www.cichw1.net/pmonswaine.html |title=Monamy Swaine | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210724171041/https://www.cichw1.net/pmonswaine.html | archive-date=24 July 2021 | first=Charles |last=Harrison-Wallace}}
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