Artist
Swan Electric Engraving Co.
Swan Electric Engraving Co. is an artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum.
They turned London’s gas-lit alleys into a printing press, cranking out portraits of actresses and politicians on sheets the size of a postcard. The Swan Electric Engraving Co. didn’t sign their own name—they hid it in the curls of a lace collar or the fold of a cravat, as if the work itself were the star. Hunt for their “H Beard Print Collection” on a museum site and you’ll spot a dozen tiny time-capsules from the 1890s, each one a gossip sheet you can hold in your palm.
Works by Swan Electric Engraving Co.
Collections represented
Museum
The Victoria and Albert Museum in the United Kingdom is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects.