Because of geometry the swirl is in the outer part of the image circle, as you stop the lens the inner circle having no swirl grows. If you focus near then the image circle grows, so the sheet takes less swirl, anyway you can always make a shift/rise to take a share of a not centered swirl.
So you should take a lens that covers the format with not much excess if you don't want the swirl outside of the sheet.
This is a search in flickr for 4x5 petzval : https://www.flickr.com/search/?text=4x5%20petzval you can make many searches... Some mentions the lens, or you can ask the photographer...
Note that in this shot there was a rise movement (image inverted...) that placed the swirl around the head...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/bracan...8MsA3W-aEcQuW/
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