Advanced Search 
Colonel James Swan
Gilbert Stuart (American, 1755–1828)
1795
Medium/Technique
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
73.66 x 60.96 cm (29 x 24 in.)
Credit Line
Swan Collection—Bequest of Miss Elizabeth Howard Bartol
Accession Number27.538
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsPaintings
Provenance1795, Colonel James Swan (the sitter, b. 1754 – d. 1830), Boston; 1831, to his daughter, Hepzibah Clarke Swan (b. 1777 – d. 1833), Boston; 1833, to her daughter, Hepzibah Clarke Wayland (b. 1801 – d. 1872), Providence, R.I.; 1872, to her son, Howard Wayland (b. 1840 – d. 1874), Providence; 1874, to his widow, Ada Andrews Wayland (b. 1847 – d. 1908), Providence; 1908, to Howard Wayland's cousin, Elizabeth Howard Bartol (b. 1842 – d. 1927), Boston; 1927, bequest of Elizabeth Howard Bartol to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 8, 1927)